School: Iorball Sionnaigh (roll number 16923)
- Location:
- Scotstown, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: E. Mac Thaidhg
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0955, Page 278
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Not now in current good English.
In troth:(in truth)-used like an oath."In troth if you do,you won't forget it."
As lief:I'd as lief not go.(I'd rather not go.),pronounced"as lee".
Bid:He bid to be=He must have been.
Brave:-Used as follows:It's a brave day.(a good day)
A brave man=an upright decent man.
How are you?Bravely(fairly well)
I got brave and wet=very wet.
"a"for "on":-Were you in town a Monday?,A house a fire.
Humour:-Bad humour-melancoly.
Wit:-He hasn't an ounce of wit.(no sense)
Mind:-Do you mind the day?(remember)
Hold:-I'll hold you a shilling(bet).This phrase got its origin from the custom of betting with glasses of whiskey.Those who were betting held the glasses against one another.
Boast:-Hollow or empty-a boast sound.
William Carlton,celebrated novelist,who was brought up a few miles from this school explains the term boast in a note in his "Willy Reilly"-"A figurative term taken from a braggadacio or boaster;it applies to anything that is hollow or deceitful;for instance when some potatoes that grow unusually large are cut in two(continues on next page)
