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<title type="main">An Dara Rann de Ghníomharthaibh an Chait.  The Second Part of the Feats of the Cat.</title><author><persName>Ní fios</persName></author><editor><name type="main">Pléimeann, Seán (Fleming, John)</name></editor><respStmt>
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		 <note type="L">69</note>
		 <note type="B">1888</note>
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<text><body><div><p><span>AN DARA RANN DE GHNÍOMHARTHAIBH</span>
<lb n="1"/><span>AN CHAIT.</span></p>
<lb n="2"/>
<lb n="3"/><p><span>THE SECOND PART OF THE FEATS OF</span>
<lb n="4"/><span>THE CAT.</span></p>
<lb n="5"/>
<lb n="6"/><p><span>Ní raibh cat chomh bréagha leis a g-clár</span>
<lb n="7"/><span>Luirc aoibhinn,</span>
<lb n="8"/><span>Ná a shamail le faghail o thragha na</span>
<lb n="9"/><span>díleann;</span>
<lb n="10"/><span>Bhí croídheamhail láidir áluin gníomhach,</span>
<lb n="11"/><span>A's mo nuar go bráth mo phániteach claoidhte.</span>
<lb n="12"/><span>Niór dhíon do'n ngall-luch poll ná áirse,</span>
<lb n="13"/><span>Ar teacht na Samhna ná a niam an cáithte,</span>
<lb n="14"/><span>Dá maireadh Mathghamhuin ba rogha lé bás</span>
<lb n="15"/><span>d'fhághail,</span>
<lb n="16"/><span>'S anois o's fann é foghalfaid m'árus.</span>
<lb n="17"/><span>Ní raibh go feasach a shamhail ag-clár</span>
<lb n="18"/><span>Luirc:—</span>
<lb n="19"/><span>Do sheinnfeadh cronán chomh binn le cláir-</span>
<lb n="20"/><span>seach,</span>
<lb n="21"/><span>Do bhreugfadh leinbh is daoine ársaidh.</span>
<lb n="22"/><span>A's do thugadh cearc-uisge go minic chum</span>
<lb n="23"/><span>Mháire.</span>
<lb n="24"/><span>Do thugadh an traghnach asteach o'n b-páirc</span>
<lb n="25"/><span>leis:</span>
<lb n="26"/><span>Do thugadh o'n sgairt an lon 'sa smólach;</span>
<lb n="27"/><span>Do thugadh an creabhar 'san gabhairín-reódhadh</span>
<lb n="28"/><span>leis,</span>
<lb n="29"/><span>'S breach o'n linn leis, nídh nár dhoígh libh.</span>
<lb n="30"/><span>Do thugadh an míolbuidhe asteach ar nóin leis.</span>
<lb n="31"/><span>'San paínteach coinín as ghoirtín dhomhnaild;</span>
<lb n="32"/><span>Na gealbhuinn tíghe as díon an t-seómra,</span>
<lb n="33"/><span>'San chuaichín bhuidhe a claoidh níor mheoin leis.</span>
<lb n="34"/><span>Do thugadh o'n mhóin an meannán aeidhir leis;</span>
<lb n="35"/><span>An philibín míoc 'san faoilean gléigeal;</span>
<lb n="36"/><span>Na cearca fraoich de dhruim an t-sléibhe,</span>
<lb n="37"/><span>A's de'n chiairseach ramhar do ghnídheach a</span>
<lb n="38"/><span>bhéile.</span>
<lb n="39"/><span>Do bhreugach go minic an leanbh dob' oíge,</span>
<lb n="40"/><span>Le crónán milis do sheinneadh mar cheól</span>
<lb n="41"/><span>cruit',</span>
<lb n="42"/><span>Budh chliste bheireadh ar imiol a chota;</span>
<lb n="43"/><span>Dá tharruint ó'n d-teine air eagla a dhóighthe</span>
<lb n="44"/><span>Is lúthmhar, tapaidh do phreabadh anáirde</span>
<lb n="45"/><span>A m-bárr crainn úbhal a's thugadh seacán as;</span>
<lb n="46"/><span>Do thugadh go minic leis lacha nó bárdal;</span>
<lb n="47"/><span>Feadoígín mhilis no pitrisg áluinn.</span>
