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76 from the embers," i.e., though made, is not yet baked, is equivalent to *• many a slip 'twixt cup and lip." Similarly ni iriAii fíLceA|i, bíceA^u 44, The fHAOcÁtn cAji^tAij "whortleberries (vulg. 'hurts,' i.e., ' whorts ') of spring " are hailstones (P. O'Kiely). io. Said of one who is not careful of animal or implement loaned to him by a neighbour, 47. " He is no judge of the weather who does not live near (handy to) the strand, or close to the cliffs." 48. " There shall be a paying, a paying," said the voice (the ghost). "What will pay?" said Lenihane. "The children of the children of Lenihane," "If it goes the length of that," said Lenihane, " I need not mind what I do." Ó. fAit) fin is correct, not An -pAi-o fin, which would mean *' that length " as contrasted with " this length." So, too, A oijteAX) fin rather than An oif cat) fin. The A-fin is the genitive of é fin, 4S>. -poifi-oe is one who makes a spurt but does not maintain it. pogA, a sudden rush. The termination -fi-oe in some places denotes agent. I have heard people inter- pret ceol fix)e as "musician," not "fairy music." tlÁ feAfócAX), "that would not hold out," 50, tiAin, time, one's turn. Here, "one's turn at the forge." -AcÁ An nAin A^Am o]z, my turn is before yours. See 27, p. 75. 51. "May I not rise, if rise I can." nA^ beifim a] cojijiuije (a jocose asseveration), " that I might not stir," lit., "May I not catch, arrive at, stirring." 52. "If I went to see (aj of purpose after verb of motion) a sick person, «nd if (lit., ' and that') I were to ask him how he was, he might say, * I am better,' I would say, ' may you be better to-morrow,' as Rory said to his mother." 53, " Pass no sentence or judgment on anyone. To God it belongs first to pass judgment." 54. "He has no power (activity) of speech." UiAn, "direction," " he cannot walk or direct his movements." 55, "The great feast of Mary in the Autumn," i.e., Lady Day, lleACCAife, a dairyman, one who hires cattle in the manner described. He is " sad on Lady Day," since on that day he has to restore the cattle. 67. " Easy to knead close to the meal," i.e., easy to work with plenty of material at hand. 58. "Egg-shell. Pointed end. Round end, top. Membrane, Glair. or white. Yolk," 60. "A fine, well-furnished house "