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<text><body><div><p><span>TÉARMAIDHEACHT.</span></p>
<lb n="1"/>
<lb n="2"/><p><span>We commence this month the publication of some</span>
<lb n="3"/><span>Lists of Technical Terms in connection with the</span>
<lb n="4"/><span>Oireachtas.  The following list won First Prize at the</span>
<lb n="5"/><span>Oireachtas of 1901, in Competition 16 for the best list</span>
<lb n="6"/><span>of terms used in Agriculture.  The prize was awarded</span>
<lb n="7"/><span>to Mícheál Ó Luingsigh, Baile Mhúirne, for the follow-</span>
<lb n="8"/><span>ing very interesting list:—</span></p>
<lb n="9"/>
<lb n="10"/><p><span>1. Páirc.</span></p>
<lb n="11"/>
<lb n="12"/><p><span>Páirc, field.</span></p>
<lb n="13"/>
<lb n="14"/><p><span>Páirc fhéarmhar, grassy field.</span></p>
<lb n="15"/>
<lb n="16"/><p><span>Páirc bhocht, barren or poor field.</span></p>
<lb n="17"/>
<lb n="18"/><p><span>Páirc shaidhbhir, fertile or rich field.</span></p>
<lb n="19"/>
<lb n="20"/><p><span>Páirc ghrineach, sandy field.</span></p>
<lb n="21"/>
<lb n="22"/><p><span>Páirc nuadh, field frequently tilled; field that has been</span>
<lb n="23"/><span>broken up.</span></p>
<lb n="24"/>
<lb n="25"/><p><span>Páirc óg, field not long out of tillage.</span></p>
<lb n="26"/>
<lb n="27"/><p><span>Páirc sheanda, field that has not been tilled during</span>
<lb n="28"/><span>some years.</span></p>
<lb n="29"/>
<lb n="30"/><p><span>Seana-pháirc, same as páirc sheanda.</span></p>
<lb n="31"/>
<lb n="32"/><p><span>Páirc dhaingean, well-fenced field.</span></p>
<lb n="33"/>
<lb n="34"/><p><span>Páirc fhosuigheachta, field the grass of which is re-</span>
<lb n="35"/><span>served for milch cows.</span></p>
<lb n="36"/>
<lb n="37"/><p><span>(a) Tá fosuigheacht ag na buaibh; ní hiongnadh dhoibh</span>
<lb n="38"/><span>bainne bheith aca.</span></p>
<lb n="39"/>
<lb n="40"/><p><span>Páirc chosanta, field reserved for meadowing.</span></p>
<lb n="41"/>
<lb n="42"/><p><span>Páirc chluain (?), same as páirc chosanta (?)</span></p>
<lb n="43"/>
<lb n="44"/><p><span>(a) cluain, a sheltered grassy place (?)</span>
<lb n="45"/><span>(b) tá na ba sa chluain.</span></p>
<lb n="46"/>
<lb n="47"/><p><span>Páirc innír, pasture field (inbhear, gen. inbhir),</span></p>
<lb n="48"/>
<lb n="49"/><p><span>Páirc tuair, field into which cows are always put</span>
<lb n="50"/><span>during night at time of year when they are not</span>
<lb n="51"/><span>housed.</span></p>
<lb n="52"/>
<lb n="53"/><p><span>Páirc chluthmhar, field that affords good shelter to</span>
<lb n="54"/><span>cattle in severe weather.</span></p>
<lb n="55"/>
<lb n="56"/><p><span>Páirc scéirdeamhail, a bleak field.</span></p>
<lb n="57"/>
<lb n="58"/><p><span>(a) Talamh scéirdeamhail is eadh é.</span></p>
<lb n="59"/>
<lb n="60"/><p><span>Páirc iomardamhail, hilly field; field difficult to be</span>
<lb n="61"/><span>tilled on account of the presence of large stones,</span>
<lb n="62"/><span>etc.</span></p>
<lb n="63"/>
<lb n="64"/><p><span>Páirc mhilis, field that produces good fine grass.</span></p>
<lb n="65"/>
<lb n="66"/><p><span>Páirc shearbh, field that produces rough pasture.</span></p>
<lb n="67"/>
<lb n="68"/><p><span>Páirc mhóinteáin, same as páirc shearbh.</span></p>
<lb n="69"/>
<lb n="70"/><p><span>Páirc chonnlaigh, moss-grown field.</span></p>
<lb n="71"/>
<lb n="72"/><p><span>Páirc nóiníní, field that produces small daisies.</span></p>
<lb n="73"/>
<lb n="74"/><p><span>Páirc sheamrógach, field that produces shamrock.</span></p>
<lb n="75"/>
<lb n="76"/><p><span>Páirc fíor-uisceamhail, field in which springs are</span>
<lb n="77"/><span>found.</span></p>
<lb n="78"/>
<lb n="79"/><p><span>Páirc bhogaigh, a soft, boggy field.</span></p>
<lb n="80"/>
<lb n="81"/><p><span>Páirc ghaorthamhail (?)</span></p>
<lb n="82"/>
<lb n="83"/><p><span>Páirc chréamhail, field having clayey soil.</span></p>
<lb n="84"/>
<lb n="85"/><p><span>Talamh, land.</span></p>
<lb n="86"/>
<lb n="87"/><p><span>Talamh garbh, wet and cold land.</span></p>
<lb n="88"/>
<lb n="89"/><p><span>Lúb talaimh, a bye-place, a recess.</span></p>
<lb n="90"/>
<lb n="91"/><p><span>Bun an tailimh, part farthest from farmhouse.</span></p>
<lb n="92"/>
<lb n="93"/><p><span>Talamh iomardamhail, farm difficult to be worked.</span></p>
<lb n="94"/>
<lb n="95"/><p><span>Talamh páirtidheachta.  (?)</span></p>
