PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Fear ~í, (i) trick-o-the-loop man, (ii) trickster, rogue.
~ de rópa, de chábla, loop of rope, of cable.
~ a chur ar rópa, to loop a rope.
Cuir ~ de rópa air, loop a rope round it.
Rópa a dholadh, to loop a rope.
~ coire, loop-handle of cauldron.
~ sa lúb é, catch it in the loop.
~ brollaigh, loop in pannier to hold release-stick.
~ a chur ar rópa, to loop a rope.
~ shaileoige, willow loop.
~ chuirtín, curtain-loop.
Cleas na lúibe, trick-o’-the-loop.
~ abhann, loop, sweep, meander, of river.
~ i mbóthar, loop, curve, in a road.
Téad a ~adh thart ar rud, to loop a rope round sth.
~ a chur ar chorda, to loop a cord.
3. ~ (tuí), ‘scollop’, looped stick for securing thatch.
~ ligthe, release loop (of pannier).