School: Cloncovid
- Location:
- Cloncovet, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Savage
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0988, Page 249
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- "A" is always placed before a present participle as a going - a working- a hunting. "Geannona" denotes small wizened person
"Raney" is applied to a thin person.
"For the lucre of" is used instead of "for the sake of"
Quit means "stop"
"Squeeze" means a sudden pain.
"The" is put before "day, "week", "month" "year" where referring to the currant one.
"Bacac" - a beggar man, generally lame
"Gistrán"- a miserable little creature
Cóiseach - a festive gathering
"Stuckering" - "sponging"
"forby" - in comparison with
