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Monday night Irish Class, February 26, 2018

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Irish Class, February 26, 2018

Rang Gaeilge, 26ú lá mí Feabhra 2018

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breitheamh judge
mall slow
sliabh mountain
lig let, allow, permit
lena with his
Is breitheamh mall Dia
Nach ndearna riamh ach an chóir;
Chuir sé Cormac amach sa tsliabh,
Agus lig sé an diabhal lena thóin.

“God may be slow to judge, but he catches up with evil-doers eventually. This little ditty would be said of someone who is always getting away with bad stuff, and who finally has their “come-uppance”, as they say. Cormac is just a kind of placeholder in this saying, no particular significance.” — Will

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Monday night Irish Class, February 12, 2018

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Irish Class, February 12, 2018

Rang Gaeilge, 12ú lá mí Feabhra 2018

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Mol a dheireadh. “Praise its end” [let’s see how it turns out before we get all excited.]
Is mall gach cos a chasán/chosán gan eolas “Every leg is slow on a path without knowledge” [Slow sailing in uncharted waters]

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Monday night Irish Class, February 5, 2018

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Irish Class, February 5, 2018

Rang Gaeilge, 5ú lá mí Feabhra 2018

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aimhleas harm, evil aimhleasa, aimhlis
I ndiaidh a aimhlis a fheictear a leas don Éireannach. The Irishman doesn’t see what he should have done (his benefit) until after he has already done the wrong thing (his harm).
ciall sense, meaning, reason
Is fearr an chiall cheannaithe ná a fáil in aisce. “Purchased sense is better than that gotten for free.” (Experience is the best teacher)
Is an chiall cheannaithe is fearr. “Purchased sense is best.” (Experience is the best teacher)

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Monday night Irish Class, January 29, 2018

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Irish Class, January 29, 2018

Rang Gaeilge, 29ú lá mí Eanáir 2018

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Fál um an ngort i ndiaidh na foghla. Closing the barn doors after the horse is gone. “A fence ’round the field after the damage is done. “
Shílfeá ón iompar a bhí air go mba leis an áit. “You would think from the way that he carried himself that he owned the place.”
Neosfaidh an aimsir. Time will tell neos = inis

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Monday night Irish Class, January 8, 2018

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Irish Class, January 8, 2018

Rang Gaeilge, 8ú lá mí Eanáir 2018

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Dearmad bhean an tí ag an gcat. The housewife’s mistake/forgetfulness/neglect goes to the cat. [The cat gets that milk you forget to put away, etc.]
Téann focal le gaoth, agus téann buille le cnámh Sticks and stones…. “A word goes with the wind, but a blow/strike goes to the bone.”

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Monday night Irish Class, December 4, 2017

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Irish Class, December 4, 2017

Rang Gaeilge, 4ú lá Mí na Nollag 2017

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ní thing
An iomarca d’aon ní, is ionnan agus gan aon ní. Too much of a good thing “An excess of a thing is the same as being wiout the thing”
Lig do fuarú sa gcraiceann ar théigh sé ann. when someone is angry, let him/her cool down before you offer a reply or response. “Let him cool in the skin he heated up in.”

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Monday night Irish Class, November 27, 2017

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Irish Class, November 27, 2017

Rang Gaeilge, 27ú lá Mí na Samhna 2017

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Ba mhaith an teachtaire le cur I gcoinne an bháis thú. You would be a good person to send for Death! Said of someone who dawdles, a slow-poke, just the kind of person you’d send on an errand you don’t want to see completed.
Ní bhíonn imirce gan chaill. No moving without loss.

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Monday night Irish Class, November 20, 2017

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Irish Class, November 20, 2017

Rang Gaeilge, 20ú lá Mí na Samhna 2017

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We continue to mine the proverbs collected by Robert Shipboy MacAdam, and first published in a series that ran from 1858 to 1862. For a little extra fun, I provided his original spelling:

Old Spelling Modern Spelling Meaning Notes
séideadh blowing
smug smuga mucus, snot m
Is maith an sèideadh sròine do dhuine smug fhaiceal air duine eile. Is maith an séideadh sróine do dhuine smuga fheiceáil ar duine eile. It is a good nose blowing for a person to see snot on another person.
Ma cheannaigheann tu droch-nidh, ceannochaidh tu a rìst go h-aithghearr. Má cheannaíonn tú drochní, ceannóidh tú arís go hathghearr. If you buy low quality, you will soon buy again. “If you buy a bad thing, you will soon buy again.”

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Monday night Irish Class, November 13, 2017

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Irish Class, November 13, 2017

Rang Gaeilge, 13ú lá Mí na Samhna 2017

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gad withe A twisted bit of willow used when hemp rope was not available–used for horse harness,and to hang people!
Gearr an gad is foisce don scornach. do the most urgent thing first. cut the gad nearest the throat, to save a person or perhaps a horse whose harness has gotten hung up.
An té nach gcleachtann maríocht dearmadann na spoir. Practice! Who does not habitually practice riding forgets the spurs.

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Monday night Irish Class, November 6, 2017

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Irish Class, November 6, 2017

Rang Gaeilge, 6ú lá Mí na Samhna 2017

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choíche forever
nach … ach only
cochán straw
cáil reputation
bídeach tiny
socar calm, peace; benefit, profit, advantage
moch early
mall late, slow
ionat in you
fusa easy
sín stretch v
síneadh stretching vn of sín
Is tú nach mbíonn choíche ach i gcochán
ach cáil bheag bhídeach de do shocar
Moch nó mall a thagaim
gurb ionat is fusa dom mo chosa a shíneadh		 you’re a dump, straw strewn about,
but you’re my cozy dump.		 “There’s no place like home”

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