<lb n="96"/>
<lb n="97"/><p><span>Feirm, farm.</span></p>
<lb n="98"/>
<lb n="99"/><p><span>Feirm chómhgarach, a farm advantageously situated as</span>
<lb n="100"/><span>regards fairs and markets; a farm in which the</span>
<lb n="101"/><span>farmyard occupies a central position a compact</span>
<lb n="102"/><span>farm etc.</span></p>
<lb n="103"/>
<lb n="104"/><p><span>Feirm aistearach, a long an narrow farm; a farm in</span>
<lb n="105"/><span>which the farmyard is situated at one end, etc.;</span>
<lb n="106"/><span>in general opposite in meaning to feirm chómh-</span>
<lb n="107"/><span>garach.</span></p>
<lb n="108"/>
<lb n="109"/><p><span>Páirc ghortach = páirc bhocht.</span></p>
<lb n="110"/>
<lb n="111"/><p><span>(a) Tá ór fé an raithnigh, airgead fé an luachair,</span>
<lb n="112"/><span>agus an ghorta ghorm fé an bhfraoch.</span></p>
<lb n="113"/>
<lb n="114"/><p><span>(b) Dí-mhol an choill agus ná fág í; mol an</span>
<lb n="115"/><span>machaire agus ná taobhuigh.</span></p>
<lb n="116"/>
<lb n="117"/><p><span>Móinteán, a very wet field.</span></p>
<lb n="118"/>
<lb n="119"/><p><span>Eisc (pl. eascacha and eisceanna), a narrow steep glen;</span>
<lb n="120"/><span>a narrow glen running between rocks; a little glen</span>
<lb n="121"/><span>between rocks.</span></p>
<lb n="122"/>
<lb n="123"/><p><span>Scót, a narrow windy gap between rocks, hills, houses,</span>
<lb n="124"/><span>etc.</span></p>
<lb n="125"/>
<lb n="126"/><p><span>(a) Tá scót gaoithe ann.</span>
<lb n="127"/><span>(b) Ritheann an ghaoth sa scót san.</span></p>
<lb n="128"/>
<lb n="129"/><p><span>Cumar, a place cut deeply by running water.</span></p>
<lb n="130"/>
<lb n="131"/><p><span>(a) Tá [an ball] 'n-a chumarachaibh tar éis na</span>
<lb n="132"/><span>tuile.</span></p>
<lb n="133"/>
<lb n="134"/><p><span>Braghadacha, nice green places between rocks.</span></p>
<lb n="135"/>
<lb n="136"/><p><span>Cúm, a glen shut in by hills.</span></p>
<lb n="137"/>
<lb n="138"/><p><span>Currach, a boggy place.</span></p>
<lb n="139"/>
<lb n="140"/><p><span>Tuínn, a swamp.</span></p>
<lb n="141"/>
<lb n="142"/><p><span>(a) Tuínn ar bogadh, a quagmire.</span></p>
<lb n="143"/>
<lb n="144"/><p><span>Lios, ruins of an old fort.</span></p>
<lb n="145"/>
<lb n="146"/><p><span>Ínse, flat land beside a stream or river.</span></p>
<lb n="147"/>
<lb n="148"/><p><span>Gaorthadh, bushy low land beside a stream.</span></p>
<lb n="149"/>
<lb n="150"/><p><span>Réidh, barren land.</span></p>
<lb n="151"/>
<lb n="152"/><p><span>Sliabh, mountain.</span></p>
<lb n="153"/>
<lb n="154"/><p><span>Gleann, glen.</span></p>
<lb n="155"/>
<lb n="156"/><p><span>Cnoc, hill.</span></p>
<lb n="157"/>
<lb n="158"/><p><span>Cnocán, a kopje</span></p>
<lb n="159"/>
<lb n="160"/><p><span>(a) Cnoc páirtidheachta. (?)</span></p>
<lb n="161"/>
<lb n="162"/><p><span>Cuimín, a commonage.</span></p>
<lb n="163"/>
<lb n="164"/><p><span>leaca na páirce.</span></p>
<lb n="165"/>
<lb n="166"/><p><span>Plásóg, plásóigín, a level spot on the side or top of a</span>
<lb n="167"/><span>hill.</span></p>
<lb n="168"/>
<lb n="169"/><p><span>(a) Is deas an phlásóigín pháirce í sin.</span></p>
<lb n="170"/>
<lb n="171"/><p><span>Sluigeadal, a kind of cúm (?).</span></p>
<lb n="172"/>
<lb n="173"/><p><span>Meádhan, applied to that part of a farm between arable</span>
<lb n="174"/><span>land and foot of mountain; “not so good as bot-</span>
<lb n="175"/><span>tom and not so barren as mountain.”</span></p>
<lb n="176"/>
<lb n="177"/><p><span>Clais, furrow, trench, level piece of land between hills</span>
<lb n="178"/><span>or rocks.</span>
<lb n="179"/></p>
</div>
<pb n="74"/>
<div><lb n="180"/><p><span>Iomaire críche, a ridge-like elevation on the side of</span>
<lb n="181"/><span>hill or mountain.</span></p>
<lb n="182"/>
<lb n="183"/><p><span>(a) Trí fál — do chuin,</span>
<lb n="184"/><span>Trí chú, — d'each,</span>
<lb n="185"/><span>Trí each, — do mharcach,</span>
<lb n="186"/><span>Trí mharcach, — d'fhiach,</span>
<lb n="187"/><span>Trí fhiach, — do chrí[ch], agus</span>
<lb n="188"/><span>Trí chrích, — do chrích an domhain.</span></p>
<lb n="189"/>
<lb n="190"/><p><span>Fál, hedgerow.</span></p>
<lb n="191"/>
<lb n="192"/><p><span>(a) Fál a chur ar chlaidhe.</span>
<lb n="193"/><span>(b) Fáil sceiche gile, &c. (whitethorn).</span></p>
<lb n="194"/>
