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<title type="main">O'Curnan's Song.  'A Mháire mhilis bhreágh..'</title><author><persName>Ní fios</persName></author><editor><name type="main">Pléimeann, Seán (Fleming, John)</name></editor><respStmt>
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<div><lb n="2"/><p><span>I.</span></p>
<lb n="3"/>
<lb n="4"/><p><span>A Mháire mhilis bhreágh, d'fhúig an chnead so am lár,</span>
<lb n="5"/><span>Nach leigheasfadh sin oileán na fódhladh,</span>
<lb n="6"/><span>A's go m-béarfainn dar mo láimh, dá d-tuigfeá féin</span>
<lb n="7"/><span>mo chás,</span>
<lb n="8"/><span>Nach leigfeá mo bhás gan fóirthin;</span>
<lb n="9"/><span>Ní chaithim unsa bidh, ní chodlaim neul ó luidhim,</span>
<lb n="10"/><span>Ní'l tapa' ionnam ná brígh acht sgáil bheag:</span>
<lb n="11"/><span>mara bh-faghaidh mé uain no sgith air dhian-ghrádh lár mo</span>
<lb n="12"/><span>chroidhe,</span>
<lb n="13"/><span>Ní mhairfidh mé beó mí ná ráithe.</span></p>
<lb n="14"/>
<lb n="15"/><p><span>II.</span></p>
<lb n="16"/>
<lb n="17"/><p><span>Ní'l fhios ná leigheas mo chráidh ag aon-ne beó le fáthail</span>
<lb n="18"/><span>Acht amháin ag an mhnaoi do bhreoigh mé;</span></p>
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<pb n="23"/>
<div><lb n="19"/><p><span>Ní'l mo leigheas air mhuir ná tráth, ni'l mo leigheas air</span>
<lb n="20"/><span>luibh na laimh.</span>
<lb n="21"/><span>Ní'l mo leigheas acht ag bláth na h-óige:</span>
<lb n="22"/><span>Ní aithníghim cearc thar chuach, ní aithníghim teas tar</span>
<lb n="23"/><span>fhuacht</span>
<lb n="24"/><span>Ní aithnighim aon uair mo cháirde;</span>
<lb n="25"/><span>Ní aithnighim oidhche tar lá, agus d'aith'neóchadh mo chroidhe</span>
<lb n="26"/><span>mo ghrádh,</span>
<lb n="27"/><span>Dá d-tagadh sí a d-tráth agus fóirthin.</span></p>
<lb n="28"/>
<lb n="29"/><p><span>III.</span></p>
<lb n="30"/>
<lb n="31"/><p><span>Fóir, a chumainn, déan, tabhair dam póg mhilis ód' bheul,</span>
<lb n="32"/><span>Agus tóg chughat féin aníos ó'n m-bás mé;</span>
<lb n="33"/><span>Nó órduig dam leaba chaol a g-comhra chluthmar dale,</span>
<lb n="34"/><span>A g-comhgar an daoil 'sa cháirde.</span>
<lb n="35"/><span>Ní beó mo bheó acht eug, ní glór mo ghlór acht gaoth,</span>
<lb n="36"/><span>Ní'l snuadh orm, saoghal, ná sláinte;</span>
<lb n="37"/><span>Acht go deórach, brónach, tréith, gan cheól 'gan spórt,</span>
<lb n="38"/><span>gan réim,</span>
<lb n="39"/><span>A n-dar-bhruid 'sa b-péin le grádh dhuit.</span></p>
<lb n="40"/>
<lb n="41"/><p><span>Cnead sigh, groan;  Fodhla, one of the names for Ire-</span>
<lb n="42"/><span>land; sgáile, a shadow; sgáil, in Munster; brigh, </span>
<lb n="43"/><span>strength; cradh, pain; mara, colloquially for muna, </span>
<lb n="44"/><span>unless; faghaim, I find; muna bh-faghaidh me, unless I</span>
<lb n="45"/><span>find or get; uain, time, leisure; sgith, rest; lar, the </span>
<lb n="46"/><span>ground, midst; aon-ne, for aon neach, any one; luibh, </span>
<lb n="47"/><span>an herb;  Lámh, hand, skill; blath, a blossom; na </span>
<lb n="48"/><span>h-óige, of youth; ni aithnighim,  I do not know; cuach</span>
<lb n="49"/><span>a cuckoo; cearc, a hen; tar, beyond, rather than; fóir, </span>
