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Greann na Gaedhilge. Cailleach gan déirc.

Title: Greann na Gaedhilge. Cailleach gan déirc.
Author(s): Féach aithriseoir,
Compiler/Editor: Laoide, Seosamh (Lloyd, Joseph H.)
Contributor: O Corragáin, Tomás
Composition Date: 1900
Publisher: Connradh na Gaedhilge

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GREANN NA GAEDHILGE.

CAILLEACH GAN DÉIRC.

Cailleach do bhí ag dul thart fá Nodlaig.
D'iarr rud beag ime ar bhean an tighe.
Dhiúlt bean an tighe: dubhairt sí nach raibh
se aici.  Seo mar adubhairt an chailleach:

Oidhche Inide gan fheoil,
Oidhche Nodlag Mór gan im,
Domhnach Cásg gan arán,
Is fáth mo ghearáin libh.

Ag dul thart, going about, going her rounds.  Thart,
often = round (adv.) in Leath Chuinn.  Fá Nodlaig,
at Christmas.  Rud beag ime, a little butter.  Oidhche
Inide, the night before Ash-Wednesday.  The use here
is adverbial as are also those that follow.  Gan fheoil,
without meat, no meat; so also gan im, gan arán.
Oidhche Nodlag Mór, Christmas Eve.  Domhnach Cásg,
Easter Sunday.  Tomás O Corragáin sa' Chaisleán
i n-aice Cairrge Machaire Rois, d'innis.

Historical Irish Corpus1600 - 1926

Greann na Gaedhilge. Cailleach gan déirc.

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Historical Irish Corpus
1600 - 1926