<lb n="195"/><p><span>Bárr sciath [bar], cut furze, branches of whitethorn,</span>
<lb n="196"/><span>etc, put in a gap or on part of fence against</span>
<lb n="197"/><span>cattle.</span></p>
<lb n="198"/>
<lb n="199"/><p><span>Buaile, a milking ground.</span></p>
<lb n="200"/>
<lb n="201"/><p><span>Cnapóg, a small hill on top or on the side of another</span>
<lb n="202"/><span>hill.</span></p>
<lb n="203"/>
<lb n="204"/><p><span>Túrtóg, a little mound of earth, peat, &c.</span></p>
<lb n="205"/>
<lb n="206"/><p><span>Ag dainginiughadh páirce, fencing in a field, thereby</span>
<lb n="207"/><span>making it secure against trespass.</span></p>
<lb n="208"/>
<lb n="209"/><p><span>Claidhe, fence.</span></p>
<lb n="210"/>
<lb n="211"/><p><span>Claidhe cluthmhar, fence that affords good shelter to</span>
<lb n="212"/><span>cattle in severe weather.</span></p>
<lb n="213"/>
<lb n="214"/><p><span>Claidhe teórann, boundary fence.</span></p>
<lb n="215"/>
<lb n="216"/><p><span>(a) Tá ba na gcomhursan 'om ithe.</span></p>
<lb n="217"/>
<lb n="218"/><p><span>(b) Bhíomar ag daingniughadh claidhe teórann le</span>
<lb n="219"/><span>chéile, I (on one side of a boundary fence)</span>
<lb n="220"/><span>and my neighbour (on the other side) were</span>
<lb n="221"/><span>strengthening the fence.</span></p>
<lb n="222"/>
<lb n="223"/><p><span>Claidhe Aitinn, fence with furze growing on it.</span></p>
<lb n="224"/>
<lb n="225"/><p><span>Claidhe sceiche ghile, white-thorn fence.</span></p>
<lb n="226"/>
<lb n="227"/><p><span>Claidhe sceach (?)</span></p>
<lb n="228"/>
<lb n="229"/><p><span>(a) Cuir sceach [gheal] um Shamhain agus tiocfidh sí;</span>
<lb n="230"/><span>cuir sceach um Nodlaig & tiocfidh sí; cuir</span>
<lb n="231"/><span>lá 'le Bríghde í agus b'éidir go dtiocfidh sí;</span>
<lb n="232"/><span>agus cuir um Bhealltaine agus meathfidh sí.</span></p>
<lb n="233"/>
<lb n="234"/><p><span>Claidhe dúbalta, broad fence.</span></p>
<lb n="235"/>
<lb n="236"/><p><span>Claidhe íseal, low fence.</span></p>
<lb n="237"/>
<lb n="238"/><p><span>Claidhe árd, high fence.</span></p>
<lb n="239"/>
<lb n="240"/><p><span>Claidhe fód, fence built with sods.</span></p>
<lb n="241"/>
<lb n="242"/><p><span>Claidhe cloch, stone fence.</span></p>
<lb n="243"/>
<lb n="244"/><p><span>Claidhe sinnil, fence formed by putting stones singly</span>
<lb n="245"/><span>on each other, a narrow fence.</span></p>
<lb n="246"/>
<lb n="247"/><p><span>Claidhe cúil, fence built first with stones or sods and</span>
<lb n="248"/><span>then lined with earth or peat mould, on which</span>
<lb n="249"/><span>furze, etc., may be planted.</span></p>
<lb n="250"/>
<lb n="251"/><p><span>(a) Ag cuir cúl le claidhe, act of lining a fence</span>
<lb n="252"/><span>with earth, etc.</span></p>
<lb n="253"/>
<lb n="254"/><p><span>(b) Dein suas an claidhe, repair fence where</span>
<lb n="255"/><span>broken.</span></p>
<lb n="256"/>
<lb n="257"/><p><span>(c) Tá an claidhe briste, the fence is broken or</span>
<lb n="258"/><span>damaged.</span></p>
<lb n="259"/>
<lb n="260"/><p><span>Beárna, gap.</span></p>
<lb n="261"/>
<lb n="262"/><p><span>(a) Ag tógaint beárnan, building up where gap</span>
<lb n="263"/><span>was.</span></p>
<lb n="264"/>
<lb n="265"/><p><span>Beárna trucaile, gap through which a horse and</span>
<lb n="266"/><span>cart would be able to pass.</span></p>
<lb n="267"/>
<lb n="268"/><p><span>Beárna trucaileach, same as beárna trucaile.</span></p>
<lb n="269"/>
<lb n="270"/><p><span>Beárna shinnil, gap closed by stones placed singly on</span>
<lb n="271"/><span>each other.</span></p>
<lb n="272"/>
<lb n="273"/><p><span>Deárna dhúbalta, gap closed by double row of stones.</span></p>
<lb n="274"/>
<lb n="275"/><p><span>Bóthar, road.</span></p>
<lb n="276"/>
<lb n="277"/><p><span>(a) Bóthar iomardamhail, a hilly rugged road.</span></p>
<lb n="278"/>
<lb n="279"/><p><span>(b) Bóthar, cam, díreach, &c., &c.</span></p>
<lb n="280"/>
<lb n="281"/><p><span>Bealach, an old road, now more or less disused.</span></p>
<lb n="282"/>
<lb n="283"/><p><span>Póirse, a lane.</span></p>
<lb n="284"/>
<lb n="285"/><p><span>(a) Póirse mí-chorthamamhail (mí-chothromamhail), a</span>
<lb n="286"/><span>high and rugged lane, one unfit for vehicles,</span>
<lb n="287"/><span>etc.</span></p>
<lb n="288"/>
<lb n="289"/><p><span>(b) Póirse cumhang, leathan, díreach, cam, &c.</span>
