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Bodach s are seen at the beginning of Moonshine by Rob Thurman.; Bodach s occasionally appear in Charles de Lint's books of mythic fiction.; The term Bodach is used to describe shadow-like or "ink like" creatures—invisible to most people—that appear at locations before disasters in the books Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours, Odd Apocalypse, Odd Interlude, Deeply Odd, and ...
Geezer is a slang term for a man. In the UK and Ireland, it is used most often to refer simply to a man, e.g. "some geezer was here earlier", and less often as a complimentary phrase, e.g. "he is a proper geezer". In the US, the term typically refers to a cranky old man and can carry the connotation of either age or eccentricity; see fuddy ...
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?
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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. [15] [17] colleen (from cailín meaning "young woman") a girl (usually referring to an Irish ...
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 ...
moiley – An ancient breed of Irish hornless cattle, from maol, bald or hornless. ogham – Ancient Irish alphabet. The Irish is also ogham (pronounced oh-um). omadhaun - A fool, from Irish amadán. orrery – A mechanical model of solar system, named for the Earl of Orrery. This is an old Irish tribal name, Orbhraighe.
The word literally means 'old woman, hag', and is found with this meaning in modern Irish and Scottish Gaelic, [1] and has been applied to numerous mythological and folkloric figures in Ireland, Scotland, and the Isle of Man. [2] In modern Irish folklore studies, she is sometimes known as The Hag of Beara, while in Scotland she is known as ...