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		 <note type="L">269</note>
		 <note type="B">1898</note>
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		<pubPlace>24 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin</pubPlace><date>Samhain, 1898</date><idno>IG09-10513</idno><distributor>Royal Irish Academy</distributor>
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<text><body><div><p><span>CONLACH.</span></p>
<lb n="1"/>
<lb n="2"/><p><span>Connacht:</span>
<lb n="3"/><span>1. Truailleachán, a miser.</span>
<lb n="4"/><span>2. Pleidhce (ple ke), a fool. In Meath,</span>
<lb n="5"/><span>Léidhce.</span>
<lb n="6"/><span>3. Coimhde aráin (kev de), a slice of</span>
<lb n="7"/><span>bread.  This is a new word.  The </span>
<lb n="8"/><span>old word, cuibhreann, is still used in</span>
<lb n="9"/><span>Ulster.  Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are from</span>
<lb n="10"/><span>West Mayo.</span>
<lb n="11"/></p>
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<pb n="270"/>
<div><lb n="12"/><p><span>4. The masked mummers who went to</span>
<lb n="13"/><span>houses on the occasion of marriages,</span>
<lb n="14"/><span>etc, were called in Roscommon,</span>
<lb n="15"/><span>geamairí, as I have heard the word.</span>
<lb n="16"/><span>In other places, cleathairí.</span></p>
<lb n="17"/>
<lb n="18"/><p><span>5. Seilbhéiridhe, a surveyor, from the Eng-</span>
<lb n="19"/><span>lish word.  The tendency to change</span>
<lb n="20"/><span>r and n to l is seen in names like</span>
<lb n="21"/><span>Lough Owel(Uair), Ennell(Aininn),</span>
<lb n="22"/><span>biolar for biorar, and many other</span>
<lb n="23"/><span>words.</span></p>
<lb n="24"/>
<lb n="25"/><p><span>Ulster:</span>
<lb n="26"/><span>6. Dorleen is used for a rude quay of</span>
<lb n="27"/><span>round stones built up to keep out</span>
<lb n="28"/><span>the sea (Donegal).  [Dúirling is</span>
<lb n="29"/><span>used in the West for the great rows</span>
<lb n="30"/><span>of boulders thrown up on the coast</span>
<lb n="31"/><span>by the Atlantic storms. ED.]</span></p>
<lb n="32"/>
<lb n="33"/><p><span>Munster:</span>
<lb n="34"/><span>7. Airgead scuit agus airgead póna, fine and</span>
<lb n="35"/><span>“pound” money.  Both words are</span>
<lb n="36"/><span>from the English.  The usual word</span>
<lb n="37"/><span>for “pound” is gabhann.  We find</span>
<lb n="38"/><span>scot in the phrase to get off scot-free,</span>
<lb n="39"/><span>scot and lot, etc.</span></p>
<lb n="40"/>
<lb n="41"/><p><span>8. Sgaothair, a prater, careless about the</span>
<lb n="42"/><span>truth.</span></p>
<lb n="43"/>
<lb n="44"/><p><span>9. Gilligín, a giddy little person.  These</span>
<lb n="45"/><span>three from Limerick.</span></p>
<lb n="46"/>
<lb n="47"/><p><span>10. Plásóg, bit of sweet pasture.  In Meath,</span>
<lb n="48"/><span>plásán.</span></p>
<lb n="49"/>
<lb n="50"/><p><span>11. Stucóg, a stook of corn.  In W. Mun-</span>
<lb n="51"/><span>ster, stadaidhe.</span></p>
<lb n="52"/>
<lb n="53"/><p><span>12. Ar do chúl, behind you. Ar do chúla</span>
<lb n="54"/><span>(=chúlaibh), (riding) behind you.</span>
<lb n="55"/><span>So ar do bheula.  Compare cúlóg.</span></p>
<lb n="56"/>
<lb n="57"/><p><span>13. Clamh, claimhe (klov, klee), mangy,</span>
<lb n="58"/><span>mange.  All these from W. Cork.</span></p>
<lb n="59"/>
<lb n="60"/><p><span>14. Additional notes by Mr. MacCabe on</span>
<lb n="61"/><span>Ballyvourney words given in Gaelic</span>
<lb n="62"/><span>Journal. (I) Fé iadhadh an tighe</span>
<lb n="63"/><span>is suggested for fé dhiadh.</span></p>
<lb n="64"/>