<lb n="290"/><span>Casán, path.</span></p>
<lb n="291"/>
<lb n="292"/><p><span>Bóithrín, same as póirse.</span></p>
<lb n="293"/>
<lb n="294"/><p><span>(a) lúb an phóirse, a part of lane wide enough to</span>
<lb n="295"/><span>allow one horse and cart to pass another.</span></p>
<lb n="296"/>
<lb n="297"/><p><span>Céim, that part of a road which leads from a low to a</span>
<lb n="298"/><span>higher level, or vice versa.</span></p>
<lb n="299"/>
<lb n="300"/><p><span>Pasáiste ba, a passage fit for cows, but not fit for</span>
<lb n="301"/><span>horses.</span></p>
<lb n="302"/>
<lb n="303"/><p><span>Ciseach, a low bridge over stream or wet place for</span>
<lb n="304"/><span>cows, (often made by trunking with sticks, stones,</span>
<lb n="305"/><span>bushes (etc.).</span></p>
<lb n="306"/>
<lb n="307"/><p><span>Slogadh, a rut (made by wheels of carts, etc.)</span></p>
<lb n="308"/>
<lb n="309"/><p><span>Droichead, bridge.</span></p>
<lb n="310"/>
<lb n="311"/><p><span>(a) slat, parapet of bridge.</span></p>
<lb n="312"/>
<lb n="313"/><p><span>(b) súil, open space under arch of bridge.</span></p>
<lb n="314"/>
<lb n="315"/><p><span>Dréin, a drain (also lonntraér).</span></p>
<lb n="316"/>
<lb n="317"/><p><span>Dréin dhoimhinn, deep drain.</span></p>
<lb n="318"/>
<lb n="319"/><p><span>Dréin libhéaltha, a drain more or less plane at bottom.</span></p>
<lb n="320"/>
<lb n="321"/><p><span>Dréin neamh-libhéaltha, a drain not plane at bottom.</span></p>
<lb n="322"/>
<lb n="323"/><p><span>Dréin chumhang, narrow drain.</span></p>
<lb n="324"/>
<lb n="325"/><p><span>Dréin leathan, broad drain.</span></p>
<lb n="326"/>
<lb n="327"/><p><span>Cros-dréin, sub-main drain; also a short transverse</span>
<lb n="328"/><span>drain connecting two principal ones.</span></p>
<lb n="329"/>
<lb n="330"/><p><span>Ag dréineáil, act of making drains.</span></p>
<lb n="331"/>
<lb n="332"/><p><span>(a) Dréineáltha, drained.</span></p>
<lb n="333"/>
<lb n="334"/><p><span>(b) Ní'l an dréin curtha i bhfad i dtalamh, it is</span>
<lb n="335"/><span>shallow.</span></p>
<lb n="336"/>
<lb n="337"/><p><span>(c) Ag dúnadh dréine (nó dréiní), filling up a</span>
<lb n="338"/><span>drain (or drains) with stones, etc.; closing drain</span>
<lb n="339"/><span>(or drains).</span></p>
<lb n="340"/>
<lb n="341"/><p><span>Cloch, stone.</span></p>
<lb n="342"/>
<lb n="343"/><p><span>Cloch ghréine, igneous stone.</span></p>
<lb n="344"/>
<lb n="345"/><p><span>Cloch ruadh, fireproof stone.</span></p>
<lb n="346"/>
<lb n="347"/><p><span>Cloch ghlas, stone that fire will break.</span></p>
<lb n="348"/>
<lb n="349"/><p><span>Cloch chruaidh, hard stone.</span></p>
<lb n="350"/>
<lb n="351"/><p><span>Cloch shleamhain, a stone slippery for the crowbar.</span></p>
<lb n="352"/>
<lb n="353"/><p><span>Pres [pronounced like English word press, if r be</span>
<lb n="354"/><span>pronounced like slender Irish r], a stone placed</span>
<lb n="355"/><span>under crowbar to give it greater lifting power.</span></p>
</div>
<pb n="75"/>
<div><lb n="356"/><p><span>Cloch ghabhála, stone placed as support under that part</span>
<lb n="357"/><span>of a heavy stone which has been raised some dis-</span>
<lb n="358"/><span>tance by crowbar.</span></p>
<lb n="359"/>
<lb n="360"/><p><span>(a) Gaibh í sin anois dam, .i. the large stone.</span></p>
<lb n="361"/>
<lb n="362"/><p><span>Cloch ghreamuighthe, stone firmly embedded in ground.</span></p>
<lb n="363"/>
<lb n="364"/><p><span>Lúrapóg cloiche, stone more or less globular (also</span>
<lb n="365"/><span>rúbóg).</span></p>
<lb n="366"/>
<lb n="367"/><p><span>Púróg cloiche, a little round stone.</span></p>
<lb n="368"/>
<lb n="369"/><p><span>Méaróg, a finger stone.</span></p>
<lb n="370"/>
<lb n="371"/><p><span>(a) Méaróg, also súgán.</span></p>
<lb n="372"/>
<lb n="373"/><p><span>Ag piocadh chloch, picking stones (off field by hand).</span></p>
<lb n="374"/>
<lb n="375"/><p><span>Ag bailiughadh chloch = ag piocadh chloch.</span></p>
<lb n="376"/>
<lb n="377"/><p><span>Ag baint chloch, digging or rooting up stones.</span></p>
<lb n="378"/>
<lb n="379"/><p><span>Ag aistearughadh chloch (nó ag tarrac chloch) don</span>
<lb n="380"/><span>pháirc, removing stones from field.</span></p>
<lb n="381"/>
<lb n="382"/><p><span>Tolchán cloch, a heap of stones.</span></p>
<lb n="383"/>
<lb n="384"/><p><span>Ag raobadh tolcháin, rooting out tolchán.</span></p>