<lb n="50"/><span>save, relieve; am 'fhóirthin, to my relief; cumhgar, </span>
<lb n="51"/><span>convenience, vicinity; daol, gen. daoil, a chafer. Sin, in</span>
<lb n="52"/><span>the second line, is an expletive, and pronounced san.  It</span>
<lb n="53"/><span>occurs very early in the Irish Imitation.  Nach in lines</span>
<lb n="54"/><span>two and four are pronounced ná. D'aithineochadh</span>
<lb n="55"/><span>(daith'neochadh), conditional mood of aithnighim.  The final </span>
<lb n="56"/><span>letter th in gaoth is pronounced in Munster like gh in lough.</span></p>
<lb n="57"/>
<lb n="58"/><p><span>VOCABULARY AND ERRATA </span></p>
<lb n="59"/>
<lb n="60"/><p><span>To the First Part of Sgeul Mhic Bradáin.</span></p>
<lb n="61"/>
<lb n="62"/><p><span>COLUMN 1.</span></p>
<lb n="63"/>
<lb n="64"/><p><span>Line 2. For tonn mhaith aois read tonn mhaith aois',</span>
<lb n="65"/><span>literally, “a good wave of age,” meaning that</span>
<lb n="66"/><span>he was pretty far advanced in years.  Ex-</span>
<lb n="67"/><span>pression peculiar to the west coast.</span></p>
<lb n="68"/>
<lb n="69"/><p><span>Line 5. n-iasg, the pronunciation of the “thick slender</span>
<lb n="70"/><span>n,” requires for its expression the prefixing of</span>
<lb n="71"/><span>n before nouns beginning with vowels in</span>
<lb n="72"/><span>situations similar to this, although according </span>
<lb n="73"/><span>to the grammars the n of aen or aon is not</span>
<lb n="74"/><span>repeated.</span></p>
<lb n="75"/>
<lb n="76"/><p><span>Line 6. Do chaith sé, &c. “He spent a long time in this</span>
<lb n="77"/><span>way.”  Bealach is not used in this sense in </span>
<lb n="78"/><span>Munster.</span></p>
<lb n="79"/>
<lb n="80"/><p><span>Line 7. i n-imtheacht an lae, during the day.</span></p>
<lb n="81"/>
<lb n="82"/><p><span>Line 8. a ghabadh, local abbreviation for ghabháil.</span></p>
<lb n="83"/>
<lb n="84"/><p><span>Line 10. icineacht, local form for éigin, a certain, a par-</span>
<lb n="85"/><span>ticular (day).</span>
<lb n="86"/><span>Line 12. th'réis, abbr. for tar éis, after.</span></p>
<lb n="87"/>
<lb n="88"/><p><span>Line 12. for a marbhadh read a mharbhadh.</span></p>
<lb n="89"/>
<lb n="90"/><p><span>Line 13. crapadh suas, winding up.</span></p>
<lb n="91"/>
<lb n="92"/><p><span>Line 14. a dhorubha, a line of any kind, particularly a </span>
<lb n="93"/><span>fishing line.</span></p>
<lb n="94"/>
<lb n="95"/><p><span>Line 14. chonnaic, spoken form of chonnairc, saw.</span></p>
<lb n="96"/>
<lb n="97"/><p><span>Line 15. port, bank, wharf, shore.</span></p>
<lb n="98"/>
<lb n="99"/><p><span>COLUMN 2.</span></p>
<lb n="100"/>
<lb n="101"/><p><span>Line 1. do bhárr an lae read do bhár, &c, as a day's</span>
<lb n="102"/><span>return; bár, crop, produce.</span></p>
<lb n="103"/>
<lb n="104"/><p><span>Line 4. an t-aen n-iasg.  In Connaught aon is used in </span>
<lb n="105"/><span>the abstract, aen in the concrete.  For n-iasg </span>
<lb n="106"/><span>see above, col. 1, l. 5.</span></p>
<lb n="107"/>
<lb n="108"/><p><span>Line 6. céa'r'd, abbr. of cé an rud, by metathesis</span>
<lb n="109"/><span>creud.  Cad is more used in Munster.</span></p>
<lb n="110"/>
<lb n="111"/><p><span>Line 7. dh'á fheuchaint, literally, “to its trying,” i.e., try-</span>
