English As We Speak It in Ireland

by P. W. Joyce

CONTENTS

Chapter	Page
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]

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ENGLISH AS WE SPEAK IT IN IRELAND.

CHAPTER I.

SOURCES OF ANGLO-IRISH DIALECT.

Our Anglo-Irish dialectical words and phrases are derived from three main sources:—

First: the Irish language.

Second: Old English and the dialect of Scotland.