NOTES ON SOME IRISH WORDS USED 397 



Page 87, calliogh CAiUeAC, often translated in 

 Connacht as " presty." 



Page 91, pieberagh piobaipe. The gh ought to be 

 omitted, there is no guttural sound. 



Page 95, bollogh bAllAc, " speckled spotted." 

 Maxwell means bollav = tMlb, dumb or stuttering. 



Page 129, Cead Fealtagh, a dreadful spelling for the 

 sound of " Caed Faultia " CeAt) police, " a hundred 

 welcomes." 



Page 141, leprehawn = teitpfioc^n, probably derived 

 from Uij-coppAn " small bodied one," a little fairy. 



Page 142, farsett = pe^nfAit) " a tide way." Belfast 

 is a corruption of Bel-farsett. In Irish, t)e^t-pei|\rce, 

 or the " mouth of the farsett." 



Page 146, for dignita tern read dignitatem ; Page 153, 

 for " but not" read "not but." 



Page 167 drimindhu is a poem and air, in Irish 

 ofunmfMonn "ouo, i.e., " the black white- backed," a name 

 for a pet cow, but allegorical of Ireland. 



Page 171, cota more = CGC.A mop, " great coat." 

 Page 185, middoge, in Irish 0110-065, once apparently a 

 formidable dagger, Scotch Gaelic " biodag," which is the 

 same word, but now fallen from its high estate, and 

 often used of any old knife. 



Page 193, boollie, Irish btuite, " a milking or herding 

 place for cows." 



Page 210, crughadore = cpocA-o6in, "a hangman," ; 

 mogh-a-droul, perhaps for m^c x\n T)i4tt4il, "son of the 

 devil." 



Page 218, neil an skeil a gau maun = ni't Aon rcil 

 ASAtn Ann, " I have no skill in it." Maxwell has joined 

 the m to the wrong word. He does this twice, which 

 shows he had little knowledge of Irish. 



Page 218, far a gurta = peup A jofxu-A, " the famine 

 grass ;" some people say pe<\|\ A' sopcA, " the famine 

 man." 



