[From Manx Melodies, 1922]

Glossary

BEG: Little.
BILLEY GORRYM : Holly tree; lit. blue tree.
BONE: Sticks gathered for fuel.
BROOCH: Edge of low cliff.
BROOILLAGH : Broken meats.
CHIOLLAGH : The open hearth.
COOISH : A chat.
COUTH : The cold.
CRONK-NY-IRREE-LHAA : Hill of the Rising Day.
CUSHAG : Ragwort.
GAYSH : A holding spell.
JEEL : Mischief.
JOUGH : Ale.
KEBEG : Call to the calves.
KEEILL : Early Celtic Church.
LAG-NY-KEEILLEY : Hollow of the church.
MA CHREE : My heart.
MOANEY : Turfy bogland.
MOOAR : Great.
OIE-VIE : Good night.
RHULLIC -. Burial-ground.
SCEDDAN : Herring.
SOORYIN' : Smiling; courting.
THE LITTLE EVERIN' : Twilight.
TREIH : Sad.
VEEN : Dear.

JOHN LONG, LIMITED, PUBLISHERS, LONDON, ENGLAND, 1922
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