Scéal Dhomhnaill Mhic Cionnaith - Eilis Ní Chleircín
Thu, 10/11/2012 - 14:01 | by Eoghan
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Transcript
Bhí Dónall 'ac Cionnaith lá amháin ar an mhargadh agus (theagmhaigh) sé do bhean agus d'fhiafraigh sí de... sí de an (ndarrnfadh)[1] sé baige mine daoi'. Agus dúirt sé go ndéanfadh agus fáilte. Agus arsa sise... Arsa seisean léithe, "Ar dhíol tú ar a shon?"
"Dhíol mé ar a shon!" ar sise.
"Bhuel, cha dtairrnidh mé... mo chapall beag punta de má tá sé díolta ar a shon. Cha dtarraing... cha dtarraing sé punta mine ariamh ach mine... ach mine nach rabh díolta ar a shon."
Translation
Donald MacKenna was at the fair one day and he met a woman and she asked him... she asked him if he would pull a bagful of meal for her. And he said he would be happy to do so. And she said... He said to her, "Did you pay for it?"
"I paid for it!" she said.
"Well, I... my horse won't pull a pound of it if it's been paid for. He never... he never pulled a pound of meal except meal... except meal that wasn't paid for."
Commentary
The material in the Doegen collection from Eilis Ní Chleircín contains several short anecdotes of the kind above, which appear to be told for the sake of humour or amusement, and do not seem to have any deeper folkloric significance.
This item is transcribed also in Heinrich Wagner and Colm Ó Baoill, Linguistic atlas and survey of Irish dialects (4 vols, Dublin, 1958-69), vol. 4, 286.
Title in English: The story of Donald MacKenna
Digital version published by: Doegen Records Web Project, Royal Irish Academy
Description of the Recording:
Speaker:
Eilis
Ní Chleircín from Co.
Derry
Person who made the recording:
Karl Tempel
Organizer and administrator of the recording scheme: The Royal Irish Academy
In collaboration with: Lautabteilung, Preußische Staatsbibliothek (now Lautarchiv,
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Recorded on 23-09-1931 at 19:00:00 in Queen's
University, Belfast. Recorded on 23-09-1931 at 19:00:00 in Queen's
University, Belfast.
Archive recording (ID LA_1208d4, from a shellac disk stored at the
Royal Irish Academy) is 00:49 minutes
long. Archive recording (ID LA_1208d4, from a shellac disk stored at the
Royal Irish Academy) is 00:49 minutes
long.
Second archive recording (ID LA_1208b4, from a shellac disc stored in
Belfast) is 00:49 minutes long. Second archive recording (ID LA_1208b4, from a shellac disc stored in
Belfast) is 00:49 minutes long.
User recording (ID LA_1208d4, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal
Irish Academy) is 00:48 minutes long. User recording (ID LA_1208d4, from a shellac disk stored at the Royal
Irish Academy) is 00:48 minutes long.
