SELF-INSTRUCTION IN
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townof
tlie
garden,
in Ormoud;
IJallmtober, (t)Aile-An-cobAiri),
the
town
of
the
well, in Eos-
common,
and in
Mayo
;
Bally-
naliinch
(bAile-oA-l)
mnre),
the
town of
the island.
There are
many
names of places
in
Ire-
land si^elled
commonl}'^, yet in-
correctly,
-^^-ith the
prefix
Bally,
Ballin, tliat are not derived
from
b.\;le, a town
;
but
from
the compoimd
word—beul-
aca;
from beul, mouth ;
and aca,
furd's ; as
Ballina, from beul-Ai)-
AZA
;
Ballinasloe
(beul
aza
r)A
tUu\o\
the
mouth
of the ford
of the hosts ;
Ballyshamion
(beul ACA
tSAnAia),
the mouth
of the
ford of
the fox.
bliAjAt), a
year ; derived, according
to
Dr.
O'Brien, from bel,
the
sun—the. god
of
the
Chaldeans
and of the pagan
Irish
; and
Air),
a circle ;
an apparent revolu-
tion of
the sun during
his
an-
nual course in the heavens.
btiuiire,
boiled, from
bfiujr,
to boil.
Ceub.
first; ceu»,
a hundred. Ceub,
first, has the article At), always
before
it ;
ceu», a hundred,
has not ; as,
ceub
t^CAtt,
a hun-
dred men
;
Ar)
ceuti
y:e..\\i,
the
first
man
;
please
remember
this.
'I05, a
bell, a
clock
; Welsh,
cloecj
from
which
Dr. Johnson
de-
rives the
English
word clock.
Cofin,
a goblet, a
drinking
cup,
a
tiunbler. So called because
in
days of old,
drinking
cups
were
commonly, amongst
the
Kelts,
made
of
horn
(cofin)
;
Latin,
cornu
;
Cotxo-AiU, the
horny clilf
;
Cornwall.
Col,
a
hindrance, a prohibition,
a
disg-ust
; Gr.
y.oXiu,
I hinder
;
co\
5A0]l,
a pi'ohibition
on ac-
count of
kindred. Col
ceAÍrAii,
(from col,
and
ceACAjt, four),
a prohibition arising
from
kin-
dred in
the
fourth
degree.
Heuce col comes,
in a
secon-
dary
sense,
to mean, kin,
and
kindred
;
col-ceAtAti,
at
pre-
sent means cousin
german,
ths
fourth
from the stem, reckoning
according
to
the dvil,
and
not
tho. canonical,
law;
col-cui5eAn,
five
a kin
;
col-TeiveArt,
six
a
kin
;
second
cousins
;
col-njoti
f
eiveji,
seven
a
kin
;
col-occAft,
eight
a kin, third
cousins.
f^llce,
welcome
;
Latin,
vahte,
you
are
well. Ceub
njíle
t:A.jlce, a
hundred
thousand
welcomes
—
our
national
salutation.
3l)ó|tAr),
a
great
many, much
; from
njÓTt,
great.
2t)uir)~iT^i
a
tribe,
a
family,
a
society;
from
TOO, an old Irish
word
signifying
person
;
Aot),
one
;
z]\\, a
country.
?I)uir)rjieAC,
of
the
same
people,
friendly,
sociable.
'Na, for
]or}A.
than.
PliOjOf),
anciently
written
pttAio»
—
Latin,
prandium
—a
meal
; ceA6-
pt^o|r)r),
the first
meal,
break-
fast
;
pttoioniiio,
dine.
SuoCf\uAD,
sugar
,•
from
r»o.
juice,
and
C|^Uv\ió,
hard.
Cé,
tea,
(a Chinese word), Fr. the.
C|^]Ar}oi&e,
poss.
case of
c|iiAooih,
Trinity
;
from
c^xi,
three
;
and
AODAb, one
(state, or)
natui'e.
UAf,
above,
high
(prep)
;
llAfAl
(from
UAt
and
Ail,
to educate),
noble.
tlAirle,
the
derivative
of
uArAl,
nobility.
UAjvle
C]-
t^eAoO)
Ireland's nobility.
UAct>A|i,
what
is,
(uAr)
up,
on
top.
Hence it signifies
cream ; be-
cause the
top part
of the milk,
as
iAcrA|\
(from
lor,
below),
means
the milk at the
bottom
of
the pail; also
the
upper
leather
of a
shoe
;
]AcrAti,
the
sole;
in music soprano;
}Ac-
CA|\, hass
;
on high,
victorious
;
as,
Iah)
lAibjti
Arjr)
uAC&Aft,
the
strong hand
victorious
—
thi
motto of the
O'Briens.
UAC&AfiAr), a president, a ruler,
on«
in command.
Ub,
(ut) an egg
•
Latin,
ovum
; Gr