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Sláinte, Banjaxed, Stall the ball? Anyone can wear green on Saint Patrick's Day, but do you know what these Irish words mean and how to say them?
gob – (literally beak) mouth. From Irish gob. (OED) grouse – In slang sense of grumble, perhaps from gramhas, meaning grin, grimace, ugly face. griskin – (from griscín) a lean cut of meat from the loin of a pig, a chop. hooligan – (from the Irish family name Ó hUallacháin, anglicised as Hooligan or Hoolihan).
Síd(h) (modern spelling sí) is Irish for 'mound' (see Sidhe). In traditional Irish mythology, a spirit usually taking the form of a woman who sings a caoineadh (lament) warning of impending death in an old Irish family. bog (from "boc", meaning "soft" or "marshy" [3] and -aigh to form bogach meaning "soft soil composed primarily of peat" [4])
Used to describe: Water. Back in the 1930s, ordering a dog soup would get you a tall glass of good ol' water. Considering that the slang originated during the Great Depression, it makes perfect sense.
140 best Irish blessings for St. Patrick's Day It's normal to hear various "season's greetings" around the holidays, and different types of "best wishes" and congratulatory statements when someone ...
Boughten – bought (i.e. food from a shop rather than home-made) Bowjy – a cattle-house (in use after the year 1800, from Cornish language bowji) [4] Brae / brer – quite a lot; Brandis – trivet [13] Brave – much/many (often pronounced with v not sounded or almost as m. see Brae above.)
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