School: Forgney, Ballymahon (roll number 860)
- Location:
- Forgney, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Mrs B. Higgins
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 417
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- English in Forgney.
Forbidden: Used in the sense of hateful or annoying. - of a bad girl - "She's forbidden"
Yous: Used as second person plural.
Hash: A cold dry day- or the East Wind, is described as being "hash"
Aloat: ashamed or reluctant e.g. I was aloat to go in after what happened. (probably both)
hot: often said for "hit" e.g."I wup and I hpt him". (a favourite boast) Such words as "butter", "matter" "water" etc, are pronounced buher, maher waken, the letter "t" being almost invariably slurred.
Words having "st" in middle, e.g. "question", "christian" are commonly pronounced "queskin" Chriskin, This is typical of Co. Longford in general, as well as of this district.
Obligated: Oblidged
Yoke: word applied to any apparatus whatever or to anything the name of which is not known.
- Collector
- B. Higgins
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Teacher
