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 and sloping slightly downwards towards the back, on which were passengers and goods. Called trottle-car in Derry.


 * Loy; a spade. Used in the middle of Ireland all across from shore to shore. Irish láighe, same sound and meaning.


 * Luck-penny; a coin given by the seller to the buyer after a bargain has been concluded: given to make sure that the buyer will have luck with the animal or article he buys.


 * Ludeen or loodeen [d sounded like th in then]; the little finger. Irish lúidín, same sound and meaning. From lu, little, with the diminutive termination.


 * Lu-oge: see Loo-oge.


 * Luscan; a spot on the hillside from which the furze and heath have been burned off. (Wicklow and round about.) From Irish losc to burn: luscan, 'burned little spot.'


 * Lusmore; fairy-thimble, fairy-finger, foxglove, Digitalis purpurea; an herb of mighty power in fairy lore. Irish lus, herb; mór, great; 'mighty herb.'


 * Lybe; a lazy fellow. (MacCall: Wex.) See Libber.


 * Lyre; the full of the two hands used together: a beggar usually got a lyre of potatoes. (Munster: same as gopen in Ulster.) Irish ladhar, same sound and meaning.




 * MacManus, Seumas, 5, &c.


 * Mad; angry. There are certain Irish words, such as buileamhail, which might denote either mad or very angry: hence in English you very often hear:—'Oh the master is very mad with you,'