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		<pubPlace>24 Upper O'Connell Street, Dublin</pubPlace><date>Samhain, 1901</date><idno>IG11-11278</idno><distributor>Royal Irish Academy</distributor>
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<text><body><div><p><span><pb n="180"/></span>
<lb n="1"/><span>AN PISÍN BREAC.</span></p>
<lb n="2"/>
<lb n="3"/><p><span>Bhí rí is bái'rioghan ann aon uair </span>
<lb n="4"/><span>amháin.  Fuair a bhái'rioghan </span>
<lb n="5"/><span>bás.  Phós an rí baí'rioghan </span>
<lb n="6"/><span>eile.  Thainig sí </span>
<lb n="7"/><span>isteach chuige </span>
<lb n="8"/><span>cailleach na </span>
<lb n="9"/><span>gcearc lá amháin.</span>
<lb n="10"/><span>Thuisligh sí i mbéal a'</span>
<lb n="11"/><span>dorais.</span></p>
<lb n="12"/>
<lb n="13"/><p><span>"Dia linn," ars' a' bhái'rioghan.</span></p>
<lb n="14"/>
<lb n="15"/><p><span>"Ná raibh Dia no Muire leat," arsa </span>
<lb n="16"/><span>cailleach na gcearc.</span></p>
<lb n="17"/>
<lb n="18"/><p><span>"Cad as a ndeir tú sin?" ars' a'</span>
<lb n="19"/><span>bhái'rioghan.</span>
<lb n="20"/></p>
</div>
<pb n="181"/>
<div><lb n="21"/><p><span>"Tá, gá ndéanta cuairt no céilidh agam,</span>
<lb n="22"/><span>bheifeá 'bhfad 'na bfearr de."</span></p>
<lb n="23"/>
<lb n="24"/><p><span>"Caidé sin?" ars' a' bhái'rioghan.</span></p>
<lb n="25"/>
<lb n="26"/><p><span>"Tá inghean ag an rígh is tá sí 'bhfad níos </span>
<lb n="27"/><span>deise ná do inghean-sa; gach aon neach 'a</span>
<lb n="28"/><span>dtiocfaidh béidh siad ag iarraigh inghine a' </span>
<lb n="29"/><span>ríogh agus gheóbhaidh sí a' saidhbhreas uilig."</span></p>
<lb n="30"/>
<lb n="31"/><p><span>"Caidé gheanamuid léithi?"</span></p>
<lb n="32"/>
<lb n="33"/><p><span>"Cuir í go muilionn a' scuitseála: gach </span>
<lb n="34"/><span>aon neach chuaidh ariamh annsin, cha dtainic</span>
<lb n="35"/><span>siad ar ais."</span></p>
<lb n="36"/>
<lb n="37"/><p><span>Chuaidh an bháirioghan a bhaile.  Sgairt sí </span>
<lb n="38"/><span>ar inghin a' ríogh: "Caithfidh tú dul go </span>
<lb n="39"/><span>muilionn a' scuitseála."</span></p>
<lb n="40"/>
<lb n="41"/><p><span>Fuaras béitheach is cairt is lód lín.</span>
<lb n="42"/><span>Chuaidh sí roimpi; lean a' Pisín Breac</span>
<lb n="43"/><span>inghean a' ríogh.</span></p>
<lb n="44"/>
<lb n="45"/><p><span>"An leigfidh tú mise leat," ars' a' Pisín </span>
<lb n="46"/><span>Breac.</span></p>
<lb n="47"/>
<lb n="48"/><p><span>"Leigfidh agus fáilte," arsa inghean a' ríogh.</span></p>
<lb n="49"/>
<lb n="50"/><p><span>Thóg sí an Pisín Breac agus chuir sí ar mullach </span>
<lb n="51"/><span>an lóid é.</span></p>
<lb n="52"/>
<lb n="53"/><p><span>D'imthigh siad leobhtha chuige an muilionn.</span></p>
<lb n="54"/>
<lb n="55"/><p><span>Nuair a bhí siad ag an muilionn chuaidh </span>
