cailleach
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of cailleach
Gaelic
Example Sentences
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"The Red Laird's gone tae his ain folk, cailleach," says Dan, standing straight and manly beside the huddled old woman.
From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John
"On his bended knees he came to her, asking for love," the cailleach went on.
From The Wind Bloweth by Donn-Byrne, Brian Oswald
Sure, 't was the kindly daughter you were to me, and me old and not worth my salt, a broken cailleach hobbling on a stick.
From The Wind Bloweth by Donn-Byrne, Brian Oswald
Beauty and peace I sing— The fire on the open hearth, The cailleach spinning at her wheel, The plough in the broken earth.
From The Mountainy Singer by MacCathmhaoil, Seosamh
And you wouldn't have me write them now and tell them I'm only an old cailleach in a cabin on the mountain-side, and my eyes, that they'll remember, are dull like marbles....
From The Wind Bloweth by Donn-Byrne, Brian Oswald
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