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A thig ná tit orm C3
Term | Definition |
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An Bhóthánaíocht | The Pastimes |
Paróiste Múrach | Moor Parish |
Daonra trí chéad | Population of three hundred |
Lampa ile a bhí acu mar ní raibh aon leictreachas sa Ghaeltacht 1950í | They had an oil lamp because there was no electricity in the 1950s Gaeltacht |
Dha raidió sa pharóiste - múinteoir agus muintir Dainín | Two radios in the parish - a teacher and Dainín's family |
Nuacht, caid, All-Ireland, drámaí Béarla | News, football, All-Ireland, English plays |
Braitlín bhán chun an smiúit a choiméad as an ngléas | A white cloth to keep the dust out of the device |
Ní raibh cead ag éinne seachas Dainín dul in aice leis an ngléas/raidió | No one but Dainín was allowed to go near the device/radio |
Bean-chomarsan ag éisteacht leis an dráma Béarla. Bhí stop sa chaint agus bhog sí níos cóngraí don raidió, go tobann chuala sí..... | A lady neighbour listening to the English play. There was a pause in the speech and she moved closer to the radio, suddenly she heard..... |
'You are near enough now' agus léim sí as an gcathaoir de gheit! Cheap sí gur púca a bhí sa raidió! | 'You are near enough now' and she immediately jumped out of the chair! She thought the radio was a ghost! |
An bhothántaíocht (an caitheamh aimsire) - ag tabhairt cuairt ar na comharsana ag seinm ceoil/ ag insint scéalta lena chéile | Pastimes - visiting the neighbours playing music/telling stories to each other |
Scéalta Grae - é ina ardscéaltóir - scéalta iascaigh ba mhó a bhíodh aige | Grae's stories - he is a great storyteller - fishing stories were his favorite |
Scéal faoi fiche ballach (trout) agus trí phollóig/ cupán na naomhóige/ 'gnó an Ri' isteach sa chupán! Lá amháin, bhí siad ceithre mhíle amach ón gcósta agus bhí ar Jeimsín dul go dtí an leithreas istigh sa chúpán! -eachtra greannmhar | A story about twenty walleyes (trout) and three octopuses/ the saint's cup/ 'the Ri's business' into the cup! One day, they were four miles off the coast and Jemsín had to go to the toilet inside the cup! -a funny incident |