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  2. Bairn - Wikipedia

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    Bairn is a Northern England English, Scottish English and Scots term for a child. [1] It originated in Old English as "bearn", becoming restricted to Scotland and the North of England c. 1700. [2] In Hull the r is dropped and the word Bain is used. [3]

  3. Category:Irish slang - Wikipedia

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    Slang used in the Republic of Ireland. Pages in category "Irish slang" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.

  4. Learn these phrases to sound authentically Irish on Saint ...

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    Here are some Gaelic words, phrases and other slang terms to help you sound authentically Irish this Saint Patrick's Day weekend. How to say 'Erin Go Bragh' on Saint Patrick's Day How to say it ...

  5. List of Irish words used in the English language - Wikipedia

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    gob – (literally beak) mouth. From Irish gob. (OED) grouse – In slang sense of grumble, perhaps from gramhas, meaning grin, grimace, ugly face. griskin – (from griscín) a lean cut of meat from the loin of a pig, a chop. hooligan – (from the Irish family name Ó hUallacháin, anglicised as Hooligan or Hoolihan).

  6. Old-School Slang Words That Really Deserve a Comeback

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    This is actually an Australian slang used for small children that are only floor tall . ... The second more direct origin of the current usage comes from 1914 when James Joyce used the Irish slang ...

  7. List of English words of Irish origin - Wikipedia

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    clabber, clauber (from clábar) wet clay or mud; curdled milk. clock O.Ir. clocc meaning "bell"; into Old High German as glocka, klocka [15] (whence Modern German Glocke) and back into English via Flemish; [16] cf also Welsh cloch but the giving language is Old Irish via the hand-bells used by early Irish missionaries.

  8. Conkers - Wikipedia

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    Conkers is a traditional children's game in Great Britain and Ireland played using the seeds of horse chestnut trees—the name 'conker' is also applied to the seed and to the tree itself. The game is played by two players, each with a conker threaded onto a piece of string: they take turns striking each other's conker until one breaks.

  9. Feck - Wikipedia

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    In 2008, the Irish cider brand Magners received complaints relating to an advert it had posted around the UK in which a man tells bees to "feck off", with members of the public concerned that young children could be badly influenced by it. Magners claimed that the "feck off" mention in the advert was a "mild rebuff" to the bees rather than an ...

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