phrases /sayings in irish
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Topic: phrases /sayings in irish
Posted By: Patman Scoop
Subject: phrases /sayings in irish
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2010 at 3:39pm
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Lads where do you lot source the sayings and phrases that regularly appear on the forum ?? Criositor og comes out with some lovely ones , but from where ? Thanks ------------- Why no wine??! |
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Posted By: IrishPride
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2010 at 3:42pm
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http://www.irishpage.com/seanocal.htm - http://www.irishpage.com/seanocal.htm
Crackin tune too ------------- Galway Will Win The 2014 Hurling Championship |
Posted By: DG80
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2010 at 3:48pm
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whats the tune. its wrecking me head. i can place it ------------- cup champions |
Posted By: IrishPride
Date Posted: 16 Jul 2010 at 4:02pm
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On raglan Road ------------- Galway Will Win The 2014 Hurling Championship |
Posted By: McG
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2019 at 3:05pm
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Anybody else ever hear of "ecker" being used to describe homework? Used to be used by a few teachers in my primary school. Any ideas of origin?
Edit - think i got it "exercise"
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Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2019 at 4:15pm
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yep my grandparents used it. Came from exercises. Popular in the 80s ------------- PM me for all forum moderation queries. |
Posted By: FREEWHEELER
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2019 at 4:18pm
Yeah I used it as a chung fella, ecker short for exercise. ------------- We'll never die, we'll never die, we'll keep the Green Flag flying high......Shamrock Rovers will never die, we'll keep the Green Flag Flying high. 19 Leagues and 25 Cups..... |
McG wrote:Posted By: pre Madonna
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2019 at 4:54pm
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Pretty sure Roddy Doyle used it in his early stuff, only place I have come across it. I assume it is a Dublin thing. ------------- Greed has won, big finance has won. Whatever small role elite clubs still play in the local communities from which they grew is dwarfed now by their position as global brands. |
Posted By: Gary McKay
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2019 at 4:55pm
I would have thought that was ovo. ------------- "Smalling and Jones.... have the potential to be the PL’s best ever pairing in my opinion." - SlurAlex |
Posted By: Bob Hoskins
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2019 at 4:58pm
Jesus, haven't heard ecker in years ------------- Romario 2016: And the ticket mafia gets caught! Well, four years ago I had already told the government. |
Posted By: Bob Hoskins
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2019 at 4:58pm
Peckercise was popular with PE Teachers in the 80's too ------------- Romario 2016: And the ticket mafia gets caught! Well, four years ago I had already told the government. |
Posted By: DUBLIN DOC
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2019 at 5:02pm
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I used to go on the hop a lot back in the day, but you could also go to a hop ------------- When all is said and done there is nothing left to say or do |
Posted By: BigStrongMan
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2019 at 6:30pm
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Posted By: The Huntacha
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2019 at 8:59am
Close thread, Hoskins has won. ------------- Jimmy Bullard - "Favorite band? Elastic." |
Posted By: FREEWHEELER
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2019 at 10:53am
Hoskins  ------------- We'll never die, we'll never die, we'll keep the Green Flag flying high......Shamrock Rovers will never die, we'll keep the Green Flag Flying high. 19 Leagues and 25 Cups..... |
Posted By: ShayGivensBum
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2019 at 1:46pm
Incredible that they had sayings like this back in the 30's
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Posted By: FREEWHEELER
Date Posted: 24 Jan 2019 at 2:00pm
OK OK I'll give ya that one.  , smarty hole.------------- We'll never die, we'll never die, we'll keep the Green Flag flying high......Shamrock Rovers will never die, we'll keep the Green Flag Flying high. 19 Leagues and 25 Cups..... |