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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).
Actor Tommy Flanagan has the scars of a Glasgow smile from having been attacked outside a bar in Glasgow. [1]A Glasgow smile (also known as a Chelsea grin/smile, or a Glasgow, Smiley, Huyton, A buck 50, or Cheshire grin) is a wound caused by making a cut from the corners of a victim's mouth up to the ears, leaving a scar in the shape of a smile.
(from cailín meaning "young woman") a girl (usually referring to an Irish girl) (OED). corrie a cirque or mountain lake, of glacial origin. (OED) Irish or Scots Gaelic coire 'Cauldron, hollow' craic fun, used in Ireland for fun/enjoyment. The word is actually English in origin; it entered into Irish from the English "crack" via Ulster Scots.
Sláinte, Banjaxed, Stall the ball? Anyone can wear green on Saint Patrick's Day, but do you know what these Irish words mean and how to say them?
Sigerson Clifford (1913 – 1 January 1985) was an Irish poet, playwright and civil servant. Clifford was born at 11 Dean St, Cork City , and was christened Edward Bernard Clifford . His parents, Michael Clifford and Mary Anne Sigerson, were from County Kerry , and they returned there in the following year, to Cahersiveen , in the Iveragh ...
Mary O'Malley (born 1954 in Connemara, Ireland) is an Irish poet whose work has been published in various literary magazines. She has published seven poetry books since 1990 and her poems have been translated into several languages.
The poem is written in the voice of an old woman in a nursing home who is reflecting upon her life. Crabbit is Scots for "bad-tempered" or "grumpy". The poem appeared in the Nursing Mirror in December 1972 without attribution. Phyllis McCormack explained in a letter to the journal that she wrote the poem in 1966 for her hospital newsletter. [4]
5. Muffin walloper. Used to describe: An older, unmarried woman who gossips a lot. This colorful slang was commonly used in the Victorian era to describe unmarried old ladies who would gossip ...