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<text><body><div><p><span>Spailpín Fánach</span></p>
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<lb n="2"/><p><span>MICHEÁL Ó GRÍOBHTHA Do Scríobh.</span></p>
<lb n="3"/>
<lb n="4"/><p><span>CAIB. VI.</span></p>
<lb n="5"/>
<lb n="6"/><p><span>"An áit ar chodail mé aréir bhí clampar ann.</span></p>
<lb n="7"/>
<lb n="8"/><p><span>Do chóruigh an Crobhaltach biadh do Mháirtín agus do thug do </span>
<lb n="9"/><span>a sháith le n-ithe agus le n-ól.  Thug sé dhó a chuid airgid, agus </span>
<lb n="10"/><span>dubhairt leis dul a chodladh dhó féin, agus go ndéanfadh sé féin </span>
<lb n="11"/><span>faire ar eagla go dtiucfadh Donnchadh ar ais.  Dubhairt </span>
<lb n="12"/><span>Máirtín go bhfanfadh sé féin cois na teine n'a fharradh agus </span>
<lb n="13"/><span>d'iarr sé ar an gCrobhaltach a innsint do cia ar díobh é nó cad </span>
<lb n="14"/><span>é an gaol a bhí aige le Donnchadh nó cad 'na fheighil a rabhadar </span>
<lb n="15"/><span>'na gcomhnuidhe annsoin ar éadan an tsléibhe. </span></p>
<lb n="16"/>
<lb n="17"/><p><span>"Táim ró-mhíshásta im' aigne anocht tar éis a raibh de chlam-</span>
<lb n="18"/><span>par againn, acht an chéad uair arís a bhuailfidh tú chugham </span>
<lb n="19"/><span>inneosad-sa mo sgéal duit agus is é an sgéal fada é sin. </span>
<lb n="20"/><span>Táir-se tuirseach tnáidhte agus is ró-mhithid duit dul a chodladh." </span></p>
<lb n="21"/>
<lb n="22"/><p><span>Annsoin do shín Máirtín ar an leabaidh gan baint de.  Bhí </span>
<lb n="23"/><span>sé chomh tuirseach soin gur thuit sé 'na chnap chodlata lom-</span>
<lb n="24"/><span>láithreach. </span></p>
<lb n="25"/>
<lb n="26"/><p><span>Taidhbhsigheadh dó go raibh sé ar bórd luinge ag teacht ón </span>
<lb n="27"/><span>mBreathnaisg.  Lá breagh gaelaighe móire bhí ann; bhí an fhairge </span>
<lb n="28"/><span>ciúin sámh, agus solus na gréine ag taithneamh agus ag lonnradh </span>
<lb n="29"/><span>go niamhrach ar an uisge.  Bhí Máirtín féin go spleodrach </span>
<lb n="30"/><span>croidheamhail agus a dháfhichid púnt aige 'na phóca, agus do ghaibh </span>
<lb n="31"/><span>sé buidheachas le Dia a thug dó uain na soininne chum teacht tar </span>
<lb n="32"/><span>lear.  Acht fé cheann tamaill do tháinig atharughadh uathbhásach ar </span>
<lb n="33"/><span>an lá.  Tháinig sgamall ar an ngréin, do dhúbhuigh an spéir </span>
<lb n="34"/><span>agus do thuit an duibhthean agus an dorchadas chomh trom soin </span>
<lb n="35"/><span>ar an mhuir nárbh' fheas do Mháirtín brágha na luinge seach a </span>
<lb n="36"/><span>deire.  D'éirigh anfa gaoithe agus mara.  Bhí tonnta móra </span>
<lb n="37"/><span>borba dá gcur ar chleas-a-chuaile tar an luing anonn agus anall, </span>
<lb n="38"/><span>agus do bhí an long ag luasgadh agus ag creathadh ag lúbadh </span>
<lb n="39"/><span>agus ag ionnfairt.  Bhí na seolta dá réabadh, agus bhí an long </span>
<lb n="40"/><span>i riocht a basgtha.  Caitheadh Máirtín ar bhior a chinn amach fé'n </span>
<lb n="41"/><span>bhfairge agus síos leis go tóin an duibheagáin.  Bhí sé díreach </span></p>
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<div><lb n="42"/><p><span>ar tí filleadh thar ais an uair do rugadh ar chaol na coise air. </span>