<lb n="65"/><p><span>15. With dhá lí or luidhe an doruis com-</span>
<lb n="66"/><span>pare dhá luidhe an chairt, leath-</span>
<lb n="67"/><span>luidhe, one shaft.</span></p>
<lb n="68"/>
<lb n="69"/><p><span>15. For ríobún, scríobún is said in some</span>
<lb n="70"/><span>places, a mixture of skim milk and</span>
<lb n="71"/><span>raw oatmeal.  When milk was scarce,</span>
<lb n="72"/><span>a cooked mixture of meal was used,</span>
<lb n="73"/><span>called praisge.  Hence the proverb:</span>
<lb n="74"/><span>“is dóigh liom go ndeaghaigh(= ndea-</span>
<lb n="75"/><span>chaidh) an lá i mbreaghthacht,” mar</span>
<lb n="76"/><span>adubhairt an sglábhuidhe nuair d'ól</span>
<lb n="77"/><span>sé an pigín praisge.  Also the retort</span>
<lb n="78"/><span>on boasters, do dhéanfadh gaisge ar</span>
<lb n="79"/><span>phigín praisge.</span></p>
<lb n="80"/>
<lb n="81"/><p><span>17. About boasters bhí sé d'éire or d'aerid</span>
<lb n="82"/><span>aige, he was obliged to do it.  Com-</span>
<lb n="83"/><span>pare bhí a shean-eire air, he had as</span>
<lb n="84"/><span>as much as he could carry (Aran).</span></p>
<lb n="85"/>
<lb n="86"/><p><span>Other Cork words:</span>
<lb n="87"/><span>18. Gráinnseachán and proinnseachán, als </span>
<lb n="88"/><span>pronnsam, are used = roasted corn.</span></p>
<lb n="89"/>
<lb n="90"/><p><span>19. Pas. Compare the phrases “to poss a</span>
<lb n="91"/><span>river,” to trample the weeds in it for</span>
<lb n="92"/><span>the purpose of getting out the fish.</span>
<lb n="93"/><span>“Poss” also means to beat clothes </span>
<lb n="94"/><span>with the hand, in washing them; or</span>
<lb n="95"/><span>to strike a dul blow (bualadh</span>
<lb n="96"/><span>blocach) with any edgeless tool.</span></p>
<lb n="97"/>
<lb n="98"/><p><span>20. Gillín, a sleek, good-looking young</span>
<lb n="99"/><span>horse; is minic do dhein braimín</span>
<lb n="100"/><span>gioballach gillín cumasach.</span></p>
<lb n="101"/>
<lb n="102"/><p><span>21. Caonaidhe(not caoinidhe), a wretch.</span></p>
<lb n="103"/>
<lb n="104"/><p><span>22. Spreota gan mhaith, a useless thing.</span></p>
<lb n="105"/>
<lb n="106"/><p><span>23. Ribleachán, sorrell.  There is a disease</span>
<lb n="107"/><span>of cattle called ripleachán dearg</span>
<lb n="108"/><span>(Aran).</span></p>
<lb n="109"/>
<lb n="110"/><p><span>24. (a) sgú (? orthog.) ag s. phrátaidh, peel-</span>
<lb n="111"/><span>ing potatoes, (b) ag scúmh chun a </span>
<lb n="112"/><span>chéile, dogs snarling at each other.</span></p>
<lb n="113"/>
<lb n="114"/><p><span>25. Rumáile, a river weed, long and green.</span>
<lb n="115"/><span>Ruithleagach, another sort of water</span>
<lb n="116"/><span>weed.  Cf. ruideog.</span></p>
<lb n="117"/>
<lb n="118"/><p><span>26. Eadara (eadarthráth); oidhche annso</span>
<lb n="119"/><span>agus e. annsúd was said of a ram-</span>
<lb n="120"/><span>bling person.  There is also a phrase</span>
<lb n="121"/><span>eadara bó.  The word is understood</span>
<lb n="122"/><span>about Macroom to mean “about</span>
<lb n="123"/><span>mid-day.”</span></p>
<lb n="124"/>
<lb n="125"/><p><span>27. Ceartaos, a three-year old heifer in calf.</span>
<lb n="126"/><span>Aos-doire is a word used here as in</span>
<lb n="127"/><span>Aran.</span></p>
<lb n="128"/>
<lb n="129"/><p><span>28. Fiolar for iolar, faill for aill.  On the</span>
<lb n="130"/><span>other hand, ailm as well as failm for</span>
<lb n="131"/><span>pailm, palm-tree. </span></p>
<lb n="132"/>
<lb n="133"/><p><span>E. O'Growney.</span></p>
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<lb n="135"/><p>
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