School: Banahoe
- Location:
- Banagher, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: A. Mac an Bháird
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- (continued from previous page)A grand-uncle of Pa Ferguson, Loonogs, Crosskeys, was a noted Irish Scholar and hedgeschool teacher. It is said that he had eight Irish manuscipts. Some believe that these are still preserved in his nephew's house in Loonogs. I couldn't verify this although I enquired.The place names of the parish are very difficult to explain. A manuscript in Maynooth College dating from the time of James I gives much interesting information about the topography and land division of this as well as other parishes in the Barony. Here are a few of the Irish words used frequently.
batán = wop of straw.cuiseog = blade of grasspoirín = little potatoe.ceis = make-shift bridgelocha leech = leechthe dúithche = a placebaicín = sticksráth = holmtamhán = churlgearróg = bit of ridgeglár agus clábar = muck
lán a' bhaile = So and so - always had lán a' bhaile at his parties very big crowd
gríósach = glowing embers
bannoc = cake of breadclúdóg = collection of eggscriseag = St Brigid's Crossgugán = wooden vesselstarmóg = a yarntúrú = great noiseI criged (ie. cnag) my toe against a stonecéasóg = sow with first litterbac agus bocan (of turf)
