School: Clara (2)
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- Clara, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Thomáis
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- Linguistic.Expressions commonly heard not used by good English speakersA. From Irish sources.
1. Does be etc.
2. Use of past participle instead of past tense/ "I seen" etc.
3. "I riz out of" meaning "I gave up"
4. "Bothered" for "deaf" (bodhar)
5. "innocent" for "imbecile"
6 "fell out of his (her) standing" (doban gur thuit se' as a [?])
7. "O, honey, O." (Survival of Ochone?) an exclamation often used by Old Peter when speaking of people who are dead and gone- "all wed away" as he would say.
8. "After doing" etc
9. "Crows" for "rooks" "Stars" for "Starlings"
10. Shall never used. Should used only in referring to a duty.Hardy used in various phrases "hardy man"
You're looking very "stout", meaning "healthy" not "fat".(continues on next page)