Vair, n. s. weasel or stoat.
Want, n. s. a mole.
Wirg, n. s. a willow.
Wimble, v. to winnow.
Weest, adj. lonely, desolate.
Wash-dish, n. s. the titmouse.
[§ 710]. The baronies of Forth and Bargie in the County Wexford.—The barony of Forth "lies south of the city of Wexford, and is bounded by the sea to the south and east, and by the barony of Bargie to the west. It is said to have been colonized by the Welshmen who accompanied Strongbow in his invasion of Ireland; but by the term Welshmen, as here used, we must no doubt understand the English settlers of Gower and Pembroke. Vallancey published a specimen of their language. Some of the grammatical forms can hardly
fail to interest the English scholar, and we may venture more particularly to call his attention to the verbal ending th. In no other of our spoken dialects do we find the th still lingering as an inflection of the plural verb."
Address in the Barony of Forth Language.
Presented in August 1836, to the Marquis of Normanby, then Earl of Mulgrave, and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland; with a Translation of the Address in English.