<lb n="43"/><span>D'fhéach sé fé síos agus cé bheadh ann acht Donnchadh agus </span>
<lb n="44"/><span>gnúis mhallaighthe air.  Níor bh'fhéidir le Máirtín an chos do </span>
<lb n="45"/><span>sháthadh ná a tharraingt.  Bhí greim an fhir bháidhte beortha ag </span>
<lb n="46"/><span>Donnchadh uirthi.  Chongbhaidh sé a bhéal dúnta go docht.  Bhí fhios aige </span>
<lb n="47"/><span>dá n-osglóchadh sé an béal go raibh a ré caithte.  Cheap sé go </span>
<lb n="48"/><span>sgoilteadh air, agus fé dheire b'éigin dó a bhéal d'osgailt agus </span>
<lb n="49"/><span>an t-uisge do sgaoileadh isteach.  Chuir sé sgread as agus </span>
<lb n="50"/><span>d'éirigh aniar ar a leath-láimh.  Bhí an Crobhaltach 'na sheasamh </span>
<lb n="51"/><span>leis an gcnaisde agus uisge aige 'á chaitheamh idir an dá shúil </span>
<lb n="52"/><span>ar Mháirtín. </span></p>
<lb n="53"/>
<lb n="54"/><p><span>"Éirigh id' shuidhe go tapa, tá an tromluighe imthighe dhíot </span>
<lb n="55"/><span>anois.  Éirigh táthar chughainn." </span></p>
<lb n="56"/>
<lb n="57"/><p><span>"Cé tá chughainn?  Donnchadh?"</span></p>
<lb n="58"/>
<lb n="59"/><p><span>"'Seadh agus lucht an dlighe 'na fhochair aige."</span></p>
<lb n="60"/>
<lb n="61"/><p><span>"Dia lem' anam" arsa Máirtín, "sin é an taidhbhreamh agam </span>
<lb n="62"/><span>anois." </span></p>
<lb n="63"/>
<lb n="64"/><p><span>Chuadar araon amach fé'n sliabh agus do theicheadar leotha le </span>
<lb n="65"/><span>imioll abhann a bhí ag rith ar fhaid maidhm sa sliabh.  Bhí eas ar an </span>
<lb n="66"/><span>abhainn sin, agus tuille ar an eas a bhí ag dul fiche troigh amach </span>
<lb n="67"/><span>de dhruim na charraige,  Chuaidh an bheirt síos isteach idir an </span>
<lb n="68"/><span>tuille agus an charraig, agus d'fhanadar annsoin go </span>
<lb n="69"/><span>meadhon lae.  Bhí an tóir imthighthe an uair sin agus d'éaluigheadar </span>
<lb n="70"/><span>an bheirt leótha anuas de'n sliabh, agus do thiodhlaic an Crobhaltach </span>
<lb n="71"/><span>Máirtín nó gur chuir sé ar an mbóthar réidh é.  Do thairg </span>
<lb n="72"/><span>Máirtín púnt dh'á chuid airgid do'n Chrobhaltach acht ní ghlacfadh </span>
<lb n="73"/><span>an Crobhaltach oiread agus aon phingin ruadh amháin uaidh.  Do </span>
<lb n="74"/><span>thiomaineadar cead agus céileabhradh le n-a chéile annsoin agus </span>
<lb n="75"/><span>thug gach fear aca a bhóthar féin air. </span></p>
<lb n="76"/>
<lb n="77"/><p><span>D'éirigh ceoidhe Mháirtín arís, agus do chomhairimh sé an </span>
<lb n="78"/><span>t-airgead féachaint an raibh sé go cruinn baileach aige, agus do </span>
<lb n="79"/><span>bhí.  B'fhada leis go mbéadh sé ag baile agus d'fháisg sé leis go </span>
<lb n="80"/><span>tréan agus níor fhás an féar glas fé n-a chosaibh go ráinig sé </span>
<lb n="81"/><span>Mainistir na hInse tráthnóna an tarna lae.  Bhí sé a naoi a </span>
<lb n="82"/><span>chlog 'san oidhche an tráth do shroich sé a bhaile féin. </span></p>
<lb n="83"/>
<lb n="84"/><p><span>Ní raibh fhios aige cia an chaoi bhí ortha ó d'imthigh sé uatha agus </span>
<lb n="85"/><span>tháinig sgáth eagla air nuair do chuir sé lámh ar chlaibín a dhoruis </span>
<lb n="86"/><span>féin.  Chuir sé cluas air féin. </span>
