Skeealyn Vannin, Disk 2 Track 08: Conversation: Ned Maddrell, Glenchass, Rushen and Tommy Leece, Kerrookeil, Malew
https://www.youtube.com/embed/MBtA9nq9qJ0Date(s): 1948
Creator(s): Irish Folklore Commission
Transcript: N. Maddrell
... Cre’n traa ta shiu g’irree y voghree?
... What time are you getting up [in] the morning?
T. Leece
Lieh lurg shey.
Half past six.
N. Maddrell
C’red ta shiu jannoo ec lhied oor shen?
What are you doing at such an hour as that?
T. Leece
Ta mee geddyn... fosley yn aile as cur yn kettle er, as eisht ta mee goll magh as cur coonlagh da’n ollagh.
I am getting... opening the fire and putting the kettle on, and then I am going out and giving straw to the cattle.
N. Maddrell
As ta shen ooilley ta shiu cur daue?
And that’s all you are giving them?
T. Leece
Oh, ta... ec y traa shen.
Oh, yes... at that time.
N. Maddrell
Aw, cre’n traa ta shiu blieaun?
Aw, what time are you milking?
T. Leece
Mysh hoght er y chlag.
About eight o’clock.
N. Maddrell
As lurg shen... ta shiu cur bee elley daue eisht?
And after that... you are giving other food to them then?
T. Leece
She.
Yes.
N. Maddrell
A... vel shiu cur ad magh ayns ny magheryn nish?
A... are you putting them out in the fields now?
T. Leece
Cha nel... yn...
No... the...
N. Maddrell
Cha nel monney...
Not much...
T. Leece
Cha nel... oh...
No... oh...
N. Maddrell
Cha nel monney faiyr er ny magheryn foast?
There isn’t much grass on the fields yet?
T. Leece
Cha nel. She’n colbeeyn goll magh.
No. It’s the heifers going out.
N. Maddrell
Aw. Vel ad... vel oo cur ad magh ec yn oie?
Aw. Are they... are you putting them out at the night?
T. Leece
T’ad cheet stiagh...
They are coming in...
N. Maddrell
T’ad cheet stiagh ec yn oie?
They are coming in at the night?
T. Leece
Ta.
Yes.
N. Maddrell
Aw, ta shen yn boayl share daue. T’eh ro feayr magh neesht.
Aw, that’s the best place for them. It’s too cold out too.
T. Leece
T’eh ro feayr... ayns yn oie.
It’s too cold... in the night.
N Maddrell
Ta. Ta. As ta’n thalloo ro bog neesht... ro fliugh.
Yes. Yes. And the land is too moist too... too wet..
T. Leece
Fliugh. Cha nel chiass ayn.
Wet. There is no heat in.
N. Maddrell
Cha nel chiass ayn foast. Oh, well. Cre’n traa ta shiu cur magh ad ec yn oie?
There is no heat in yet. Oh, well. What time are you putting them out at the night?
T. Leece
Cur...?
Putting...?
N. Maddrell
Mysh mee voish nish?
About a month from now?
T. Leece
Cur yn ollagh magh?
Putting the cattle out?
N. Maddrell
She. She.
Yes. Yes.
T. Leece
Oh... mysh jeih er y chlag.
Oh... about ten o’clock.
N. Maddrell
Oh, mysh jeih er y chlag?
Oh, about ten o’clock?
T. Leece
She.
Yes.
N. Maddrell
As cre’n traa ta shiu goaill ad stiagh reesht?
And what time are you taking them in again?
T. Leece
Mysh shiaght ny hoght.
About seven or eight.
N. Maddrell
Bee yn bolgyn oc lane... ec y traa shen.
The stomachs at them will be full... at that time.
T. Leece
Oh, va, va.
Oh, yes, yes.
N. Maddrell
Vel... vel... vel ad... yn booaghyn ooilley blieaun?
Are... are... are.they... the cows all milking?
T. Leece
Cha nel. Cha nel ad ooilley. Kiare... kiare. Kiare jeu.
No. They are not all. Four... four. Four of them.
N. Maddrell
Ta paart jeu chirrym eisht?
Some of them are dry then?
T. Leece
She.
Yes.
N. Maddrell
Bee shiu foast…bee shiu laccal ad shen son dy gheddyn…..son dy gheddyn….bainney son y….son y….
You will still be..you will be wanting those for to get….for to get…..milk for the…for the ….
T. Leece
Sourey
Summer.
N. Maddrell
Son y sourey. She, shen eh. Ta ram bainney laccal ayns yn Ellan nish ayns y tourey….tra ta ny joarreeyn ooilley aynshoh.
For the summer. Yes, that’s it, there is a lot of milk wanting in the Island now in the summer…when the strangers are all here.
T. Leece
Ta, ta.
Yes, yes.
(Transcribed and translated by Fiona McArdle, Kirk Michael)
Language: Manx
Collection: Sound Archive
Level: WHOLE
ID number: SA 0579/2/8