School: Rathmeage, Hackettstown
- Location:
- Rathmeague, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Tuathail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0920, Page 349
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- Dúrmach = make a fuss about a person
Cúmhra = cara
BEART of straw
TRUSS of hay
GÓLYAWN of hay
Crannack - rope tying horns of cow to feet
say (?) cut the GAD next the throat. rope was made of hide.
Toe = dried flax ( put on wound of animal and covered with pitch )Cloustered up = too much clothesGeogach = an old GEOGACH unprincipled fellow
Belouring = shouting talking loudly
Themes = sieve or riddle for cleaning corn
Hence it would be said of a person who was slow at the work that he would not " SET THE THEMES ON FIRE ".
Glugar = bad egg
Fank= coward
Hurleysuck = trí na chéile
Sop of hay = armful
Minniegawer = Jacksnipe
Philípine = Plover ( green )
úree áree = mixed up
Ranter = male goat
Scithawn (?) = withered nettle
Búicín (?) = small hagard
Crútawns = cawrans = bits of turf
omloch = unhandy (?)
