CONTENTS

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I. Sources of Anglo-Irish Dialect, [1]
II. Affirming, Assenting, and Saluting, [9]
III. Asserting by Negative of Opposite, [16]
IV. Idioms Derived from the Irish Language, [23]
V. The Devil and his 'Territory,' [56]
VI. Swearing, [66]
VII. Grammar and Pronunciation, [74]
VIII. Proverbs, [105]
IX. Exaggeration and Redundancy, [120]
X. Comparisons, [136]
XI. The Memory of History and of Old Customs, [143]
XII. A Variety of Phrases, [185]
XIII. Vocabulary and Index, [209]
Alphabetical List of Persons who sent Collections
of Dialectical Words and Phrases,
[353]