PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ag creachadh agus ag bánú na tíre, plundering and laying waste the country.
Tá na cearca ag breith, the hens are laying.
~ i dtaisce, laying by, saving.
Ag déanamh ~, laying down the law.
~ cáblaí, píopaí, laying of cables, of pipes.
~ urláir, the laying of a floor.
~ boird, laying of table.
Bhí na cearca i ndeireadh a ~, the hens were about to stop laying.
Tá sé ag bailiú lóin chugam, he is laying something in store for me.
~ bia, the laying in of food.
2. ~ chocháin, straw (laying-)coop.
~ na gcearc, non-laying season for hens.