Lessoon Shey Feed as Nuy: Clag Forsdal
Lesson One Hundred and Twenty-Nine: Foxdale Clock

shey feed as nuy (SHAY-FEED-azz-NA’EE) - 129
clag (klagg) - a clock; a bell
Forsdal (FAWSS-dal) - Foxdale

Co-loayrtys

Peddyr: Va mee goll trooid Forsdal y laa elley as honnick mee nagh row
mairyn erbee er y chlag ayns shen. Cre haink orroo?
Ean: Cha row ad geidit noadyr. Va’n clag goll er karraghey ec Rheynn Reiltys Ynnydagh as y Chymmyltaght as hooar ad magh dy row red
ennagh jannoo er ny mairyn. T’ad goll er karraghey ayns Sostyn.
Peddyr: She shenn chlag t’ayn, nagh nee?
Ean: She. V’eh jeant ec lught ny meainyn sy vlein nuy cheead jeig as nane.

va mee goll (VAMM-ee-GULL) - I was going
trooid (trood) - through
y laa elley (a-laa-ELL-ya) - the other day
honnick mee (HONN-ick-mee) - I saw
An alternative to ‘honnick mee’ is ‘ren mee fakin’ (REN-mee-FAHG-in).

mairyn (MAYR-un) - fingers
erbee (er-BEE) - at all
haink (henk) - came
orroo (ORR-oo) - on them
Cre haink orroo? - What happened to them? (‘What came on them?’)

geidit (GEEDJ-it) - stolen
karraghey (KARR-akh-a) - repairing; mending

Rheynn Reiltys Ynnydagh as y Chymmyltaght (renn-RAYLT-iss-INN-idd-akh-azz-a-CHUMM-ilt-akht) - The Department of Local Government and the Environment (‘(The) Department (of) Government Local and the Environment’)

hooar ad magh (HOOR-add-MAKH) - they found out
red ennagh (ridd-enn-YAKH) - something
janoo er (JINN-oo-err) - doing on

She shenn chlag t’ayn, nagh nee? (shay-SHAN-KHLAGG-tawn, nakh-N’YAY) - It’s an old clock, isn’t it? (‘It’s an old clock (which) is in, isn’t it?).

jeant (jinnt) - made; done
lught ny meainyn (LUKHT-na-MAYN-un) - the mines people
nuy cheead jeig as nane (NA’EE-kheed-JEGG-azz-NAAN) - 1901