<lb n="385"/>
<lb n="386"/><p><span>Ag glanadh tolcháin, removing stones of tolchán from</span>
<lb n="387"/><span>field, etc.</span></p>
<lb n="388"/>
<lb n="389"/><p><span>(a) Tá léim tolcháin agam.</span></p>
<lb n="390"/>
<lb n="391"/><p><span>Adhbairne cloiche. (?)</span></p>
<lb n="392"/>
<lb n="393"/><p><span>(a) Fadhbairne cloiche.</span></p>
<lb n="394"/>
<lb n="395"/><p><span>Geata, gate.</span></p>
<lb n="396"/>
<lb n="397"/><p><span>Líntéir, a gully or gullet.</span></p>
<lb n="398"/>
<lb n="399"/><p><span>Glaise, a stream.</span></p>
<lb n="400"/>
<lb n="401"/><p><span>Abha, river.</span></p>
<lb n="402"/>
<lb n="403"/><p><span>(a) Tá an abha tráighte, dried up.</span></p>
<lb n="404"/>
<lb n="405"/><p><span>Sinéal, channel for water.</span></p>
<lb n="406"/>
<lb n="407"/><p><span>Leacht, a heap of stones to mark where a person was</span>
<lb n="408"/><span>found dead or killed.</span></p>
<lb n="409"/>
<lb n="410"/><p><span>Cladarán, heap of stones (?).</span></p>
<lb n="411"/>
<lb n="412"/><p><span>Carraig, a rock.</span></p>
<lb n="413"/>
<lb n="414"/><p><span>Faill, a precipice.</span></p>
<lb n="415"/>
<lb n="416"/><p><span>Gallán, monumental (?) pillar stone.</span></p>
<lb n="417"/>
<lb n="418"/><p><span>Siúnta, “grain” (of stone, wood, etc.)</span></p>
<lb n="419"/>
<lb n="420"/><p><span>(a) Tá sé ag bualadh na cloiche i gcoinnibh an</span>
<lb n="421"/><span>tsiúnta.</span></p>
<lb n="422"/>
<lb n="423"/><p><span>Leac, flag-stone.</span></p>
<lb n="424"/>
<lb n="425"/><p><span>2. Piocóid.</span></p>
<lb n="426"/>
<lb n="427"/><p><span>Piocóid, pick-axe.</span></p>
<lb n="428"/>
<lb n="429"/><p><span>(a) Scian na piocóide, the blade or flat sharp end</span>
<lb n="430"/><span>of a pick-axe.</span></p>
<lb n="431"/>
<lb n="432"/><p><span>(b) Súil na piocóide, hole into which handle is</span>
<lb n="433"/><span>inserted.</span></p>
<lb n="434"/>
<lb n="435"/><p><span>(c) Sámhthach, handle.</span></p>
<lb n="436"/>
<lb n="437"/><p><span>3. Rinnear.</span></p>
<lb n="438"/>
<lb n="439"/><p><span>Rinnear, crowbar.</span></p>
<lb n="440"/>
<lb n="441"/><p><span>(a) Barra an rinnir, narrow end of crowbar.</span></p>
<lb n="442"/>
<lb n="443"/><p><span>(b) Rinnear fada, long crowbar.</span>
<lb n="444"/><span>Rinnear gairid, short crowbar.</span>
<lb n="445"/><span>Rinnear géar, sharp-pointed crowbar.</span>
<lb n="446"/><span>Rinnear maol, crowbar with blunt end.</span></p>
<lb n="447"/>
<lb n="448"/><p><span>Spéice, name of piece of stick often used in conjunc-</span>
<lb n="449"/><span>tion with crowbar to help in turning up stones.</span></p>
<lb n="450"/>
<lb n="451"/><p><span>4. Grafán.</span></p>
<lb n="452"/>
<lb n="453"/><p><span>Grafán, grubbing axe.</span></p>
<lb n="454"/>
<lb n="455"/><p><span>(a) Cúl an ghrafáin, poll of grubbing axe.</span></p>
<lb n="456"/>
<lb n="457"/><p><span>(b) Béal an ghrafáin, the flat edged part of</span>
<lb n="458"/><span>grubbing axe.</span></p>
<lb n="459"/>
<lb n="460"/><p><span>(c) Scrugal an ghrafáin, neck connecting flat part</span>
<lb n="461"/><span>with that in which is the súil or hole for</span>
<lb n="462"/><span>insertion of handle (sámhthach).</span></p>
<lb n="463"/>
<lb n="464"/><p><span>(d) Bradán an ghrafáin. (?)</span></p>
<lb n="465"/>
<lb n="466"/><p><span>5. Órd.</span></p>
<lb n="467"/>
<lb n="468"/><p><span>Órd, sledge hammer.</span></p>
<lb n="469"/>
<lb n="470"/><p><span>(a) Órd trom, éadtrom.</span></p>
<lb n="471"/>
<lb n="472"/><p><span>(b) Súil an úird, hole for insertion of handle.</span></p>
<lb n="473"/>
<lb n="474"/><p><span>(c) Súil cham, said when line passing through</span>
<lb n="475"/><span>centre of súil is not perpendicular to a</span>
<lb n="476"/><span>horizontal line.</span></p>
<lb n="477"/>
<lb n="478"/><p><span>(d) Tá súil cham ar an órd soin.</span></p>
<lb n="479"/>
<lb n="480"/><p><span>6. Speal.</span></p>
<lb n="481"/>
<lb n="482"/><p><span>(a) Speal Ghaedhealach = native scythe; hand-made</span>
<lb n="483"/><span>scythe, having no rivets and very durable.</span></p>
<lb n="484"/>
<lb n="485"/><p><span>(b) Speal Ghalldha = foreign scythe; the (now)</span>
<lb n="486"/><span>common scythe.</span></p>
<lb n="487"/>
<lb n="488"/><p><span>(b1) Cioca speal Ghaedhealach nó Ghalldha</span>
<lb n="489"/><span>b'fheárr leat.</span></p>
<lb n="490"/>