<lb n="112"/><span>ing it.  See Joyce's Grammar, p. 116.  The </span>
<lb n="113"/><span>d of dh'á is aspirated for euphonic reasons.</span></p>
<lb n="114"/>
<lb n="115"/><p><span>Line 13. air bruach.  Air in the west only aspirates in</span>
<lb n="116"/><span>certain cases, i.e., when the dative governs a </span>
<lb n="117"/><span>genitive after it.  See above air bhruach na </span>
<lb n="118"/><span>h-aibhne.</span>
<lb n="119"/></p>
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<div><lb n="120"/><p><span>Line 15. do bhain, &c., as.  The fisherman took out.</span>
<lb n="121"/><span>The form in books is do bhean.</span></p>
<lb n="122"/>
<lb n="123"/><p><span>Line 16. suas, sic, tautological.</span></p>
<lb n="124"/>
<lb n="125"/><p><span>Line 18.  tabhair a bhaile é, take it home.  Remark the</span>
<lb n="126"/><span>two meanings of tabhair in this sentence.</span></p>
<lb n="127"/>
<lb n="128"/><p><span>Line 19. nár e, much used instead of óir, for.</span></p>
<lb n="129"/>
<lb n="130"/><p><span>Line 21. chúcub, to them, i.e., to himself and his wife.</span>
<lb n="131"/><span>Example of third pl. prep. pronoun.</span></p>
<lb n="132"/>
<lb n="133"/><p><span>Line 24. ithead sí, third pers. sing. imperative for itheadh</span>
<lb n="134"/><span>sí, let her eat.  Form frequently used all over</span>
<lb n="135"/><span>Connaught.</span></p>
<lb n="136"/>
<lb n="137"/><p><span>Line 24. drei'shiur; book form deirbhshiur, a sister.</span></p>
<lb n="138"/>
<lb n="139"/><p><span>Line 25. I buill sibh, along with you.</span></p>
<lb n="140"/>
<lb n="141"/><p><span>Line 29. For ba é duine, &c., read ba duine bean-</span>
<lb n="142"/><span>nuighthe, &c. — é.</span></p>
<lb n="143"/>
<lb n="144"/><p><span>Line 30. For aimsire read aimsir,</span></p>
<lb n="145"/>
<lb n="146"/><p><span>Line 32. For chuimne read chuimhnigh.</span></p>
<lb n="147"/>
<lb n="148"/><p><span>COLUMN 3.</span></p>
<lb n="149"/>
<lb n="150"/><p><span>Line 1. bagairt, to charge, warn.</span></p>
<lb n="151"/>
<lb n="152"/><p><span>Line 3. roinnt, form used for roinn.</span></p>
<lb n="153"/>
<lb n="154"/><p><span>Line 5. ó'n n-oídhche.  See remarks above on initial n.</span></p>
<lb n="155"/>
<lb n="156"/><p><span>Line 11. an bheirt mhac, the two sons.</span></p>
<lb n="157"/>
<lb n="158"/><p><span>Line 11. 'na malraighibh, malrach, a growing boy, from</span>
<lb n="159"/><span>5 to 15.</span></p>
<lb n="160"/>
<lb n="161"/><p><span>Line 12. ag borrughadh, swelling out, increasing, growing</span>
<lb n="162"/><span>strong.</span></p>
<lb n="163"/>
<lb n="164"/><p><span>Line 13. For go íongantas read go raibh íongantas.</span></p>
<lb n="165"/>
<lb n="166"/><p><span>Line 18. For thar leanbh read thar an leanbh.</span></p>
<lb n="167"/>
<lb n="168"/><p><span>Line 19, 20. Supply hyphen to ghlaodh-faduís.</span></p>
<lb n="169"/>
<lb n="170"/><p><span>Line 21. dhíobhtha, generally written díobh.</span></p>
<lb n="171"/>
<lb n="172"/><p><span>Line 26. ádhbhar so may be read without so.</span></p>
<lb n="173"/>
<lb n="174"/><p><span>Line 27. aineachdail, form used for aithniughadh, to re-</span>
<lb n="175"/><span>cognise.</span></p>
<lb n="176"/>
