[3] Rung = a thick stick.
[4] "In a compliment" = "as a present."
[5] "Hoast" = cough.
[6] "Brogues" = shoes.
[7] "It's a far cry to Loch Awe."—Scotch Proverb.
[8] Rath = a kind of moat-surrounded spot much favoured by Irish fairies. The ditch is generally overgrown with furze-bushes.