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as, thai nig sgail air mo rosg= my sight was
dimmed = came shade on my sight; or,
chuir e crioch air an obair=h.Q finished the
work = put he end on the work.
Be it again observed, that all these
examples would come as readily to the lips
of a modern Irishman as to those of a
Scotch Highlander. And though the
Manxman is not quite so much addicted
to the same idiom, yet he too speaks of
some at least of these affections as being
orrym, on me ; ort, on thee ; er, on him ;
urree, on her ; orrin, on us ; erritc, on you ;
orroo, on them.
Nor is the Welshman a stranger to the
same form of speech. All the common
ailments of life come upon him ; and when
he has thus caught an infectious disease,
he is, like his Scotch and Irish cousins,
under it : thusj/ mae 'r frec/igoch arno e/=
the measles are on him ; y mae 'rfreck wen
arno ef— the smallpox is on him ; and,
conversely, y mae dan y fj'ech goch = he is
under the measles ; y mae dan y frech wen
= he is under the smallpox.