tactic employed at the Battle of Antrim
>>> in 1798 (a hedgehog being a formation of men) but anyone familiar with
>>> Burns work will immediately recognize the allusions to his poems “To a
>>> mouse” and “To a louse.”
>>>
>>>
>>> * Castle
oneireland.com>>
wrote:
Love that "Paper never refuses ink …" Very applicable today with revision:
"The internet never refuses a keystroke …"
Rick Smoll
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From: Ron McCoy via CoTyroneList
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To
I love that one I got to use that some time "Making a wigwam for a
goose's bridle."Thanks Gordon
Ron McCoyy
On 2019-01-14 8:40 p.m., Gordon Wilkinson via CoTyroneList wrote:
> Hi Ron,
>
> Another I heard too often when enquiring what my Belfast mum was
> doing: "Making a wigwam for a goose's br
Hi Ron,
Another I heard too often when enquiring what my Belfast mum was doing:
"Making a wigwam for a goose's bridle."
Gordon
On 14/01/2019 10:42 pm, Ron McCoy via CoTyroneList wrote:
I heard these expressions and so many more oft repeated as a child and
a young person growing up and sadl
Hi Lyn,
another of my mother's sayings from my Autograph Book:
"/You may kiss beneath the mistletoe, or kiss beneath a rose,
/
/but the proper place to kiss a girl is just beneath her nose."/
//Gordon
On 15/01/2019 8:28 am, EVELYN CARDWELL via CoTyroneList wrote:
William Carleton was a local
Hi Roy,
I can see what you mean. After an absence of nearly half a century I
returned to Belfast. Picked up by cousins from the airport we squeezed
into their car, with luggage, and proceeded to Newtonards. En route,
there was easy banter between us, jokes and smiles but my Australian
wife ha
Thanks, Lyn, Worth following up Carleton's book. Fast and cheap travel,
radio/TV and internet have tended to ''smooth out' variations in English
and we seem to have lost much of the sayings of old. In Australia, the
Cockney emigrants brought their own 'language' which persists to a minor
degree
t; [1] Autobiography of Thomas Witherow 1824 – 1890 Page 25. Ballinascreen
> Historical Society 1990
> [2] A Kennedy chronicle – Biography of Alexander Kennedy of Ballycahan 1818 –
> 1885 by Hugh Alexander Hezlett (Coleraine library)
> [3] From the Appletree Press title: The People of Ir
nelist@cotyroneireland.com"
Cc: Ron McCoy
Sent: Monday, 14 January 2019, 20:48
Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Irish Bally---ony
Hi BeverlyWhen I worked in Scotland in 1974 I took a couple of trips to
Northern Ireland. When I went there the voices and accents I heard sounded very
much like the old pe
doing research!!!
Maureen
Caledon, Ontario
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William Carleton was a local Tyrone writer whose work dates from the early to
mid 19th century. When I read his book "Traits and Stories of the Irish
Peasantry" I found phrases I hadn't heard from childhood. It was reprinted
about 20-
Thank you. Yes, I have read that book. The “Irish peasantry,” whose stories
and lilt he records, is that of the “native Irish,” not the Scots-Irish from
western Scotland.
Beverley Ballantine
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> On Jan 14, 2019, at 4:58 PM, EVELYN CARDWELL wrote:
>
> William Carleton was a l
William Carleton was a local Tyrone writer whose work dates from the early to
mid 19th century. When I read his book "Traits and Stories of the Irish
Peasantry" I found phrases I hadn't heard from childhood. It was reprinted
about 20-30 years ago in softback, so hopefully you may be able to
t@cotyroneireland.com>>
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Cc: Ron McCoy mailto:ron.mc...@outlook.com>>
Sent: Mon, Jan 14, 2019 6:13 am
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My mom and dad used folk expressions liberall
on McCoy via CoTyroneList
> To: Gordon Wilkinson via CoTyroneList
> Cc: Ron McCoy
> Sent: Mon, Jan 14, 2019 6:13 am
> Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Irish Bally---ony
>
> My mom and dad used folk expressions liberally, my mom being more guilty then
> my dad but by far the
6:13 am
Subject: Re: [CoTyroneMailingList] Irish Bally---ony
My mom and dad used folk expressions liberally, my mom being more guilty then
my dad but by far the greatest offender was my neighbour who was a wealth of
folk expressions. She is now gone and sadly her expressions have not been
re
Love it!
On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 10:34 PM Gordon Wilkinson via CoTyroneList
wrote:
Hi Listers,
As a kid in Belfast, I was intrigued by so many Irish place names starting in
Bally... Those who know tell me it's derived from the Gaelic 'Baile na',
meaning 'place of'. My mother would recite with
My mom and dad used folk expressions liberally, my mom being more guilty then
my dad but by far the greatest offender was my neighbour who was a wealth of
folk expressions. She is now gone and sadly her expressions have not been
recorded but I am sure would have filled volumes. These I believe w
Beautiful & neat saying!
Jim McKane
South Bruce Peninsula, Ontario
On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 10:34 PM Gordon Wilkinson via CoTyroneList <
cotyronelist@cotyroneireland.com> wrote:
> Hi Listers,
>
> As a kid in Belfast, I was intrigued by so many Irish place names starting
> in Bally... Those who k
Hi Listers,
As a kid in Belfast, I was intrigued by so many Irish place names
starting in Bally... Those who know tell me it's derived from the Gaelic
'Baile na', meaning 'place of'. My mother would recite with a smile, the
popular ditty of the time:
/If you weren't so Ballymena with your ol
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