Duinnín in Áth na Lachan (tuilleadh)

Dineen in Duckford (continued)

• D’úsáid sí a lán gallúnaí.’
  ‘Bhuel, bhiodh jorum beag de dhith ar an mbean bhocht agus gan slí eile aici chun é a fháil. Chuirinn an jorum síos as leabhar ina ghallúnach,’ ar sise, gan náire.
  ‘Go maithe Dia dhuit é,’ arsa an Duinníneach agus thug sé drochfhéachaint uirthi
  .
  ‘Istigh ansin, sa snug a d’óladh sí é?’ ar seisean, agus lámh aige ar an mbosca faoistine.
  ‘Ó, ná téigh isteach ansin, a Athair,’ arsa Mrs. Byrne.
  

  She used a lot of soap.
  ‘Well, jorum would be needed by the poor woman and she would have no other way to get it. I used to put jorum from the book as her soap,’ she said without shame.
  ‘God Bless you,’ said Dineen and he gave her a wicked look.
  ‘In there, in the snug she drank it?’ he said, with his hand on the confession box.
  ‘O, Don’t go in there, Father,’ said Mrs. Byrne.

  díth	Loss; deprivation, destruction; Want, lack; need, requirement	f

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