School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin
- Location:
- Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Róisín Bhreathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 568
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- Words used in Glen Imaal
gríosach - gree-shuk, burning embers
cabhrán - caw-rawn, small piece of turf
prátaí - praties, potatoes
poríní - polines, small potatoes
flaitheainail - a flaitheaintach person
carsíreach - soft grass that grows in a field without sowing hay seed
Tawl-ogue - loft over a kitchen
Gouleen - a small arm of hay
Bour-awn - a kind of basket used for bringing in turf, made out of dried sheepskins and a hoop
Sniggers - a word for small potatoes
buffon - a word instead of 'threshing'
cliabh - a basket (for turf)
óinseach - 'you big óinseach' (uan-seach) meaning 'you foolish girl'
tráinín - a blade of grass
