1910 P.W. Joyce Eng. As We Speak It In Ireland (1979) 307: Protestant herring; Originally applied to a bad or a stale herring.at Protestant herring, a, n.
1910 P.W. Joyce Eng. As We Speak It In Ireland (1979) 307: Oh that butter is a Protestant herring.at Protestant herring, a, n.
1910 P.W. Joyce Eng. As We Speak It In Ireland (1979) 209: Adam’s ale; plain drinking water.at Adam’s ale (n.) under Adam, n.
1910 P.W. Joyce Eng. As We Speak It In Ireland (1979) 217: Blind Billy. In coming to an agreement take care you don’t make ‘Blind Billy’s Bargain,’ by either overreaching yourself or allowing the other party to overreach you.at Blind Billy’s bargain, n.
1910 P.W. Joyce Eng. As We Speak It In Ireland (1979) 127: You care for nothing in the world but your own four bones.at four bones (n.) under bone, n.1
1910 P.W. Joyce Eng. As We Speak It In Ireland (1979) 219: Bonnyclabber; thick milk.at bonny-clapper, n.
1910 P.W. Joyce Eng. As We Speak It In Ireland (1979) 237: Cog; to copy surreptitiously [...] One schoolboy will sometimes copy from another: ‘You cogged that sum’.at cog, v.
1910 P.W. Joyce Eng. As We Speak It In Ireland (1979) 242: Croaked; I am afraid poor Nancy is croaked, i.e. doomed to death.at croaked, adj.
1910 P.W. Joyce Eng. As We Speak It In Ireland (1979) 282: Laudy-daw; a pretentious fellow that sets up to be a great swell.at la-di-da(h), n.1
1910 P.W. Joyce Eng. As We Speak It In Ireland (1979) 247: A baby sucks its mother’s diddy.at diddies, n.
1910 P.W. Joyce Eng. As We Speak It In Ireland (1979) 247: Dido; a girl who makes herself ridiculous with fantastic finery.at dido, n.1
1910 P.W. Joyce Eng. As We Speak It In Ireland (1979) 250: He downfaced me that he returned the money I lent him, though he never did.at downface (v.) under down, adj.1
1910 P.W. Joyce Eng. As We Speak It In Ireland (1979) 256: Fetch; what the English call a double.at fetch, n.2