<lb n="48"/><span>Do thugadh go dearbh as bhárra an chaisléin</span>
<lb n="49"/><span>leis,</span>
<lb n="50"/><span>Cága, seabhaic is druide 'na d-táintibh;</span>
<lb n="51"/><span>Do thugadh o'n bh-fearann na cearca feadha</span>
<lb n="52"/><span>leis,</span>
<lb n="53"/><span>Colúir is gearra-guirt re tuile na trách-</span>
<lb n="54"/><span>taim,</span>
<lb n="55"/><span>Ní raibh a shamhail ar thalamh na Fódla;—</span>
<lb n="56"/><span>Seang-chat dathanach, bastalach, córach;</span>
<lb n="57"/><span>Tréightheach, taithniomhach, meanmnach, deóraidh,</span>
<lb n="58"/><span>Leómhanta, greanamhar, acfuinneach, treórach.</span>
<lb n="59"/><span>Budh dheas a cheann 'sa chealltar gleoidhthe,</span>
<lb n="60"/><span>Budh dheas a theanga 'sa ghreann feasóíge;</span>
<lb n="61"/><span>Budh dheash a dhrom 'sa chom budh chórach.</span>
<lb n="62"/><span>'Sa mhása teann, chomh sleamhuin le h-omra.</span>
<lb n="63"/></p>
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<div><lb n="64"/><p><span>Ní raibh a shamhail 'san Eóruip, —</span>
<lb n="65"/><span>Ar luth, ar mhire, ar ghol, is ar chródhacht.</span>
<lb n="66"/><span>Ní raibh laoch ná curadh, ursain na ollamh,</span>
<lb n="67"/><span>Ar fhod na cruinne ná raibh sealad do ag</span>
<lb n="68"/><span>fóghnamh.</span></p>
<lb n="69"/>
<lb n="70"/><p><span>VOCABULARY, NOTES &C.</span></p>
<lb n="71"/>
<lb n="72"/><p><span>Clár Luirc, one of the names of Ireland.</span>
<lb n="73"/><span>Trághadh, g. -áighte, pl. id. an ebbing; dile, g. eann, pl.</span>
<lb n="74"/><span>-eanna, the deluge.</span>
<lb n="75"/><span>Aluinn, compar. áille, adj. beautiful; croidheamhuil,</span>
<lb n="76"/><span>compar. -mhla, adj. hearty.</span>
<lb n="77"/><span>Gníomhach, comp. -aighe, adj. active; monuar, alas, inter.</span>
<lb n="78"/><span>claoidhte, p.p. overcome.</span>
<lb n="79"/><span>Luch, g. luiche, pl. lucha, a mouse; luch francach = gall-</span>
<lb n="80"/><span>luch, a rat.</span>
<lb n="81"/><span>Díon, g. dín, pl. id. a shelter, defence; áirse, g. id. pl.</span>
<lb n="82"/><span>-sídhe, an arch.</span>
<lb n="83"/><span>Samhuin, g. -mhna, All Saints; cáthadh g. cáithte, a win-</span>
<lb n="84"/><span>nowing.</span>
<lb n="85"/><span>Mathghamuin g. -mhna, pl. id. the cat's name; properly a</span>
<lb n="86"/><span>bear.  Dá maireadh = dá mairfeadh, had [the cat]</span>
<lb n="87"/><span>lived, budh rogha lé bás d'faghail, the rat would</span>
<lb n="88"/><span>rather die, literally, it would be a choice with her to</span>
<lb n="89"/><span>die; foghalfaid [the rats] will plunder, m'árus, my</span>
<lb n="90"/><span>home.</span>
<lb n="91"/><span>Feasach, knowing, known; ní raibh go feasach, either</span>
<lb n="92"/><span>there was not, it is known, or there was not known.</span>
<lb n="93"/><span>Cronán, g. -áin, a purring.</span>
<lb n="94"/><span>Bhreugfadh [sé], it would amuse; do bhreugach, Munster</span>
<lb n="95"/><span>pronunciation of do bhreugadh, it used to amuse;</span>
<lb n="96"/><span>cearc-uisge, a water hen, a coot.  Gabhairín-reodhadh</span>
<lb n="97"/><span>recte, reodhtha, gen. (gabhar, a goat, reodhadh, frost,</span>
