School: Cluain Mór (1), Baile an Droichid
- Location:
- Clonmore, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Laochdha
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- (continued from previous page)Crág - " a CRÁG of meal " the full of the two hands
Cooby - cow with COOBY horns - ( bent )Skivver - thin piece of stick. " Put a SKIVVER in the rick and tie the rope to it " ( a thin cut of bread )Slish - a Striall - an untidy person
Ass-kur - a lizardLus-cana - bushes that have been burnt for some time. " Get a bundle of luscana "Cámar - It didn't take a CÁMAR out of him. ( It did not upset him a bit )Meeg - Stir, " There wasn't a MEEG out of it "
Rawn - " He made a RAWN at it " ( a grab )
Moy-yah ( mar eadh ) as it were (?)
Knacker - " knacker him " , catch himBoul ( ball ) - " BOUL over this evening ( ramble ) I think I'll boul offJibbets - rags " my coat's in jibbits "
Skreed - " I havn't a SKREED on me " ( bad clothes )
Báish-a cun - ( shouting ) " don't be BÁISH-A-CUN the dog, but go after the cows yourself "BRÍSH ( i sounded eye ) foolish talk, " Ah! brish ", ah rubbish!
Dhulk - a fistful
Lummock - " a LUMMOCK of bread " ( lump )Skit - " He's a regular SKIT ", he's always making fun of peoplePuis-een - one always crying
Smid-ir-eens - small pieces, he broke it into SMIDEREENS
Gan-uch - the first dust of oatmeal when grinding(continues on next page)- Informant
- James Whelan
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Lennon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killalongford, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Mrs Kinsella
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Tom Donnelly
- Gender
- Male