Local quirks & eccentricities.

Stained Class

I'm from Carlow.

Here, the law states that any boy christened John will be forever referred to as their surname.

Everybody else is called 'Lad'.

We used to have a Sugar Factory.

And so on....

beano345

Stained Class wrote: »

I'm from Carlow.

Here, the law states that any boy christened John will be forever referred to as their surname.

Everybody else is called 'Lad'.

We used to have a Sugar Factory.

And so on....

I live in Carlow

My housemates named John

.......we call him "John"

Stained Class

beano345 wrote: »

I live in Carlow

My housemates named John

.......we call him "John"

Obviously, you're a Blow'in.

glued

beano345 wrote: »

I live in Carlow

My housemates named John

.......we call him "John"

They'll burn you at the stake for that sort of shenanigans.

Adamantium

Stained Class wrote: »

We used to have a Sugar Factory.

Giggity

wazky

Quare is used as a substitute for the word very around here.

Quare hot, Quare cold, Quare nice, Quare queer etc etc.

Stained Class

wazky wrote: »

Quare is used as a substitute for the word very around here.

Quare hot, Quare cold, Quare nice, Quare queer etc etc.

We do that. You from Carlow too?

Corvo

wazky wrote: »

Quare is used as a substitute for the word very around here.

Quare hot, Quare cold, Quare nice, Quare queer etc etc.

Wexford is more "quare'n"

wazky

Corvo wrote: »

Wexford is more "quare'n"

Depends if it's past or present tense.

alleystar

wazky wrote: »

Quare is used as a substitute for the word very around here.

Quare hot, Quare cold, Quare nice, Quare queer etc etc.

Where I come from fair is used.

Thought it was weird the first time I heard quare being used in it's place. I was in Carlow at the time too.

Stavros Murphy

I was in Carlow once. I was lost, looking for wicklow. That's a kip too.

wazky

alleystar wrote: »

Where I come from fair is used.

Limerick?

alleystar

wazky wrote: »

Limerick?

Tipp.

Ihatecuddles

I say 'I do be'

I do be drinkin' on a Friday.

The Backwards Man

We have our own numerical system in Donegal

Wan
A Couple
A Wee Wheen
A Right Wee Wheen
A Wheen
A Right Wheen
A Wee Lock
A Fair Lock
A Lock
A Right Lock

Stained Class

The Backwards Man wrote: »

We have our own numerical system in Donegal

Wan
A Couple
A Wee Wheen
A Right Wee Wheen
A Wheen
A Right Wheen
A Wee Lock
A Fair Lock
A Lock
A Right Lock

Brill!:D

Sir Arthur Daley

The Backwards Man wrote: »

A Right Lock

Did too much of that earlier in the 4610 and got it stuck.

beano345

"Who owns ya?"-who is your father/mother next of kin

" our lad" instead of lad

LETHAL LADY

Saying "Well" instead of "Hello" when you meet someone. I thought I was being asked a question when I first moved. I think it's a common greeting throughout the midlands though.

DEFTLEFTHAND

'Of a'. For eg, I like a few pints of a Saturday evening.

I think it's more of a nationwide thing because I see it on here all the time as well. Really annoying.

shopaholic01

Putting 'like' at the end of sentences, like.

Stained Class

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Did too much of that earlier in the 4610 and got it stuck.

Arthur Daley driving a tractor?

Don't seen right somehow..

Sir Arthur Daley

Stained Class wrote: »

Arthur Daley driving a tractor?

Don't seen right somehow..

Times are tough, got the digger stuck.

The Backwards Man

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Did too much of that earlier in the 4610 and got it stuck.

Ah them Fords are nothing but toys. Toys sur.

wazky

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Ah them Fords are nothing but toys. Toys sur.

If she's not red, leave her in the shed.

Stained Class

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Times are tough, got the digger stuck.

Arfur at the wheel of a Digger?

What would they say at the Winchester?!!!

Sir Arthur Daley

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Ah them Fords are nothing but toys. Toys sur.

You can say that again, fisher price toys is what they are, it is the neighbours.
ill have the case back next week, would love to buy a same though.

Sir Arthur Daley

Stained Class wrote: »

Arfur at the wheel of a Digger?

What would they say at the Winchester?!!!