<lb n="177"/><p><span>Line 28. deirbhsiúthra, pron. dreithiúra.  Another geni-</span>
<lb n="178"/><span>tive form is deirbhshéathra, pron. dreifeura.</span></p>
<lb n="179"/>
<lb n="180"/><p><span>Line 28, 29. seanbhain ag siubhail, an old woman tra-</span>
<lb n="181"/><span>velling, may read sean-bhean siubhail, an old</span>
<lb n="182"/><span>travelling woman.</span></p>
<lb n="183"/>
<lb n="184"/><p><span>Line 31. dhui or dí.</span></p>
<lb n="185"/>
<lb n="186"/><p><span>Line 38. fiafhróghaidh used for fiafróchaidh, will inquire.</span></p>
<lb n="187"/>
<lb n="188"/><p><span>Line 39. déarfíor for déarfidhear.  The book form is</span>
<lb n="189"/><span>déarfar, of the fut. pass., it will be said.</span></p>
<lb n="190"/>
<lb n="191"/><p><span>Line 44. h-ú better ú.</span></p>
<lb n="192"/>
<lb n="193"/><p><span>COLUMN 4.</span></p>
<lb n="194"/>
<lb n="195"/><p><span>Line 7. For h-ú read ú.</span></p>
<lb n="196"/>
<lb n="197"/><p><span>Line 8. do dhreatháthair, local pronunciation of</span>
<lb n="198"/><span>dearbhráthair, brother.  The word is no-</span>
<lb n="199"/><span>where pronounced as it is spelled.</span></p>
<lb n="200"/>
<lb n="201"/><p><span>Line 11. m-beireach, adv. were it not.</span></p>
<lb n="202"/>
<lb n="203"/><p><span>Line 13. For imtheoghadh read imtheodhad, I shall go away.</span></p>
<lb n="204"/>
<lb n="205"/><p><span>Line 16. Leis an m-bealaigh, localism for leis an</span>
<lb n="206"/><span>m-bealach.</span></p>
<lb n="207"/>
<lb n="208"/><p><span>Line 27. For báile read bhaile.</span></p>
<lb n="209"/>
<lb n="210"/><p><span>Line 28. ag is understood for fágáil.</span></p>
<lb n="211"/>
<lb n="212"/><p><span>Line 35. cáide for cé h-as, whence.</span></p>
<lb n="213"/>
<lb n="214"/><p><span>Line 39. ag tóruigheacht aimsire, seeking employment.</span></p>
<lb n="215"/>
<lb n="216"/><p><span>Line 42. For sasda read sásda.  This whole sentence</span>
<lb n="217"/><span>from béarfaidh mise to air bith é should be</span>
<lb n="218"/><span>included in inverted commas as being spoken</span>
<lb n="219"/><span>by Seághan.</span></p>
<lb n="220"/>
<lb n="221"/><p><span>COLUMN 5.</span></p>
<lb n="222"/>
<lb n="223"/><p><span>Line 3. For ghlaoidh read ghlaodh.</span></p>
<lb n="224"/>
<lb n="225"/><p><span>Line 10. fosuidheadht — le, herd, mind, care for.</span></p>
<lb n="226"/>
<lb n="227"/><p><span>Line 12. Dele period.</span></p>
<lb n="228"/>
<lb n="229"/><p><span>Line 14. teórainn, supply comma.</span></p>
<lb n="230"/>
<lb n="231"/><p><span>Line 18. cúirialta, nice, well-kept.</span></p>
<lb n="232"/>
<lb n="233"/><p><span>Line 18. For ann bh-fuil read ann, 'na bfuil.</span></p>
<lb n="234"/>
<lb n="235"/><p><span>Line 20, 21. For iteadh n-ubhall read itheádh na n-ubhall.</span></p>
<lb n="236"/>
<lb n="237"/><p><span>Line 21. do gnáthuigh, in dictionaries gnódhuigh.</span></p>
<lb n="238"/>
<lb n="239"/><p><span>Line 33. For roinnt read le roinnt.</span></p>
<lb n="240"/>
<lb n="241"/><p><span>Line 33. pé ar budh rud for cé'r dubh rud, the same as</span>
<lb n="242"/><span>gidh b'é rud air bith.</span></p>
<lb n="243"/>
<lb n="244"/><p><span>Line 35. Lár na cloidhe or lár an chloidhe, this word being m.</span>
<lb n="245"/><span>and f. in Connaught, in the middle of the wall.</span></p>
<lb n="246"/>
