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		<pubPlace>24 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin</pubPlace><date>Meadhón Foghmhair, 1901</date><idno>IG11-11256</idno><distributor>Royal Irish Academy</distributor>
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<text><body><div><p><span><pb n="150"/></span>
<lb n="1"/><span>AN PHLÉIS AM.</span></p>
<lb n="2"/>
<lb n="3"/><p><span>(Sgéal innistear do'n aos og.)</span></p>
<lb n="4"/>
<lb n="5"/><p><span>Fear a bhí ann fad ó shoin a rabh Mághnus</span>
<lb n="6"/><span>air.  Chaitheadh a bhean a thabhairt air caisleán </span>
<lb n="7"/><span>a dheánamh dí.  Nuair a bhí an caisleán </span>
<lb n="8"/><span>déanta, ní rabh an ghnaithe ar dóigh go ndéan-</span>
<lb n="9"/><span>fadh se pléis am dí.  Annsin, ní rabh a fhios</span>
<lb n="10"/><span>aige goidé an dóigh a ndeánfadh se pléis am.</span></p>
<lb n="11"/>
<lb n="12"/><p><span>Chuaidh se amach fa na cloicheacha agus casadh </span>
<lb n="13"/><span>Bilidh an Dealáin air.  Thug Bhullaidh dó </span>
<lb n="14"/><span>bata buidhe.  Arsa Bhullaidh,</span></p>
<lb n="15"/>
<lb n="16"/><p><span>"Abair leis an bhata bhuidhe a chomhairle </span>
<lb n="17"/><span>fhéin a dheanamh."</span></p>
<lb n="18"/>
<lb n="19"/><p><span>Chuaidh Mághnus amach annsin agus rug se </span>
<lb n="20"/><span>greim rubaill ar an tarbh agus bhuail an bata </span>
<lb n="21"/><span>buidhe stróic ar an tarbh agus stróic ar Mhághnus</span>
<lb n="22"/><span>thart fa n-a chaisleán.</span></p>
<lb n="23"/>
<lb n="24"/><p><span>Reath bean Mhághnuis amach annsin a shábháil</span>
<lb n="25"/><span>Mhághnuis.  Rug sí greim ar Mhághnus agus </span>
<lb n="26"/><span>ghreamuigh sí do Mhághnus.</span></p>
<lb n="27"/>
<lb n="28"/><p><span>"A bhata bhuidhe, deán do chomhairle fhéin,"</span>
<lb n="29"/><span>arsa Mághnus.</span></p>
<lb n="30"/>
<lb n="31"/><p><span>Bhuail an bata buidhe stróic ar an tarbh agus </span>
<lb n="32"/><span>stróic ar Mhághnus, stróic ar bhean Mhághnuis</span>
<lb n="33"/><span>thart fa n-a chaisleán.</span></p>
<lb n="34"/>
<lb n="35"/><p><span>Bhí táilliúr istigh.  Sgairt bean Mhághnuis </span>
<lb n="36"/><span>amach ar an táilliúr go sábháilfeadh se í.</span>
<lb n="37"/><span>Fuair an táilliúr greim ar bhean Mhághnuis</span>
<lb n="38"/><span>agus bhí se greamuiste do bhean Mhághnuis.</span></p>
<lb n="39"/>
<lb n="40"/><p><span>"A bhata bhuidhe, deán do chomhairle fhéin,"</span>
<lb n="41"/><span>arsa Mághnus.</span></p>
<lb n="42"/>
<lb n="43"/><p><span>Bhuail an bata buidhe stróic ar an tarbh,</span>
<lb n="44"/><span>stróic ar Mhághnus, stróic ar bhean Mhághnuis </span>
<lb n="45"/><span>is stróic ar an táilliúr.  Bhí an bata buidhe</span>
<lb n="46"/><span>ag bualadh thart fa'n chaisleán ó'n darna </span>
<lb n="47"/><span>stróic.  Bhí buachaill eile ag glanadh na </span>
<lb n="48"/><span>sráide.</span></p>
<lb n="49"/>
<lb n="50"/><p><span>"Guidhim thú," arsa bean Mhághnuis,</span>
<lb n="51"/><span>"tabhair lámh chuidighthe damh."</span></p>
<lb n="52"/>
<lb n="53"/><p><span>Thóg an buachaill an tsluasad agus tharraing</span>
<lb n="54"/><span>se uirthi.  Bhí an tsluasad lán clábair agus bhí</span>
<lb n="55"/><span>sé ag brath ar a fághail réidhtighthe agus leag se</span>
<lb n="56"/><span>an tsluasad uirthi agus ghreamuigh an tsluasad </span>
<lb n="57"/><span>dí agus ghreamuigh dhá laimh an bhuachalla do'n </span>
