PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ an dreoilín, hedge-sparrow.
~ binne, sciobóil, tí, house-sparrow.
~ bruaigh, claí, caoch, hedge-sparrow.
Chomh héadrom, chomh héasca, le ~, ‘as light as a sparrow’, light of foot, of heart.
Níl ~ ghealbhain aige, he has no more brains than a sparrow.
~ fhaoileáin, ghealbhain, seagull’s, sparrow’s, egg.