<lb n="87"/></p>
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<div><lb n="88"/><p><span>"Triopall, treapall, seana-cheann chapaill,</span>
<lb n="89"/><span>Cia méad mac a bhí 'g an rígh?</span>
<lb n="90"/><span>Dáréag mac i gcúil an tighe;</span>
<lb n="91"/><span>Sgiub-se leat a mhéirín fheacaigh bhuidhe</span>
<lb n="92"/><span>'S tabhair na caoire buidhe(acha) leat - a bhaile."</span></p>
<lb n="93"/>
<lb n="94"/><p><span>"Ar Pháidín atá an crann; gabh suas go dtí an dorus a </span>
<lb n="95"/><span>Pháidín." </span></p>
<lb n="96"/>
<lb n="97"/><p><span>"Tá Páidín ag éisteacht."</span></p>
<lb n="98"/>
<lb n="99"/><p><span>"Gabh amach, a Pháidín, amach leat anois."</span></p>
<lb n="100"/>
<lb n="101"/><p><span>D'osgail Páidín an dorus agus do tháinig amach.  Isteach </span>
<lb n="102"/><span>leis arís agus deabhadh ar a shálaibh. </span></p>
<lb n="103"/>
<lb n="104"/><p><span>"A mháthair, a mháthair," ar seisean, "tá fear ag an dorus, </span>
<lb n="105"/><span>nó sprid; is dóigh liom gur sprid atá ann." </span></p>
<lb n="106"/>
<lb n="107"/><p><span>"Éist do bhéal, a dhailtín, nó gheobhaidh mé de shlait ort."</span></p>
<lb n="108"/>
<lb n="109"/><p><span>"Deirim-se gur fíor dhóm é."</span></p>
<lb n="110"/>
<lb n="111"/><p><span>"B'fhéidir dhuit an ceart do bheith agat.  Feach amach arís, </span>
<lb n="112"/><span>cá bhfios duit nach é t'athair a bhéadh ann." </span></p>
<lb n="113"/>
<lb n="114"/><p><span>"An fear céadna, mhaise," arsa Máirtín ag preabadh chúcha </span>
<lb n="115"/><span>isteach. </span></p>
<lb n="116"/>
<lb n="117"/><p><span>Fágaimíd annsoin aca é.</span></p>
<lb n="118"/>
<lb n="119"/><p><span>A CRÍOCH.</span></p>
<lb n="120"/>
<lb n="121"/><p><span>Tagra.</span></p>
<lb n="122"/>
<lb n="123"/><p><span>"Mar a raibh comhnuidhe ar Mháirtín" - mar a raibh sé 'na chomhnuidhe.</span>
<lb n="124"/><span>"Nó gur éirigh a mhuirighin chuige" - nó gur tháinig an cúram sain air.</span>
<lb n="125"/><span>"Acht ná fanfadh sé" - seo athchuinge air gan fanacht ró-fhada.</span>
<lb n="126"/><span>"D'fhág sé slán aca" - aca an focal ceart annso.</span>
<lb n="127"/><span>"Dalcháinín" - cnapán airgid.</span>
<lb n="128"/><span>"Lár na luinge" - the deck of the ship.  (Vide "Imtheachta na Tromdháimhe.")</span>
<lb n="129"/><span>"Cad as" - where from.  "Cá bhfuil do thriall?" = Cá bhfuil tú ag dul.</span>
<lb n="130"/><span>"Go Tiobruid Árann nó geall leis" - to Tipperary or near it.</span>
<lb n="131"/><span>"Ag pléidh a chod' thalmhan" - fighting for his land.  (Is minic an t-atharughadh</span>
<lb n="132"/><span>so ar an bhfocal "cuid" ar n-a chur sa chás gheineamhnach dó.)</span>
<lb n="133"/><span>"Brughcungcais" - encroaching, from "brugh," to push or crush, and "cumhang,"</span>
<lb n="134"/><span>narrow (or perhaps from "cungais," conquest).</span>
<lb n="135"/><span>"Coim" - the waist (nom. com).</span>
<lb n="136"/><span>"Do chaithfinn líog" - do chaithfinn cloch - "shoulder stone."</span>
<lb n="137"/><span>"D'uaghdar" - the old past tense.  I have never heard "d'itheadar," in Clare.</span></p>
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<div><lb n="138"/><p><span>"An clog dhá bhuanadh" - the bell being rung.  (Buanadh is applied to any</span>
