School: Termonfeckin
- Location:
- Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhurchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0675, Page 139
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- Long ago nearly every family has a nick-name. Some of the following nick names are still to be heard in some families.
Here are some of the individual nick names I have heard:-
"Mara Jurk", "Nanny Bek a-chaw", "Paddy "Toy"; The "Doll"; "Red" Mary; Tommy "Ritchie", "Dickie Pork"; "Pár Ruaidh", Micky the "Blade"; The "Tailor"; "Darcy"; "Skully", The Halkler", "Spud", The "Jugler"; "Lumper"; "Peggy the World" (was on a covetous, worldly woman); "Gungie", The "Cookie", "Dans"; "Dooles", Jack "Pudding".
The Bishop asked a boy from Banktown at Confirmation - 'How many Popes are there"? The boy said, "Two Popes in Banktown, little Johnny is one Pope and big Johnny is another Pope."
