TOMHAISÍN (pro. toe-sheen)
A sheet of paper made into a funnel shape. When you bought sweets the shopkeeper would make a tomhaisín to put them in.
Illustration: corrina askin
Words from The Lost Language of the Ballyhouras: Cnuasach Focal Paddy Fennessy.
LABAR
A big spit. A spit from a pipe-smoker.
Illustration: corrina askin
Words from the book The Lost Language of the Ballyhouras:
Cnuasach Focal Paddy Fennessy, edited by Evelyn Fennessy and Róisín Ní Ghairbhí.
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BLONNACH
Pieces of dried broken furze. Gather up the blonnach, the brussy stuff.
Illustration: Enagh Farrell
From: The Lost Language of the Ballyhouras:
Cnuasach Focal Paddy Fennessy, ed by Evelyn Fennessy & Róisín Ní Ghairbhí.
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