<lb n="139"/><span>metallic ring).</span>
<lb n="140"/><span>"An blosgaire" - the town crier (older bollsgaire).</span>
<lb n="141"/><span>"Cruidhte … ar bogadh" - soft; i.e. loose, stirring.</span>
<lb n="142"/><span>"Do sgoilteadar eatortha é" - they divided it between them.</span>
<lb n="143"/><span>"Slán do thabhairt duit annsoin" - to give you guarantee for that.</span>
<lb n="144"/><span>"Doich," .i. moch.  (Níl an focal so "moch" agá labhairt go coitcheann sa</span>
<lb n="145"/><span>Chlár.)</span>
<lb n="146"/><span>"Deabhthach" impatient to be off; "righin" the opposite of "deabhthach" - i.e.</span>
<lb n="147"/><span>dallying.</span>
<lb n="148"/><span>"Searróg," .i. buidéal.</span>
<lb n="149"/><span>"Do chromadar ar an ól" - not "ólachán," which I understand to mean con-</span>
<lb n="150"/><span>tinued drinking or tippling.</span>
<lb n="151"/><span>D'éirigh a chroidhe" - he became cheerful.  "D'éirigh an croidhe air" - seems</span>
<lb n="152"/><span>to be the reverse.</span>
<lb n="153"/><span>"An léim sin do chaitheamh" - to perform the leap.  (I have always heard this,</span>
<lb n="154"/><span>but never any other idiom for jumping anything.)</span>
<lb n="155"/><span>"Do loc air" - he baulked.</span>
<lb n="156"/><span>"An-chruth" - terrible plight.  (Focal coitcheann.)</span>
<lb n="157"/><span>"An crann" - the "lot" to die.</span>
<lb n="158"/><span>"Chuardaigh sé an t-airgead" - níor chuala riamh "do chuarduigh sé don</span>
<lb n="159"/><span>airgead."</span>
<lb n="160"/><span>"Gan chlú gan cháirde" - without "a name" by which he could get anything</span>
<lb n="161"/><span>without immediate payment; ie. without "trust."</span>
<lb n="162"/><span>"Atha-reatha" - the "lead" or intervening distance.  (I have always heard</span>
<lb n="163"/><span>"aga-reatha," but have written "atha-reatha" because I have seen it in </span>
<lb n="164"/><span>"Feis tighe Chonáin Chinn sléibhe."</span>
<lb n="165"/><span>"Bainfead-sa cúla srathraighe dhíot" - get the better of you.  (This evidently</span>
<lb n="166"/><span>comes from the ancient practice of the Irish foot-soldiers of pursuing</span>
<lb n="167"/><span>cavalry, leaping on the back of the horse behind the rider and killing and</span>
<lb n="168"/><span>unhorsing him.)</span>
<lb n="169"/><span>"Do chuir é féin i dtaca" - put himself in steady position, balanced himself.</span>
<lb n="170"/><span>"Do tharraing sé an bata" - whirled the stick before casting.</span>
<lb n="171"/><span>"Díocus" - assiduity.  (Focal coitcheann.) </span>
<lb n="172"/><span>"Snaidhte" - exhausted.</span>
<lb n="173"/><span>"Crobhaltach" - .i. crobh agus allta.</span>
<lb n="174"/><span>"Gur shaothruighis an t-airgead" - gur thuillis.</span>
<lb n="175"/><span>"Bainfidh dhuit" - you will come to grief.</span>
<lb n="176"/><span>"Ní féidir" - past tense of ní fheadar.</span>
<lb n="177"/><span>"Bás anbadh" - violent death.</span>
<lb n="178"/><span>"Sgamh" - a snarl which parts the lips.</span>
<lb n="179"/><span>"Agus go mba chruadh dho féin."  It would go hard with himself.  (Cruadh is</span>
<lb n="180"/><span>spelled as pronounced, not cruaidh).</span>
<lb n="181"/><span>"Chuir an buille sin 'na chomhnuidhe é" - that blow "settled" him.</span>
