An Biotáilte Bhorb


biotáilte alcoholic beverages, booze
parlaimint legal alcohol, not moonshine
poitín illicit, illegal whisky, moonshine
scailtín: To make scailtín, melt sugar in fresh unsalted butter until it becomes brown (candy), add malt whiskey and hot water.
harasaí, from English "horrors", may mean the DT's (tá sé sna harasaí) but also a wild crawing for something.
He is drunk:
tá glincín sa ghrágán aige
tá braon sa ghrágán aige
tá braon beag thar an gceart (thar an cheart
in Ulster Irish ) istigh aige
and if he is really drunk:
tá sé ar meisce, ar deargmheisce, ar na stárthaí, ar na cannaí, ar na deargstárthaí, ar na cannaí dubha.
A drunkard is a druncaeir or a pótaire. The second comes from the feminine word póit, hangover, which is in Irish upon (ar) you, as other diseases.

According to Seán Bán Mac Meanman, there are seven sorts of drunkenness, seacht gcineál meisce:
meisce chaointe, "drunkenness of weeping", lamenting, nostalgic intoxication;
meisce bhruíne, "drunkenness of fight", aggressive intoxication;
meisce chrábhaidh, "drunkenness of piety", resulting in religious ravings and prayers for God's forgiveness;
meisce gháirí, "drunkenness of laughters", probably doesn't need any explanation;
meisce stangaireachta, "drunkenness of motionlessly standing there", inward-looking, introverted intoxication;
meisce bhreallánachta, "drunkenness of silly talk", talkative intoxication;
meisce chodlata, "drunkenness of sleep", intoxicated drowsiness.

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