<lb n="491"/><p><span>(c) Speal dhúr, a scythe difficult to edge.</span></p>
<lb n="492"/>
<lb n="493"/><p><span>(d) Speal chruaidh, of hard material.</span></p>
<lb n="494"/>
<lb n="495"/><p><span>(e) Speal bhriosc, brittle scythe.</span></p>
<lb n="496"/>
<lb n="497"/><p><span>(f) speal bhog, scythe the metal of which is rather</span>
<lb n="498"/><span>soft, — loses edge or becomes blunt quickly.</span></p>
<lb n="499"/>
<lb n="500"/><p><span>(g) Speal ramhar, scythe rather thick near edge.</span></p>
<lb n="501"/>
<lb n="502"/><p><span>(i) Speal fhada, when blade is long.</span></p>
<lb n="503"/>
<lb n="504"/><p><span>(l) Speal ghairid, when blade is short.</span></p>
<lb n="505"/>
<lb n="506"/><p><span>(l') Speal fhada do thalamh réidh; agus speal</span>
<lb n="507"/><span>ghairid do thalamh acharnach (nó chas).</span></p>
<lb n="508"/>
<lb n="509"/><p><span>(m) Seana-speal, bíonn sí doiceamhail, difficult to</span>
<lb n="510"/><span>work with.</span></p>
<lb n="511"/>
<lb n="512"/><p><span>(n) Ag tabhairt speile isteach, turning the luidín</span>
<lb n="513"/><span>(the finger at end of scythe) at forge.</span></p>
<lb n="514"/>
<lb n="515"/><p><span>(o) Ag gabháil speile, tackling to its “handle”</span>
<lb n="516"/><span>(crann).</span></p>
<lb n="517"/>
<lb n="518"/><p><span>(o') Ag gabháil cómhgarach, causing speal</span>
<lb n="519"/><span>to make a rather small angle with</span>
<lb n="520"/><span>crann.</span></p>
<lb n="521"/>
<lb n="522"/><p><span>(o) Ag gabháil fhaca, causing speal to</span>
<lb n="523"/><span>make a rather wide angle with</span>
<lb n="524"/><span>crann: tá an speal ró-fhaca amach.</span></p>
<lb n="525"/>
<lb n="526"/><p><span>(p) Tá an fear so go maith chun speile ghabháil, this</span>
<lb n="527"/><span>man is able skilfully to tackle a scythe, i.e.,</span>
<lb n="528"/><span>to fix it to the crann.</span></p>
<lb n="529"/>
<lb n="530"/><p><span>(p') Tá gabháil dheas agat ar do speil;</span>
<lb n="531"/><span>no, is deas an ghabháil í sin agat ar</span>
<lb n="532"/><span>do speil.</span></p>
<lb n="533"/>
<lb n="534"/><p><span>(r) Tá an speal ar bogadh, become loose, i.e., in</span>
<lb n="535"/><span>state of not being firmly bound to scythe-tree</span>
<lb n="536"/><span>(crann).</span></p>
</div>
<pb n="76"/>
<div><lb n="537"/><p><span>Crann speile, pole to which scythe is fixed in order</span>
<lb n="538"/><span>that the combination may become a useful agri-</span>
<lb n="539"/><span>cultural implement.</span></p>
<lb n="540"/>
<lb n="541"/><p><span>(a) Dúirnín, the handles, fixed to crann, that are</span>
<lb n="542"/><span>grasped by the mower when mowing.</span></p>
<lb n="543"/>
<lb n="544"/><p><span>(a') Dúirnín tosaigh, one grasped by right</span>
<lb n="545"/><span>hand.</span></p>
<lb n="546"/>
<lb n="547"/><p><span>(a) Dúirnín deiridh, left-hand one.</span></p>
<lb n="548"/>
<lb n="549"/><p><span>(b) Biana, iron band binding speal to crann.</span></p>
<lb n="550"/>
<lb n="551"/><p><span>(c) Bior, spike (spíce) fixed in crann to help to</span>
<lb n="552"/><span>keep clár (sand-board for edging scythe) in</span>
<lb n="553"/><span>position when mower is at work.</span></p>
<lb n="554"/>
<lb n="555"/><p><span>(d) piona (an chláirín), same as bior.</span></p>
<lb n="556"/>
<lb n="557"/><p><span>(d') Tairnge (nail) agus piona chun an</span>
<lb n="558"/><span>chláirín a choimeád ar an gcrann.</span></p>
<lb n="559"/>
<lb n="560"/><p><span>(e) Sleagh an chrainn, spike to keep crann from</span>
<lb n="561"/><span>slipping whilst scythe is being edged.</span></p>
<lb n="562"/>
<lb n="563"/><p><span>(f) Lúidín na speile, that part of scythe by which</span>
<lb n="564"/><span>it is bound to crann; the turned part of</span>
<lb n="565"/><span>speal for insertion into biana.</span></p>
<lb n="566"/>
<lb n="567"/><p><span>(g) Díng, a small wedge between lúidín & biana.</span></p>
<lb n="568"/>
<lb n="569"/><p><span>(i) Béim, the blade.</span></p>
<lb n="570"/>
<lb n="571"/><p><span>(i') Béim fhada.</span></p>
<lb n="572"/>
<lb n="573"/><p><span>(i'') Béim ghairid.</span></p>
<lb n="574"/>
<lb n="575"/><p><span>(l) Úrla (an chrainn).</span></p>
<lb n="576"/>
<lb n="577"/><p><span>Coinghibh úrla do chrainn ar an dtalamh.</span></p>
<lb n="578"/>
<lb n="579"/><p><span>Cláirín, piece of board coated  with sand for edging</span>
<lb n="580"/><span>scythe.</span></p>
<lb n="581"/>
