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Thá sé ar a' t-slighe (or clí) céadna annso. It is the same way here.
21. Dubhairt mé (é) sin chun é chuir ar a mhisneach". I said that, in order to revive his courage.
Daoine ná fuil aon chuir isteach le déan'[adh] orra. People who are not to be meddled with.
Níor chuireadar aon tóir air. They did not search for it.
Ní bhFUIGHfá (bhf = w) aon úghdarás do chuir air. He would not brook any dictation.
Sé bhí crosta. Ní bhFUIGH-fá órduighthe do chuir air. He was cross. He would take no directions.
22. Chuir sé cAInt orm. He addressed (accosted) me.
Thá siad a' déanadh bóic-ála díobh-fhéin ar chuid na ndaoine eile. Making a boastful display with other people's money.
23. Dhin sé eanúchtainn [athnuadhadh] ar a bpatrún, tá creid-úint mhúir aige sa pháipéar. He revived the patron-feast, and gets great praise in the paper. Thá tú déanadh EIrghe-shlighe (ire-hee "hlee) orm. You are cheating me.
24. Ní fheadar-íadar ca "thoin th-ucfadh lá chasta 'n liathróid (lee-ar-ho"id) orra. They do not know when they will be called upon to face an emergency (lit. the day of the turning of the ball).
Note that feadar has the preterite endings, because it means literally, "I have seen," and, therefore, " know." The letterí above stands for aighe, a common lengthening of the verb stem. Compare foida in Greek, from stem fid. --De H.