<lb n="247"/><p><span>Line 36. I n-a bhárr (among the stones) in its top.</span></p>
<lb n="248"/>
<lb n="249"/><p><span>Line 37. air dhul used for air dul.</span></p>
<lb n="250"/>
<lb n="251"/><p><span>Line 38. go mh-baineadh used for go m-beanfadh.</span></p>
<lb n="252"/>
<lb n="253"/><p><span>Line 39. For an dara úbhall read and dara h-úbhall.</span></p>
<lb n="254"/>
<lb n="255"/><p><span>Line 42. Shorro, an exclamation, a “soft” curse.</span></p>
<lb n="256"/>
<lb n="257"/><p><span>Line 43. For úbhall read h-úbhall.</span></p>
<lb n="258"/>
<lb n="259"/><p><span>Line 44. chuici, d'ith sí, &c.  Although gabhar is mas-</span>
<lb n="260"/><span>culine, the narrator applied feminine pronouns</span>
<lb n="261"/><span>to the goat.  This, though strictly speaking</span>
<lb n="262"/><span>ungrammatical, is generally done.</span></p>
<lb n="263"/>
<lb n="264"/><p><span>COLUMN 6.</span></p>
<lb n="265"/>
<lb n="266"/><p><span>Line 1. do chrádh &c., a “soft” curse.</span></p>
<lb n="267"/>
<lb n="268"/><p><span>Line 7. For nícomhartha read ní córa.</span></p>
<lb n="269"/>
<lb n="270"/><p><span>Line 14. d'aire sé for d'airigh sé.</span></p>
<lb n="271"/>
<lb n="272"/><p><span>Line 15. g-colainn localism for g-colann.</span></p>
<lb n="273"/>
<lb n="274"/><p><span>Line 15. cloidhmhe and claimhe, the usual spoken forms for</span>
<lb n="275"/><span>cloidheamh, a sword.</span></p>
<lb n="276"/>
<lb n="277"/><p><span>Line 17. bhreugach, bhradach, used by the narrator for</span>
<lb n="278"/><span>bhreugaigh bhradaigh, probably to five addi-</span>
<lb n="279"/><span>tional force, the verb is being understood.</span></p>
<lb n="280"/>
<lb n="281"/><p><span>Line 21. For sáitibh read sáthadh.</span></p>
<lb n="282"/>
<lb n="283"/><p><span>Line 25. Dele (;) after duit.</span></p>
<lb n="284"/>
<lb n="285"/><p><span>Line 26. Insert (,) after so.</span></p>
<lb n="286"/>
<lb n="287"/><p><span>Line 32. For solus read soluis.</span></p>
<lb n="288"/>
<lb n="289"/><p><span>Line 33. áiníochaidh used for áinníocaibh, red cinders,</span>
<lb n="290"/><span>same as aithinnighibh, sparks, red coals.</span></p>
<lb n="291"/>
<lb n="292"/><p><span>Line 38. For cos a bhaint as read na cosa a bhaint uaidh.</span></p>
<lb n="293"/>
<lb n="294"/><p><span>Line 39. For deirg read dheirg.</span></p>
<lb n="295"/>
<lb n="296"/><p><span>Line 41. For sé read sí.  For Sheághan read a Sheághain.</span></p>
<lb n="297"/>
<lb n="298"/><p><span>Line 45. g-ceudaibh used for g-ceud.</span></p>
<lb n="299"/>
<lb n="300"/><p><span>COLUMN 7.</span></p>
<lb n="301"/>
<lb n="302"/><p><span>Line 1. Insert colon after arís.</span></p>
<lb n="303"/>
<lb n="304"/><p><span>Line 3. For glúineadh read nglúineadh.</span></p>
<lb n="305"/>
<lb n="306"/><p><span>NOTE. — It is of importance that local peculiarities</span>
<lb n="307"/><span>should e noted correctly, especially in remote localities</span>
<lb n="308"/><span>where the language has been preserved in great purity.</span>
<lb n="309"/><span>There is, however, no locality in which corruptions have</span>
<lb n="310"/><span>not crept in.</span></p>
<lb n="311"/>
<lb n="312"/><p><span>Clann Chonchobhair.</span></p></div></body></text></TEI>
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