<lb n="582"/><p><span>(a) Cláirín mín, when coated with fine sand.</span></p>
<lb n="583"/>
<lb n="584"/><p><span>(b) Cláirín garbh, when coated with rough sand.</span></p>
<lb n="585"/>
<lb n="586"/><p><span>(c) Cláirín dearg, when sand is a reddish colour.</span></p>
<lb n="587"/>
<lb n="588"/><p><span>(d) Cláirín dubh, when sand is black.</span></p>
<lb n="589"/>
<lb n="590"/><p><span>Cloch speile, stone used for edging scythe.</span></p>
<lb n="591"/>
<lb n="592"/><p><span>(a) Cloch Chruaidh, when stone is hard.</span></p>
<lb n="593"/>
<lb n="594"/><p><span>(b) Cloch bhog, when soft.</span></p>
<lb n="595"/>
<lb n="596"/><p><span>(c) Cloch cheathair-chúinneach agus cloch chruinn.</span>
<lb n="597"/><span>when oblong and round.</span></p>
<lb n="598"/>
<lb n="599"/><p><span>Faobhar (speile), edge.</span></p>
<lb n="600"/>
<lb n="601"/><p><span>(a) Faobhar cláir, edge put on with scythe-board.</span></p>
<lb n="602"/>
<lb n="603"/><p><span>(b) Faobhar cloiche, edge put on with scythe-stone.</span></p>
<lb n="604"/>
<lb n="605"/><p><span>(b') Chuireas faobhar chloiche is cláir.</span></p>
<lb n="606"/>
<lb n="607"/><p><span>(c) Faobhar milis, fine edge.</span></p>
<lb n="608"/>
<lb n="609"/><p><span>(c') Faobhar, gaoth, agus grádh, trí nídh nách</span>
<lb n="610"/><span>féidir fheicsint agus dheinéann (dheineann)</span>
<lb n="611"/><span>díoghbháil.</span></p>
<lb n="612"/>
<lb n="613"/><p><span>(c'') “A mhic, a'bhfeiceann tú an faobhar?”</span>
<lb n="614"/><span>arsa an t'athair.</span>
<lb n="615"/><span>“Do chím,” arsa an mac.</span>
<lb n="616"/><span>“Ní fheicfá dá mbeadh an faobhar agat,”</span>
<lb n="617"/><span>arsa an t-athair.</span></p>
<lb n="618"/>
<lb n="619"/><p><span>(d) Gob-fhaobhar, wire-edge.</span></p>
<lb n="620"/>
<lb n="621"/><p><span>(e) Faobhar fada, opposite of gob-fhaobhar.</span></p>
<lb n="622"/>
<lb n="623"/><p><span>(f) Faobhar nua, edge of new scythe.</span></p>
<lb n="624"/>
<lb n="625"/><p><span>(f') Bíonn an faobhar nua éadtrom, the</span>
<lb n="626"/><span>good edge of a new scythe causes the</span>
<lb n="627"/><span>labour of mowing to be less hard than</span>
<lb n="628"/><span>usual.</span></p>
<lb n="629"/>
<lb n="630"/><p><span>(g) Faobhar garbh, rough edge.</span></p>
<lb n="631"/>
<lb n="632"/><p><span>(g') An faobhar garbh don fhéar mhín agus an</span>
<lb n="633"/><span>faobhar mín don fhéar gharbh.</span></p>
<lb n="634"/>
<lb n="635"/><p><span>(i) Bar'-fhaobhar, edge put on top of scythe.</span></p>
<lb n="636"/>
<lb n="637"/><p><span>(l) Faobhar gualann [bíonn sé trioblóideach], cut-</span>
<lb n="638"/><span>ting without [fair] edge by main strength.</span></p>
<lb n="639"/>
<lb n="640"/><p><span>(l') A mhic, cuir an faobhar, nó cuirfidh an</span>
<lb n="641"/><span>faobhar tu.</span></p>
<lb n="642"/>
<lb n="643"/><p><span>(l'') Tabhair leat speal a ghéarfidh locha</span>
<lb n="644"/><span>ar loic, a good scythe would cut a</span>
<lb n="645"/><span>floating lock of hair.</span></p>
<lb n="646"/>
<lb n="647"/><p><span>(m) mant, a little gap in edged part.</span></p>
<lb n="648"/>
<lb n="649"/><p><span>(m') Tá an béal ag léimrig as an speil,</span>
<lb n="650"/><span>small pieces are coming off edge.</span></p>
<lb n="651"/>
<lb n="652"/><p><span>(m'') Tá an speal so go holc, mar ní thug</span>
<lb n="653"/><span>sí dath an faoibhir ar an dtalamh, it</span>
<lb n="654"/><span>does not cut level, does not cut bare</span>
<lb n="655"/><span>(low) enough, and thus causes waste.</span></p>
<lb n="656"/>
<lb n="657"/><p><span>(m''') Is maith an spealadóir é sin: tá dath</span>
<lb n="658"/><span>dearg ar an dtalamh n-a dhiaidh refers</span>
<lb n="659"/><span>to cutting low “shaving the ground,”</span>
<lb n="660"/><span>which them looks to be nearly red</span>
<lb n="661"/><span>here and there.</span></p>
<lb n="662"/>
<lb n="663"/><p><span>(m'''') Tá an speal so bog, mar casann an</span>
<lb n="664"/><span>béal uirthi, the edge turns inwards or</span>
<lb n="665"/><span>outwards.</span></p>
<lb n="666"/>
<lb n="667"/><p><span>Pláta, blade of scythe.</span></p>
<lb n="668"/>
<lb n="669"/><p><span>(a) Pláta caol, when narrow.</span></p>
<lb n="670"/>
<lb n="671"/><p><span>(b) Pláta leathan, when broad.</span></p>
<lb n="672"/>
<lb n="673"/><p><span>(c) Barra na speile, pointed end.</span></p>
<lb n="674"/>
<lb n="675"/><p><span>(d) Deireadh na speile, opposite of barra na</span>