<lb n="182"/><span>"Lá breagh gaelaighe móire" - a day of great brightness.</span>
<lb n="183"/><span>"Do dhúbhaidh an spéir" - ní béarlachas é seo.  ("Tiucfaidh sgamall ar an </span>
<lb n="184"/><span>ngealaigh agus dúbhfaidh" - sean-amhrán).</span>
<lb n="185"/><span>"Brágha na luinge" - nílim deimhnightheach gur chuala mé é seo acht is dóigh</span>
<lb n="186"/><span>liom gur chualas.</span>
<lb n="187"/><span>"Cleas-a-chuaile" - head over heels. ("Cleas a thuille" in Connacht).</span>
<lb n="188"/><span>"Táthar chughainn" - an enemy is trying to surprise us.</span>
<lb n="189"/><span>"Claibín" - a latch.</span>
<lb n="190"/></p>
</div>
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<div><lb n="191"/><p><span>An Cluiche Cartaidhe.</span></p>
<lb n="192"/>
<lb n="193"/><p><span>An muileat maol a mheilt, an cuireat caol a cheilt, applied to unscrupulous</span>
<lb n="194"/><span>gambling Do mheilt, to falsely utter; do cheilt, to renege.</span></p>
<lb n="195"/>
<lb n="196"/><p><span>Cearrbhach, originally a professional card-player, latterly applied to a person </span>
<lb n="197"/><span>skilled in or making a practice of card-playing.  The term is applied only</span>
<lb n="198"/><span>to a skilful and honourable player.</span></p>
<lb n="199"/>
<lb n="200"/><p><span>"Éagcóir ar na cartaidhibh," his respect for the game would not brook abuse</span>
<lb n="201"/><span>of the cards.</span></p>
<lb n="202"/>
<lb n="203"/><p><span>"Do shuathaidh se," he shuffled the cards.</span></p>
<lb n="204"/>
<lb n="205"/><p><span>"Deighlimís," let us cut the cards.  Probably the correct spelling would be</span>
<lb n="206"/><span>deaghlaimís.  Also "bainimís díobh."  [Bearraimís is used elsewhere].</span></p>
<lb n="207"/>
<lb n="208"/><p><span>"Riar," the deal.  "Riaradh" (also "roinnt,") the act of dealing (or having the</span>
<lb n="209"/><span>right to) distribute the cards.</span></p>
<lb n="210"/>
<lb n="211"/><p><span>"Luighe na beirte," the fall of the lift (or trick).  The last to play in each round</span>
<lb n="212"/><span>should take the trick if able to do so.</span></p>
<lb n="213"/>
<lb n="214"/><p><span>"Fáinne óir ort," gold ace on you, i.e. you've got the ace.</span></p>
<lb n="215"/>
<lb n="216"/><p><span>"Comharthaidhe."  "tokens," a contemptible practice.</span></p>
<lb n="217"/>
<lb n="218"/><p><span>"Do dhíol Donnchadh as an aon," Donnchadh "put down" for the ace.</span></p>
<lb n="219"/>
<lb n="220"/><p><span>"Do ghabh, do rug, an bheart," took the trick.</span></p>
<lb n="221"/>
<lb n="222"/><p><span>"Drabh," a poor card (not a trump) by which a trick is taken.  Dréith is the</span>
<lb n="223"/><span>ordinary word for a card which is not a trump.</span></p>
<lb n="224"/>
<lb n="225"/><p><span>"Ar eagla go gcrochfaidhe é," for fear he should be suspended for that hand.</span></p>
<lb n="226"/>
<lb n="227"/><p><span>"Sáth," "set," i.e. sending a trump in to the last player.  This is very impor-</span>
<lb n="228"/><span>tant when "luighe na beirte" comes on a man of high count.</span></p>
<lb n="229"/>
<lb n="230"/><p><span>"Cad a tháinig ó bhonn?"  What card was "laid" ("led" with), or first played</span>
<lb n="231"/><span>in the round.</span></p>
<lb n="232"/>
