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(195).  
Bhur dtocht ar ceal is cinnte,
Gidheadh is olc oirchillte.

(196).  Gion go mbiadh nídh beag, 187, w.

Gion go mbiadh, ní beag an teidhm,
Fuacht nó teas i dtigh ifeirnn.

(197).  Lucht braith, 196, 20, "traitors."

(198).  Baile do thilleadh do'n bhaile
iad, "he used to turn them home;" a good
instance of the old form of the modern abhaile. - O. J. B.

(199).  A mhalairt do thoradh, 99, 13, not "his choice
(in variety) of food," but "some other fruit," "some
fruit other than this," lit.  "its exchange of fruit." - 
O. J. B. 

(200).  Beó, 64, 2, "the quick."  Ag dul mbeó ar
Dhia, "bitterly offending God."  Still a common idiom;
tá an fear óg sain ag dul i mbeó orm, "that young
man's conduct cuts me to the heart;" bead-sa im
thairnge i beó aige-sean, "I'll be a thorn in his side."
- O.J.B.

(201).  In reference to Father O'Leary's excellent Mion-
chomhrádh, the following words and expressions form North
Connacht might be of interest : "Signs on him," bhí a
leacht air.  Is this leacht a monument? - Seaghán Ua
Ruaidhrí.

(202).  He was a good warrant, agus c., budh mhaith an
sás é, agus c.  What is sás here? - S. UaR.

(203).  "Tá mo chuid éadaigh 'dul a bhfriocal orm;"
I once heard a servant-boy say, and I understood him at
the time to mean that they were going beyond mending.
I never heard friocal explained.  S. UaR.

(204).  Earthing up plants, agusc., was caitheadh láin, in 
English, "casting mould."  I never heard lán used for
mould or earth, except in this connexion.  - S UaR.

(205).  Tuighe = thatch, with us.  Tuigheadóir = thatcher.
sometimes tuighe meant long straw, such as was used for
thatching.  Cochán was ordinary straw, - connlach, (stubble)
was used in the Highlands for straw.  - S. Ua R.

(206).  A cake was srubhán, an oaten-cake = bannóg, a 
small cake, toirtín, which seems from toirt = bulk,
size.  Cáca was used only for a confectionery cake. -
S. UaR.

(207).  Ailments, diseases : A cold = slaghdán.  Rheu-
matism = sgoilteach.  Fever = aicíd, fíabhras,  Ague = 
eitige.  Diabetes = eitige chraosach.  Colic = aoigh (pr.
thy).  Toothache = aoigh fhíacal.  Stitch or grip = arainn.
Hooping-cough = triuth (pr. triuf).  Small-pox = galar
breac.  Headache = tinneas cinn.  Diarrhoea - tinneas 
builg.

(208).  Seo plé bheag do bhíodh ag na páistibh le mo
linn-se,
Comórtas eidir crann cabáisde agus fata
mór (big potato)

An crann: "Cia rabh tusa an sainradh daor, 'nuair
thug mise na céudta as?"

An fata: "Bhí mise faói an bhfód, 's mé ag cur mo 
shúile amach i teacht" (growing).

An móinfhéar 's an sruthán

An móinféur: "Ca bhfuil tú 'dul, a cham-sa-dhíreach?"

An sruthán: "Nach cuma dhuit, a chúl-bhéarrtha-gach-uile-
bhliadhain"
Nach greannamhar íad!

Seaghán Ua Ruaidhrí.
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