Thread by @MeaveofConnaugh

I am now looking for examples of sayings that are particularly Irish. Let’s get a thread going

My favorite is “gosson” - pronounced ‘goss - on” not garsoon or any variant. It means “a young lad” - always a good young lad. Often heard “will ya leave the gosson alone”. Doesn’t mean abandon him, the opposite in fact - it would take 25 tweets to explain this to an Englishman

I was down in Cork (north side) a few years ago and I heard a gosson saying “God loom Sham, you’re one gome” - which I think means “Oh dear, you are a foolish boy”. He replied “What’s a gosson, Sham?”

Continuing my field research in Cork I met a “beur and her fein”. “Howya” says I “”Doubtcha girl” says she “would you be interested in research?” says I “I would yeah” says she, meaning “No”

“Do you see that yoke over there?””The thingamajig?”. “No, yokeamething beside it”. (Would you believe it, spellcheck recognized ‘thingamajig’ is Alexi Irish?)

“Scuffling” any thoughts?

For the craic, a prize. Years ago Mrs Brogan gave me a job in her garden “scuffling” (before Giving me the sack for being a very poor scuffler). What was my job. 100 retweet’s - in for a draw for

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