School: Killyfargy
- Location:
- Killyfargy, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: B. Ó Mórdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0947, Page 004
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- (continued from previous page)dul (dhull) = a noose or snare used to catch rabbits
cró (crow) = used in word ”pig crow” i.e. a house for pigs.
foradh (furm) = a wooden seat longer and higher than a stool.
tachran (thaheran) = a little girl of eight or nine years.
sleaghán (slane) = a spade used for cutting turf, “slane” turf are turf cut out with such a spade. “slane” barrow.
scraith (skraw) = a green sod
scealp (skelp) a piece, slice or splinter
cár (kar) = a twisting of the mouth, often used as verb.
pus (puss) = a cross, offended look, shown by the lips
poitín (poteen) = alcoholic spirits made illicitly
galore = plenty, enough
geabstar = a talkative person
puth or puith = (pyh) = a forced breath when animal ill or to full etc.
seal (shall) = a turn or spell
krig = to crig a toe, ie. to break the skin through knocking it against a stone, or hard substance.
slán-lus = (slanlus) = a weed which grows in meadows
meascan (meskin) = a measure applied to butter.
seoch (sheough) = a gripe or dyke along a fence
tuail (thole) = to endure; bear with.
soc (sock) = a ploughshare
bac (boc) = applied to a beam supporting the roof (common in old houses)
brablach (brablagh) = refuse or useless rubbish.
ceant (keant) = a sale on the street of old clothes, delph etc. “cantman”(continues on next page)