<lb n="58"/><span>tsluasaid.</span></p>
<lb n="59"/>
<lb n="60"/><p><span>"A bhata bhuidhe," arsa Mághnus, "deán</span>
<lb n="61"/><span>do chomhairle fhéin."</span></p>
<lb n="62"/>
<lb n="63"/><p><span>Bhuail an bata buidhe stróic ar an tarbh,</span>
<lb n="64"/><span>stróic ar Mhághnus, stróic ar bhean Mhághnuis,</span>
<lb n="65"/><span>stróic ar an táilliúr, agus stróic ar fhear na </span>
<lb n="66"/><span>sluaisde gur chuis se an t-iomlán thart</span>
<lb n="67"/><span>timcheall fa'n chaisleán go dtí go rabh bean </span>
<lb n="68"/><span>Mhághnuis tuirseach do'n phléis am gur iarr </span>
<lb n="69"/><span>sí ar Mhághnus stad do'n phléis am, agus sgairt </span>
<lb n="70"/><span>Mághnus annsin ar Bhullaidh an Dealáin agus </span>
<lb n="71"/><span>bheir Bhullaidh an Dealáin ar an bhata bhuidhe </span>
<lb n="72"/><span>agus thug sé stróic thart fa dtaobh díobh agus bhí an </span>
<lb n="73"/><span>t-iomlán réidhtighthe.</span></p>
<lb n="74"/>
<lb n="75"/><p><span>TAGRA.</span>
<lb n="76"/><span>Pléis am = nonsense, silly</span>
<lb n="77"/><span>talk, balderdash, humbug, foolery, &c.</span></p>
<lb n="78"/>
<lb n="79"/><p><span>"rinn sé pléis am díom, he made</span>
<lb n="80"/><span>a fool of me."</span></p>
<lb n="81"/>
<lb n="82"/><p><span>pléis = accosting or</span>
<lb n="83"/><span>addressing a person all of a sudden, ex. bhuail sé pléis</span></p>
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<pb n="151"/>
<div><lb n="84"/><p><span>chomhráidh orm, he accosted me.</span></p>
<lb n="85"/>
<lb n="86"/><p><span>A rabh Mághnus air = go raibh Mághnus mar ainm air,</span>
<lb n="87"/><span>ar a raibh Mághnus mar ainm, whose name was Manus.</span>
<lb n="88"/><span>Chaitheadh a bhean a thabhairt air, "the woman be to make</span>
<lb n="89"/><span>him," i.e., his wife must needs make him, agus c.; caithim,</span>
<lb n="90"/><span>I must, agusc.  Gnaithe = gnó, business.  Ar dóigh =</span>
<lb n="91"/><span>i gceart, 'sa' cheart, i gcaoi, right, properly finished,</span>
<lb n="92"/><span>agus c.  Dóigh = slighe, caoi, cuma, way, method.  Bilidh</span>
<lb n="93"/><span>(Bullaidh) an Dealáin, "Billy (Willy) of the Spark (or</span>
<lb n="94"/><span>glimmer of light)" = Will o' the Wisp.  </span></p>
<lb n="95"/>
<lb n="96"/><p><span>Rubaill = earbaill, gen.; rug sé greim r.</span>
<lb n="97"/><span>ar an tarbh, he caught the bull by the tail.  Stróic, a</span>
<lb n="98"/><span>stripe, a blow.  Reath = do rith, ran.  Thart fa, round</span>
<lb n="99"/><span>through or round about.  Greamuiste = greamuighthe,</span>
<lb n="100"/><span>struck.  Tharraing se uirthi, he drew near or towards</span>
<lb n="101"/><span>her.  Clábair, gen. of clábar, the thick mud or slush</span>
<lb n="102"/><span>of the roads.  Bhí se ag brath ar a fághail réidhtighthe,</span>
<lb n="103"/><span>"he was intending to get the woman rid".  (i.e., clear).</span>
<lb n="104"/><span>Thart fa dtaobh díobh, round about them.</span></p>
<lb n="105"/>
<lb n="106"/><p><span>There is also a legend to the effect that the celebrated</span>
<lb n="107"/><span>Gobán Saor was once asked to make a pléis am and that</span>
<lb n="108"/><span>he failed to do it, for obvious reasons, as pléis am =</span>
<lb n="109"/><span>neimhní.  This has, so far, never been obtained.</span></p>
<lb n="110"/>
<lb n="111"/><p/></div></body></text></TEI>
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