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Chimney Corner 36: If I wur ram-jam full o’ sixpences, I shouldn’t feel comfortable .at ram-jam full, adj.
Chimney Corner 36: If I wur ram-jam full o’ sixpences, I shouldn’t feel comfortable . Chimney Corner 125: Me fuddle’t, Billy! me fuddle’t,— nought o’ th’ sort, owd buck-stick, — I can see a hole through a ladder, yet.at fuddled, adj.
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 142: An’ she’s got m’ load o’ turf wid ’er, bad cess t’ ’er dhirty sowl!at bad cess to you! (excl.) under bad, adj.
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 127: ‘Thin I towld him I’d seen the Banshee!’ ‘That bates Bannagher!’ says he. ‘It bates the divil,’ says I.at beat Bannagher (v.) under Bannagher, n.
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 219: ‘Aye,’ I said, ‘we’ve barged (scolded) a lot, Anna, but we didn’t mane it.’.at barge, v.
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 118: On one of his semi-annual visits to Antrim, Hughie got into a barrel of trouble.at barrel, n.1
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 123: I’m bate! [...] an’ begobs if I wor St. Peether I’d kape ye outside th’ gate till ye tuk it out agin!at begorra!, excl.
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 185: Yer Ma was a piece ov fine linen frum th’ day she walked down this road wi’ yer Dah till this minit whin she’s waitin’ fur ye in the corner.at bit of muslin (n.) under bit, n.1
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 90: Is it thrue that ye can blink a cow so much that she can give no milk at all?at blink, v.
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 170: As a flunkey I had my first dose of boiled linen and I liked it.at boiled rag (n.) under boiled, adj.
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 78: Yer blinked, ye cabbage head.at cabbage-head, n.
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 90: Some oul bitch said it an’ th’ others cackle it from doore to doore.at cackle, v.
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 127: Man alive, didn’t she carry on terrible!at carry on, v.
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 110: Nearly everybody had ‘a dhrap o’ th’ craither’ and a bite of fadge.at drop of the creature (n.) under creature, the, n.
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 74: When Jamie donned a ‘dickey’ once to attend a funeral and came home with it in his pocket, no comment was made.at dicky, n.1
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 100: As if the soul was a navvy over whom Anna stood as gaffer.at gaffer, n.2
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 121: I was fixin’ m’ galluses, over Crawford’s hedge, whin a gomeral luked over an’ says, says he: ‘Morra, Hughie!’.at gomeral, n.
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 206: ‘Great guns, Mary,’ I exclaimed, ‘here are two new plates and a new cup!’.at great guns! (excl.) under great...!, excl.
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 135: T’ h--l wi’ Hughie!at hell, the, phr.
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 144: ‘Holy Moses!’ he exclaimed, ‘what a breath.’.at holy Moses! (excl.) under holy...!, excl.
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 65: Ah, honey, shure everybody would know that ye didn’t grow it.at honey, n.1
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 26: He loves all His children and gets huffed at none.at huff, v.
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 141: ‘Jazus!’ Jamie exclaimed, ‘it’s snowin.’.at Jesus!, excl.
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 73: Sunday ‘kitchen’ was a cow’s head [...] Only when there was no money for ‘kitchen’ did we have blood. It was at first fried and then made part of the broth.at kitchen, n.1
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 148: ‘Ye’ve had larks for supper, Billy; yer jokin’!’ Jamie said. ‘Larks be d--d,’ Billy said, ‘m’ tongue’s stickin’ t’ th’ roof ove me mouth!’.at have larks for breakfast/supper (v.) under lark, n.3
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 183: Stop yer palaver an’ let’s haave a story ov th’ war wi’ the naygars in Egypt.at nagah, n.
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 119: It was noised abroad that he had been caught in the act of ‘skellyin’’ at her.at noise around (v.) under noise, v.
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 53: He looked aghast and said, ‘How quare!’.at quare, adj.
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 81: it was finally decided that I should face the ordeal. My preparation was to wash my feet, rake my hair into order, and soap it down.at rack, v.1
My Lady of the Chimney Corner 81: It was finally decided that I should face the ordeal. My preparation was to wash my feet, rake my hair into order, and soap it down.at rake, v.3
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