<lb n="98"/><span>ice), same as meannán aeidhir, a snipe.</span>
<lb n="99"/><span>Creabhar, g. -air, a woodcock.  Miolbuidhe = miol-</span>
<lb n="100"/><span>mhaighe, a hare.</span>
<lb n="101"/><span>Gealbhan, g. -ain, sparrow, or gealbhonn, pl. -bhuinn.</span>
<lb n="102"/><span>díon, g. dín, thatch.</span>
<lb n="103"/><span>Seómra, a room, a parlour, pl. -raidhe, gen. sing. with</span>
<lb n="104"/><span>the article, an t-seomra.</span>
<lb n="105"/><span>Cuaichín, g. id. a little cuckoo; meoin for méin, a desire.</span>
<lb n="106"/><span>Meannán aeidhir (meannán, a kid, aeidhir, gen. of aer,</span>
<lb n="107"/><span>the sky), a snipe, from its cry, like a kid's.</span>
<lb n="108"/><span>Pilbín or filbín, a lapwing; pilbín míoc, a plover in</span>
<lb n="109"/><span>Waterford.</span>
<lb n="110"/><span>Faoilean, a seagull.</span>
<lb n="111"/><span>Cearc, g. circe, a hen; fraoch, g. fraoich, heath; cearc</span>
<lb n="112"/><span>fraoich, grouse.</span>
<lb n="113"/><span>Ciairseach, g. -sig, a female blackbird in Waterford,</span>
<lb n="114"/><span>otherwise ceirseach, a thrush.</span>
<lb n="115"/><span>An leanbh dob' óige (do budh óige), the youngest child.</span>
<lb n="116"/><span>Imioll, the border; dóghadh, g. dóighthe, burning; air</span>
<lb n="117"/><span>eagla a dhóighte = é do dóghadh, lest he should be</span>
<lb n="118"/><span>burned.</span>
<lb n="119"/><span>Feadóg, a grey plover, bárdal, a drake — in Waterford,</span>
<lb n="120"/><span>the b is aspirated, bhárdal.</span>
<lb n="121"/><span>Pitrisg, a partridge, cág, pl. -ga, a daw; seabhac, pl.</span>
<lb n="122"/><span>-bhaic, a hawk; droid, g. de, pl. id. or -deanna,</span>
<lb n="123"/><span>a starling; tain, pl. nte, a multitude.</span>
<lb n="124"/><span>Caisleán, g. -léin, a castle.  The poet certainly said</span>
<lb n="125"/><span>chaisleáin.</span>
<lb n="126"/><span>Gearraguirt, quails; seang-chat, a slender-cat; bas-</span>
<lb n="127"/><span>dalach, gay.</span>
<lb n="128"/><span>Córach, well-shaped; acfuinneach, able; cealltar, the</span>
<lb n="129"/><span>appearance of the face.</span>
<lb n="130"/><span>Greann féasoige, beauty of a beard; más, a hip, thigh;</span>
<lb n="131"/><span>omra, amber.</span>
<lb n="132"/><span>Luth, activity, vigour; mire, madness, levity, frolic; in</span>
<lb n="133"/><span>Munster it signifies swiftness, as mear signifies swift;</span>
<lb n="134"/><span>goil, valour; cródhácht, bravery.</span>
<lb n="135"/><span>Ursain for ursa, a prop., here figuratively for warrior;</span>
<lb n="136"/><span>cruinne, the globe.</span>
<lb n="137"/><span>Fóghnamh, inf. or part. of fóghain or fóghuin, serve: ag</span>
<lb n="138"/><span>Fognamh, in service.</span></p>
<lb n="139"/>
<lb n="140"/><p><span>Páinteach I do not know, nor the English for seacán;</span>
<lb n="141"/><span>cearca feadha, I can only guess at.  Any reader who</span>
<lb n="142"/><span>can explain these terms ought to write to us.  Deoraidh</span>
<lb n="143"/><span>and treórach, too, are dark in the poem.</span></p>
<lb n="144"/>
<lb n="145"/><p/></div></body></text></TEI>
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