Focklyn Noa
Feyshtyn



1. "Come girls, This won't do" said Elizabeth,
2. "Make a pot of tea, Tom, while Mary and I get a fish."
3. "There's only enough tea for one cup each" said Tom
4. "We shan't get any more by wishing for it" said Elizabeth
5. We shall try and make some wine out of Bananas
6. "There aren't many bananas left either"said Tom
7. "Don't go out of sight will you?" said Tom as they moved away
8. "Of course not, we shan't be long"
9. "I wish we had a change of things, Bess", said Mary
10. as they hastened towards their fishing rock
11. "Never in my life have I worn my underwear for so long; It's horrid."
12. "Why shouldn't we have a washing day?" said Elizabeth
13. "It will be a novelty and give us something to think about.
14. It would be fun too, with no soap.
15. I have read somewhere that women in the East -
16. wash their clothes by beating them in a stream with stones.
17. We have streams and stones, let us try that idea."
18. "Don't the stones make holes in them?"
19. "I think they use flat stones with round edges."
20. I hope the savages won't come, Bess
21. I was not sure if that was the footprint of a monkey or not.
22. I am not going to think about it.
23. We'd better go on as usual without worrying.
24. Only for Tom's sake we won't go far.
25. They returned with two excellent fish.
26. Elizabeth told Tom about their idea for a washing day.
27. After dinner they took their dirty clothes to the river.
28. They collected together some large round stones.
29. They laid the clothes on the largest stone and started to beat.
30. Then they put them out to dry in the sun.

From "Girl Crusoes" by Mrs. Herbert Strang, re-published 1939 by Oxford University Press.


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mooaralagh - majestic aittin - gorse co-hellooderys - community
toill - deserve keesh - tax scarreydagh - sectarian
neuenmyssagh - indefinable sheeanys - charm co-hirrey - competition
cur aainsh er - paraphrase

Feyshtyn



1. Beagh ayns sauchys as mayrnys er Ellan Vannin.
2. Fod shiu jannoo dty hie noa 'sy cheer jeh aalid stoamagh dooghyssagh.
3. Oddagh shiu fakin y keayn bwoalley rish ny eayninyn mooaralagh dagh laa.
4. Immee er shooyllyn er crink ard, airhoil lesh attin.
5. Foddee dy jean oo geearree ve oltyr yn co-hellooderys ain.
6. Cha nod ellan erbee elley cur diu wheesh ayns agh daa cheead meeiley kerrinagh, shiaght as feed.
7. Lhisagh ny bleeantyn traa ta dty obbyr currit seose ve myr aash toillit dy mie,
8. lesh blaagyn share ry gaase as builley golf ry chliaghtey,
9. baatey ry hiaul, lioar ry screeu.
10. Ayns Mannin ta'n reih euish.
11. Ta cre erbee ta shiu ny 'eme feer faggys.
12. Ta ard whaiyl, cliaghtaghyn, leighaghyn as keeshyn hene ainyn.
13. Geearree shiu gynsaghey Gaelg son shickerys.
14. Ta brastalyn mie ry gheddyn ayns dagh valley.
15. Ta thousane vlein jeh reiltys seyr, niartal as shickyr, er ve ain.
16. Cha vow shiu boirrey politicagh, tarrooghyssagh, ny scarreydagh erbee.
17. Ta keeshyn freaylt cho injil as foddee ad ve
18. as cha nel taillaghyn baaish erbee!
19. T'eh ny sloo costallagh gimman gleashtan neesht.
20. Fod shiu gimman er queig keead meeiley dy raadjyn freaylt ayns oardyr mie.
21. Fod shiu gimman ayns shoh ayn sauchys, traa veagh shiu ro henn ayns Sostyn.
22. Ta shirveishyn slaynt as edjaghys cho mie as boayl erbee elley
23. Foddee dy jig shiu dys shoh dy haghney keeshyn Sostnagh
24. agh bee shiu freaylt ayns shoh er coontey yn graih eu er ny buill aalin
25. sleih caarjysagh as un oalys as thousane neuenmyssagh agh firrinagh,
26. ta jannoo Ellan Vannin cho yindyssagh.

27. Hug mee aainsh er shoh voish yn fosley jeh "Beaghey er Ellan Vannin"
28. Screeuit liorish Chalse Kerrruish traa v'eh ny loayreyder yn Chiare as Feed.
29. Ayns nyn go-hirrey y shiaghtyn shoh, insh dou my saillt
30. Cre'n raaghyn nagh row screeuit liorish yn Eaghtyrane Kerruish hene.