<lb n="56"/><span>siad isteach.</span></p>
<lb n="57"/>
<lb n="58"/><p><span>Char bhfada go dtainic cat isteach; char </span>
<lb n="59"/><span>bhfada go dtainic dhá chat isteach; char bhfada </span>
<lb n="60"/><span>go dtainic dhá chat déag isteach - cam-</span>
<lb n="61"/><span>shúileach cam-chosac, cam-earballach; char </span>
<lb n="62"/><span>bhfada go dtainic Rí na gcat.</span></p>
<lb n="63"/>
<lb n="64"/><p><span>"Ithigidh, ithigidh," arsa Rí na gcat.</span></p>
<lb n="65"/>
<lb n="66"/><p><span>"Chan eadh," ars' an Pisín Breac, "acht</span>
<lb n="67"/><span>scuitleagaidh."</span></p>
<lb n="68"/>
<lb n="69"/><p><span>Thosuigh siad agus scuitligh siad é.</span></p>
<lb n="70"/>
<lb n="71"/><p><span>"Ithigidh, ithigidh," arsa Rí na gcat.</span></p>
<lb n="72"/>
<lb n="73"/><p><span>"Chan eadh," ars' a' Pisín Breach, "acht </span>
<lb n="74"/><span>mínighigidh."  Chuaidh siad is mhínigh siad é.</span></p>
<lb n="75"/>
<lb n="76"/><p><span>"Ithigidh, ithigidh," arsa Rí na gcat.</span></p>
<lb n="77"/>
<lb n="78"/><p><span>"Chan eadh, acht sníomhaigidh, sníomhaigidh,"</span>
<lb n="79"/><span>ars' a' Pisín Breac.  Chuaidh siad is shníomh</span>
<lb n="80"/><span>siad é.</span></p>
<lb n="81"/>
<lb n="82"/><p><span>"Ithigidh, ithigidh," arsa Rí na gcat.</span></p>
<lb n="83"/>
<lb n="84"/><p><span>"Chan eadh, acht fighigidh, fighigidh" ars' a'</span>
<lb n="85"/><span>Pisín Breac.  Chuaidh siad is d'fhigh siad é.</span></p>
<lb n="86"/>
<lb n="87"/><p><span>"Ithigidh, ithigidh," arsa Rí na gcat.</span></p>
<lb n="88"/>
<lb n="89"/><p><span>"Chan eadh, acht bléitseálaigidh," ars' a'</span>
<lb n="90"/><span>Pisín Breac.  Chuaidh siad is bhléitseáil </span>
<lb n="91"/><span>siad é.</span></p>
<lb n="92"/>
<lb n="93"/><p><span>"Tá sé an t-am," arsa Rí na gcat,</span>
<lb n="94"/><span>"a bheith ar siubhal."</span></p>
<lb n="95"/>
<lb n="96"/><p><span>D'imthigh inghean an ríogh; chruinnigh sí a cuid </span>
<lb n="97"/><span>leanadaigh; chuir sí ar an chairt é; thainic </span>
<lb n="98"/><span>sí a bhaile, í féin agus an Pisín Breac.</span></p>
<lb n="99"/>
<lb n="100"/><p><span>Lá ar n-a bhárach thainic a bhái'rioghan</span>
<lb n="101"/><span>isteach chuige cailleach na gcearc.</span></p>
<lb n="102"/>
<lb n="103"/><p><span>"Cad chuige ar dhubhairt tú liom inghean a'</span>
<lb n="104"/><span>ríog a chur annsin; thainic sí a bhaile agus na </span>
<lb n="105"/><span>leanadaigh léithi.  Má budh deas ag imtheacht </span>
<lb n="106"/><span>í, tá sí dhá dheas ag teacht a bhaile di."</span></p>
<lb n="107"/>
<lb n="108"/><p><span>"Ní'l agat acht do inghean fhéin a chur </span>
<lb n="109"/><span>anois ann," arsa cailleach na gcearc.</span></p>
<lb n="110"/>
<lb n="111"/><p><span>Thainic a' bháirioghan a bhaile.</span></p>
