Historical Irish Corpus
1600 - 1926

Some Irish Idioms.

Title
Some Irish Idioms.
Author(s)
Ua Laoghaire, Peadar,
Compiler/Editor
Mac Néill, Eoin
Composition Date
1895
Publisher
Connradh na Gaedhilge

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Poetry/Prose
1600 1926

SOME IRISH IDIOMS


L. 26


Ní'l maith dham bheith dá labhairt,
'S do ghaol le Donnchadh an tsagairt,
Le hEoghan na gcártaidhe, a athair,
Le lucht na gceann do ghearradh,
Do chur i málaibh leathair,
Do bhreith leó síos do'n chathair,
's an óir do thabhairt a bhaile
Mar chothughadh ban a's leanbh.

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