Volume: CBÉ 0189

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1. Phrases

   

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   (The following are some phrases used in everyday conversation in county Wexford)
   "What way are yez?" (How are you)
   "Ish't it anSus weather" (bad weather)
   "He is very anSus" (v. sick)
   "He was very searbased" (sharoosed) (v. vexed)
   "He was as drunk as bean a' leanna"
   "That is a fashion he has" (fashion = habit)
   "John is a quare fellow" (v. humorous fellow)
   "He's a cursed quare fellow" ( " ")
   " He bes at it along (always at it)
   " It bes rainaing long"
   "Doyou be working along?"
   "He's not a bit the worse" (if one got a fall not injured they'd say he's not a bit the worse)
   "What better would yez be" (what could would it do you)
   " What better would you be after doing it", getting it etc.
   He's a bit dull (foolish)
   "You're not getting dull or anything are yez"
   "Oh, you're not well!" (to person ask silly question- when they should know quite well all about it)

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   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   English

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script