<lb n="112"/>
<lb n="113"/><p><span>Sgairt sí ar a hinghin.  Dubairt sí léithi </span>
<lb n="114"/><span>go gcaithfeadh sí dul chuige an muilionn le </span>
<lb n="115"/><span>lód lín.  Fuaras réidh béitheach is cairt is </span>
<lb n="116"/><span>lód lín.</span></p>
<lb n="117"/>
<lb n="118"/><p><span>Chuaidh sí ar siubhal is lean an Pisín </span>
<lb n="119"/><span>Breac í.</span></p>
<lb n="120"/>
<lb n="121"/><p><span>"A ingheann na bái'rioghna, a' leigfidh tú </span>
<lb n="122"/><span>mise leat?" ars' a' Pisín Breac.</span></p>
<lb n="123"/>
<lb n="124"/><p><span>"'Rud salach, cha bhíonn do léitheid liom,"</span>
<lb n="125"/><span>ar sise.  </span></p>
<lb n="126"/>
<lb n="127"/><p><span>D'imthigh léithi agus an Pisín Breac ag siubhal </span>
<lb n="128"/><span>i gclábar 'na diaidh.</span></p>
<lb n="129"/>
<lb n="130"/><p><span>Chuaidh siad isteach 'un a' mhuilinn.  Char </span>
<lb n="131"/><span>bhfada go dtainic cat isteach; char bhfada </span>
<lb n="132"/><span>go dtainic dhá chath isteach; char bhfada go </span>
<lb n="133"/><span>dtainic dhá chat déag isteach - cam-shúileach,</span>
<lb n="134"/><span>cam-chosach, cam-earballach.</span></p>
<lb n="135"/>
<lb n="136"/><p><span>Char bhfada go dtainic Rí na gcat isteach.</span>
<lb n="137"/><span>"Ithigidh, itigidh" arsa Rí na gcat.  "Ithigidh</span>
<lb n="138"/><span>agus strácaigidh," ars' a' Pisín Breac.</span>
<lb n="139"/></p>
</div>
<pb n="182"/>
<div><lb n="140"/><p><span>Chuaidh siad agus d'ith siad a' cailin agus a </span>
<lb n="141"/><span>béitheach.</span></p>
<lb n="142"/>
<lb n="143"/><p><span>Sin deireadh mo sgéil.</span></p>
<lb n="144"/>
<lb n="145"/><p><span>ÉNRÍ O MUIRGHEASA.</span></p>
<lb n="146"/>
<lb n="147"/><p><span>TAGRA.</span></p>
<lb n="148"/>
<lb n="149"/><p><span>Pisín, pisin, kitten; pisgín cait of Leath Mhogha</span>
<lb n="150"/><span>Thuisligh, slipped, stumbled.  Gá for dá, if.  'Na bfearr = </span>
<lb n="151"/><span>ní b'fhearr, better, in past and conditional construc-</span>
<lb n="152"/><span>tions.  Scuitseáil and bléitseáil are corrupt words</span>
<lb n="153"/><span>from English.  For the latter one often hears in Ulster</span>
<lb n="154"/><span>ar tuar: Tá an leanadach (= línéadach) ar tuar, the</span>
<lb n="155"/><span>linen's a-bleaching, Tuar = a bleach-green in Leath</span>
<lb n="156"/><span>Mhogha, Dr. Joyce remarking, "The word is used in</span>
<lb n="157"/><span>Munster, Connaught, and Leinster, but does not occur</span>
<lb n="158"/><span>at all in the Ulster counties" - Irish Names of</span>
<lb n="159"/><span>Places, I., 236.  Leanadaigh, gen. of leanadach = </span>
<lb n="160"/><span>línéadach, linen.  Fuaras = fríth, was found.</span></p></div></body></text></TEI>
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