THE LITTLE EVERIN'.
The sun is goin' wes' with me
The little everin's nigh,
An' clearer shines the light upon
Those mansions in the sky;
An' surely through that level light
The very flowers shine more bright,
An' all things soften to the sight,
In the little everin'.
The years have slipped away from me
Like snow before the rain;
I would not ask to have them back
Or live them through again;
But thankful at the close of day
I linger on the homeward way
An' watch the childher at their play
In the little everin'.
There's some that's gone away from me
In lands afar to roam;
An' some that's gone to wait for me
In that new Heavenly Home.
I see them in the sunset gleam
They speak with me across the stream
An' all my life becomes a dream
In the little everin'.
GLOSSARY.
Arrane - A song or ballad.
Beg or Veg - Little.
Bogh - Poor—term of endearment.
Bons - Bits of stick, charred gorse, &c., gathered for kindling a fire.
Carvel - A carol.
Chibber - A well.
Chiollagh - Hearth-stone.
Cooag - The Cuckoo.
Cooish - Confidential chat or discourse.
Couth - The cold.
Cushag - Ragwort.
Dreem - Back. The ridge of a hill.
Eirey - Heir.
Earey - An open airy place.
Faie - Field near dwelling house.
Garvel (for 'Cabby') - A horse.
Gairey - Rough pasture land grown over with gorse.
Glass - Grey or green.
Howlaa - A spirit who wails on the sea-shore before storm.
Jeel - Harm. Mischief.
Kirree - Sheep.
Keill - Small ancient chapel or cell.
Lhiannoo - A child.
Loaghtan - The brown mountain sheep.
Lumpers - Boys and girls. Probably a sailors' word.
Mannin or Vannin - Isle of Man.
Ma chree - My heart.
Meg - A lamb brought up by the hand.
Meein or Veen - Fine, soft—term of endearment.
Millish or Villish - Darling.
Mie or Vie - Good.
Mhellia - Harvest-Home
Moar - Great.
Nogh - To-night.
Oie - Eve.
Oie'll Voirrey - Eve of the Feast of Mary. Christmas Eve.
Rhullick - Burial Ground.
Sceddan - Herring.
Sniaghthey - Snow.
Sooree - Courting.
Tramman - Elder Tree.
Tholtan - Ruined cottage or barn.
Treih - Bad.
Traa-di-liooar - Time enough.
Ushag - A bird.