<lb n="676"/><span>speile.</span></p>
<lb n="677"/>
<lb n="678"/><p><span>(e) Tá an speal ag raiseáil, very little dents, or</span>
<lb n="679"/><span>mant, are appearing on edge, and thus pre-</span>
<lb n="680"/><span>vent its cutting keen.</span></p>
<lb n="681"/>
<lb n="682"/><p><span>(e') Tá mo speal raiseálta orm, edge has</span>
<lb n="683"/><span>frittered away.</span></p>
<lb n="684"/>
<lb n="685"/><p><span>(Ní críoch).</span></p>
<lb n="686"/>
<lb n="687"/><p><span>Mícheál Ó Briain, of Carraig an Adhmaid, has</span>
<lb n="688"/><span>kindly supplied the following additional notes to above</span>
<lb n="689"/><span>list.  Táimid ana-bhuidheach dhe féin is dá chongan-</span>
<lb n="690"/><span>tóiribh:—</span></p>
<lb n="691"/>
<lb n="692"/><p><span>Páirc ghaothramhail, a field the soil of which is of the</span>
<lb n="693"/><span>same nature as that of a gaorthadh.</span></p>
<lb n="694"/>
<lb n="695"/><p><span>[Páirc mhótamhail, a field the soil of which is</span>
<lb n="696"/><span>alluvial (?).  Móta, alluvial deposit (?)]</span></p>
<lb n="697"/>
<lb n="698"/><p><span>Talamh páirtidheachta, land used in common by two or</span>
<lb n="699"/><span>more than two persons.</span></p>
<lb n="700"/>
<lb n="701"/><p><span>Muíng, a wet bog, a marsh, a swamp.</span></p>
<lb n="702"/>
<lb n="703"/><p><span>Caol, a narrow level strip of wet land through or be-</span>
<lb n="704"/><span>side which a stream runs.</span></p>
<lb n="705"/>
<lb n="706"/><p><span>Cnoc páirtidheachta, a hill used in common by two</span>
<lb n="707"/><span>persons or by more than two.</span></p>
</div>
<pb n="77"/>
<div><lb n="708"/><p><span>Leaca na páirce, the slope of the field.  “Is deacair</span>
<lb n="709"/><span>an fós san a chuir i gcoinibh na leacan” (Mícheál</span>
<lb n="710"/><span>Ua Loíngsigh).</span></p>
<lb n="711"/>
<lb n="712"/><p><span>Meall, a flat-topped eminence with sloping sides and</span>
<lb n="713"/><span>more or less oval base.  The surface area varies</span>
<lb n="714"/><span>from 5 acres or less to 40 acres or more.</span></p>
<lb n="715"/>
<lb n="716"/><p><span>Claidhe sceach, a ditch fortified with blackberry-briars</span>
<lb n="717"/><span>in particular — but not necessarily or exclusively</span>
<lb n="718"/><span>so.</span></p>
<lb n="719"/>
<lb n="720"/><p><span>Claidhe bogaigh, a ditch made of bog-stuff.  Bogach,</span>
<lb n="721"/><span>bog-stuff.</span></p>
<lb n="722"/>
<lb n="723"/><p><span>Bearna mhaol, gap not closed up to the usual or aver-</span>
<lb n="724"/><span>age height (3 1/2 ft. or 4 ft.).</span></p>
<lb n="725"/>
<lb n="726"/><p><span>Adhbairne cloiche, a large, more or less globular, stone,</span>
<lb n="727"/><span>varying in weight from 2 or 3 lbs to 2 or 3 cwts.</span>
<lb n="728"/><span>[Conchubhar Ua Deasmhumhna says fadhbairne</span>
<lb n="729"/><span>cloiche and Mícheál Ua Loínsigh and Tadhg Ua</span>
<lb n="730"/><span>Ríoghbhardan — adhbairne cloiche.]</span></p>
<lb n="731"/>
<lb n="732"/><p><span>Bradán an ghrafáin, a little ridge extending through</span>
<lb n="733"/><span>the middle of the upper side of the grafán from</span>
<lb n="734"/><span>the socket to within a few inches of the edge.</span></p>
<lb n="735"/>
<lb n="736"/><p><span>Úrla chrainn na speile, the thicker end of the scythe-</span>
<lb n="737"/><span>tree, from about where it is clasped by the iron</span>
<lb n="738"/><span>band (biana) to the nearer extremity of the</span>
<lb n="739"/><span>-tree.</span></p>
<lb n="740"/>
<lb n="741"/><p><span>Béim chrainn na speile, the part of the scythe-tree</span>
<lb n="742"/><span>stretching from the outer end of the úrla to the</span>
<lb n="743"/><span>right-hand dúirnín.  Its length is equal to that</span>
<lb n="744"/><span>of the mower's arm.</span>
<lb n="745"/><span>[The mower puts the úrla-end of the -tree</span>
<lb n="746"/><span>under his right arm; he then extends his right</span>
<lb n="747"/><span>arm along the tree, and marks on the tree the</span>
<lb n="748"/><span>point to which his middle finger reaches; at this</span>
<lb n="749"/><span>point he fixes the right-hand dúirnín].</span></p>
<lb n="750"/>
<lb n="751"/><p><span>M. Ua B.</span></p>
<lb n="752"/>
<lb n="753"/><p><span>…</span></p>
<lb n="754"/>
<lb n="755"/><p/></div></body></text></TEI>
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