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caillagh (=Ir. cailleach) (f.) pl. cailleeyn crone, old woman, single woman, witch; glaucous gull; old wife
caillagh phishagagh (f.) beldam, beldame
death-watch (n.) caillagh oie; farrar
Benedictine (n., adj.) Benedictagh; caillagh ghoo; (n.) jough Venedictagh
dogfish (n.) caillagh vreck; gobbag: Our netting is eaten by the dogfish - Ta'n snaie ain eeit ec y ghobbag. DF idiom
old woman (n.) caillagh; shenn ven: They were waking the old woman - V'ad farrarey yn chenn ven. DF idiom
witch (n.) ben obbee, caillagh; buitch: Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live - Cha nuillee oo buitch dy ve bio Bible
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