<lb n="233"/><p><span>"Do thug," was "laid" or first played in the round.</span></p>
<lb n="234"/>
<lb n="235"/><p><span>"Do leag se righ airt ar an gCrobhaltach," he led with a king card so as to</span>
<lb n="236"/><span>compel the Crobhaltach to part a trump.</span></p>
<lb n="237"/>
<lb n="238"/><p><span>"Insan chead turus eile," in the next round.  (This word turus is translated</span>
<lb n="239"/><span>"journey."</span></p>
<lb n="240"/>
<lb n="241"/><p><span>"Do dhein sé na cártaidhe," he arranged the cards for cutting.</span></p>
<lb n="242"/>
<lb n="243"/><p><span>"Breith na birte," the taking of the trick.</span></p>
<lb n="244"/>
<lb n="245"/><p><span>"An cíoná," the five (of trumps).</span></p>
<lb n="246"/>
<lb n="247"/><p><span>Níor chuala riamh aga thabhairt ar an gcluiche seo acht an "Seana-chluiche."</span>
<lb n="248"/><span>Seo mar deantar an cóimhreamh,</span></p>
<lb n="249"/>
<lb n="250"/><p><span>(a) Nuair na bíonn ag imirt acht beirt, nó dá dhrong páirtidhte:</span></p>
<lb n="251"/>
<lb n="252"/><p><span>Trí bheart sin bun,</span>
<lb n="253"/><span>Dhá bhun sin úd</span>
<lb n="254"/><span>Úd agus bun an cluiche;</span>
<lb n="255"/><span>Ceithre beart sin fiche</span>
<lb n="256"/><span>Dá fiche an cluiche;</span>
<lb n="257"/><span>Fiche agus bun sin úd:</span>
<lb n="258"/><span>Cúig beart sin rian (nó cluiche) - "jink."</span></p>
<lb n="259"/>
<lb n="260"/><p><span>(Ní coimhrighthear beart ná dhá bheart agus leigtear ar lár gach aon rud fé bhun</span>
<lb n="261"/><span>an bhuin).</span></p>
<lb n="262"/>
<lb n="263"/><p><span>(b)  Nuair bhíonn breis is beirt ag imirt agus gach duine ag imirt as féin,</span>
<lb n="264"/><span>nó nuair bhíonn trí drong pártaidhthe (nó ós a chionn sin) ag imirt:</span></p>
<lb n="265"/>
<lb n="266"/><p><span>Dhá bheart sin deich </span>
<lb n="267"/><span>Dhá dheich sin fiche</span>
<lb n="268"/><span>Fiche agus deich sin úd</span>
<lb n="269"/><span>Úd agus deich an cluiche:</span>
<lb n="270"/></p>
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<pb n="109"/>
<div><lb n="271"/><p><span>Ceithre beart sin fiche</span>
<lb n="272"/><span>Dá fiche an cluiche</span>
<lb n="273"/><span>Cúig beart as aon láimh chártaidhe amháin sin rian, .i. cluiche.   </span>
<lb n="274"/><span>(Ní cóimhrighthear aon bheart amháin, sgaoiltear ar lár é).  </span></p>
<lb n="275"/>
<lb n="276"/><p><span>Cóimharighthear fiche as gach riar cártaidhe muna ndeintear rian nó muna</span>
<lb n="277"/><span>ngabhann cúigear beart an duine.  Dá bhfaghadh aoinne amháin dhá bheart agus</span>
<lb n="278"/><span>gan dhá beart do bheith ag teacht d'aoinne eile as an riar chéadna bheadh fiche ag</span>
<lb n="279"/><span>gabháil leis an ndá mbeart.  Ar gach slighe eile is mar a chéile e féin agus an</span>
<lb n="280"/><span>"Twenty-Five."</span></p>
<lb n="281"/>
<lb n="282"/><p><span>Ní fheadfadh duine an cluiche seo d'imirt chomh fuiris leis an Neap.  D'oir-</span>
<lb n="283"/><span>feadh dhó a mheamhair do bheith go cruinn aige agus innchinn ar dtaobh thiar dhá</span>
<lb n="284"/><span>mheamhair aige.                               </span></p>
<lb n="285"/>
<lb n="286"/><p/></div></body></text></TEI>
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