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<text><body><div><p><span>SGÉAL SHÉAMUIS A' RÉISIDHE.</span></p>
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<lb n="2"/><p><span>Ursgéal nár cuireadh riamh i gcló agus nach</span>
<lb n="3"/><span>bhfuil le fagháil bhéal-aithris.</span></p>
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<lb n="5"/><p><span>(Ar leanmhaint.)</span></p>
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<lb n="7"/><p><span>Annsin ghlac muid dhá ghreim caola</span>
<lb n="8"/><span>cruaidhe ar a chéile, acht chá rabh mé 'bhfad</span>
<lb n="9"/><span>i nglacadas láimhe leis an ngruagach gur</span>
<lb n="10"/><span>aithnigheas go rabh sé ró-fhada in-sna lámha</span>
<lb n="11"/><span>agam.  Bhí muid a' strachaighailt anonn agus</span>
<lb n="12"/><span>anall, an taobh sin agus an taobh so, ar</span>
<lb n="13"/><span>feadh an uair is faide a tómhaiseadh ariamh</span>
<lb n="14"/><span>ar chlog gur bhuain mé an cnoc dhe.</span></p>
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<lb n="16"/><p><span>Anuair a fuair mé ar an árd ós a chionn</span>
<lb n="17"/><span>é, thiomáin mé ar aghaidh chúl a chinn é le</span>
<lb n="18"/><span>neart mo dhá lámha, gur bhuail mé buille</span>
<lb n="19"/><span>d'á  dhruim i n-éadan ballaíbh na reilice.</span>
<lb n="20"/><span>Buailim scuab trasna air; in-san tráth</span>
<lb n="21"/><span>chéadna rinne an coileach i dtigh Healann </span>
<lb n="22"/><span>sgairt, thuit an gruagach, chuir sé béic as</span>
<lb n="23"/><span>a uachtar a líon a' tír le toit.  Ar ball</span>
<lb n="24"/><span>prabadh na súile leagh sé uaim in-sa gceó.</span>
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<div><lb n="26"/><p><span>Áiride = áirighthe, certain, some.</span>
<lb n="27"/><span>I n-éis = d'éis, tar éis, after</span>
<lb n="28"/><span>Gnaithe beag sráide, a little town business.</span>
<lb n="29"/><span>Tharraing me in mo inntinn, I resolved, I decided,</span>
<lb n="30"/><span>I made up my mind.</span></p>
<lb n="31"/>
<lb n="32"/><p><span>Deasuighim orm, I put on.</span>
<lb n="33"/><span>Gearr-éadach, probably the bríste gairid or knee-</span>
<lb n="34"/><span>breeches.</span>
<lb n="35"/><span>Níor bhuain me maide de mo ghualainn, I did not</span>
<lb n="36"/><span>take a stick from my shoulder, i.e., I made as much</span>
<lb n="37"/><span>haste as possible.  Cp. the Mayo phrase míor bhuain</span>
<lb n="38"/><span>mé méar de mo shróin.</span>
<lb n="39"/><span>Le teanamh = le déanamh, to be done.</span>
<lb n="40"/><span>Claonadh, setting.</span>
<lb n="41"/><span>Acu uilig, said they all.</span>
<lb n="42"/><span>Airse for arsa, ar, says.</span>
<lb n="43"/><span>a dhóchain = a dhóthain, his sufficiency.</span>
<lb n="44"/><span>Go dtaireongainn mo shrann, till I would draw my</span>
<lb n="45"/><span>snore, i.e., have a wink of sleep.</span>
<lb n="46"/><span>Céin-déidheanach, very late.</span>
<lb n="47"/><span>Bealach athghairide an teampaill, the short cut at</span>
<lb n="48"/><span>the church.</span>
<lb n="49"/><span>An aimsir agus an bealach is evidently regarded as a </span>
<lb n="50"/><span>compound expression, and is therefore not inflected.</span>
<lb n="51"/><span>ag iarraidh a dh'acfuinn, striving to do.</span>
<lb n="52"/><span>Gur ghlac me galruigheas, that I took faint.</span>
<lb n="53"/><span>Buaidh beart, success of deeds.</span>
<lb n="54"/><span>Toll, loud, piercing?</span>
<lb n="55"/><span>Na hiaróigí sídhe, the fairy sprites or elves?  Cp.</span>
<lb n="56"/><span>iarógach.  O'R.</span>
<lb n="57"/><span>Ciséal as Fuirneach, Satan from Hell.  Cp.  Ciséal,</span>
<lb n="58"/><span>Satan, Fuirne, Hell, O'R.</span>
<lb n="59"/><span>Gan cotughadh, without fear, fearlessly.  Cotughadh</span>
<lb n="60"/><span>is general throughout Ulster.</span>
<lb n="61"/><span>Thainic suas le here = I came up with.  In Ulster</span>
<lb n="62"/><span>usage the pronoun is dropped in continuing from go</span>
<lb n="63"/><span>dtainic me.</span>
<lb n="64"/><span>Dhá thadhbhaisteadh tadhbhasach, two frightful spectres.</span>
<lb n="65"/><span>Teannana, gen. of a word teannain, effort?  Cp.,</span>
<lb n="66"/><span>teannanaim, v., O'R.</span>
<lb n="67"/><span>I nglacadas láimhe le chéile, in handigrips with one</span>
<lb n="68"/><span>another.</span>
<lb n="69"/><span>'Sparnamh, contending, fighting.</span>
<lb n="70"/><span>Taiséadach, grave clothes.</span>
<lb n="71"/><span>Gibleidí, rags, tatters.</span>
<lb n="72"/><span>Sgian eite, a pen-knife; eite = a quill, hence a </span>
<lb n="73"/><span>pen.</span>
<lb n="74"/><span>Eadairisceán, intervention, interposition; in</span>
<lb n="75"/><span>Meath, 'drisceán.  It is the ancient eadargán and</span>
<lb n="76"/><span>Munster word eadargabháil (eadragáil).</span>
<lb n="77"/><span>Eiteach, wings, fins, O'R., hence perhaps = arms.</span>
<lb n="78"/><span>Cp. sgiathán = arm in Donegal.</span>
<lb n="79"/><span>Boc-léim, a buck-leap, a vigorous leap.</span>
<lb n="80"/><span>Má thugas, form in -as ("historic present"), used</span>
<lb n="81"/><span>for thug.</span>
<lb n="82"/><span>Nó is local dialacht for 'ná, than.</span>
<lb n="83"/><span>Míoscas - mioscais, spite.</span>
<lb n="84"/><span>Strachaghailt, pulling, dragging.</span></p>
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<lb n="86"/><p><span>DRUIM LUAMAIN II.</span></p>
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