Its got joysticks its like playing a computer game, the blade and drive motors are at the same end, bad design thats why i got it stuck.
It was like pushing a marshmallow through a keyhole.

Ostrom

mauzo! wrote: »

I say 'I do be'

I do be drinkin' on a Friday.

Waterford? If so, more like 'I does that the whole time girl/boy'

Stained Class

Describing someone/something under the weather as 'shook'.

'Your lookin a bit shook today'

'That event was a quare shook affair'

alleystar

I've another one, the repetition of "I was" or "we were".

Eg; I was in town, so I was.

In relation to "well" used as a substitute for hello, I say well all the time! Never knew it was a midlands colloquialism
until I went to college and got a few odd looks.

Sir Arthur Daley

wazky wrote: »

If she's not red, leave her in the shed.

Are you a massey man?

LETHAL LADY

Town pronounced Towin.

Zed Bank

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Saying "Well" instead of "Hello" when you meet someone. I thought I was being asked a question when I first moved. I think it's a common greeting throughout the midlands though.

This is a Waterford thing.

LETHAL LADY

Zed Bank wrote: »

This is a Waterford thing.

It has spread so as I don't live in Waterford. Is there any references to the original "Well" and who uttered it?

The Backwards Man

In Donegal, if anyone asks you a question it has to be answered with 'not so bad' or 'its wild' (pronounced while)

Grand day
Not so bad

How'd yous get on at the doctors?
Not so bad

Right and wet
Aye it's wild

Wasn't it tarra bout them wains in Korea
Wild

Zed Bank

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

It has spread so as I don't live in Waterford. Is there any references to the original "Well" and who uttered it?

Possibly, maybe not an exception to Waterford, but extremely common. Nobody ever says hello here, its always "Well Boi" which is used for both men and women interchangeably.

Funny enough I've gotten some strange looks saying well to people up the country and abroad, but its burned into my subconscious at this stage, I can't stop myself :O

LETHAL LADY

Zed Bank wrote: »

Possibly, maybe not an exception to Waterford, but extremely common. Nobody ever says hello here, its always "Well Boi" which is used for both men and women interchangeably.

Funny enough I've gotten some strange looks saying well to people up the country and abroad, but its burned into my subconscious at this stage, I can't stop myself :O

This is how I first felt as the wellee, rather than the weller:P

Stavros Murphy

Round here, "Good man yourself" means you're a bit of a bollix... and "fair fecks to you" tends to mean you were an utter gowl but no-one feels morally able to judge you as they did it themselves in the near past..

nice_very

I am from a small town in Waterford, and most of the families who have been here for a few generations have a nickname (mainly handed down through the men) ie: father, son, grandson, great grandson would all be called the same nickname

RayM

In some parts of Wicklow, people refer to children as "chaps".

"How many chaps have ye got?"

"Ah, just two chaps - a boy and a girl"

Sunglasses Ron

nice_very wrote: »

I am from a small town in Waterford, and most of the families who have been here for a few generations have a nickname (mainly handed down through the men) ie: father, son, grandson, great grandson would all be called the same nickname

Not to mention calling your missus "the lack".

harry Bailey esq

beano345 wrote: »

" our lad" instead of lad

balbriggan is the only place I've heard that,and sometimes its shortened to "our"

beano345

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

balbriggan is the only place I've heard that,and sometimes its shortened to "our"

Definitely originated in Balbriggan it seems to have migrated to neighbouring towns

fryup

in strabane, they speak at a million mph.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ij_5UGpjUsU

harry Bailey esq

in limerick city they have bonfires every April 30th(Wednesday night) I've no idea why and i havnt seen it elsewhere in the country.

Muise...

harry Bailey esq wrote: »

in limerick city they have bonfires every April 30th(Wednesday night) I've no idea why and i havnt seen it elsewhere in the country.

Might be a Viking throwback?

In Galway, you must kick the wall at Blackrock after walking the prom, and you must bless yourself at the top of Buttermilk Lane (the Augustinians is sort of visible down the other end but the blow-ins don't know that).:)

zetalambda

wazky wrote: »

Quare is used as a substitute for the word very around here.

Quare hot, Quare cold, Quare nice, Quare queer etc etc.

You're some culchie bollix!

In Cork, "I will Yeah" means No.

Graces7

kerry favourites are - perfect!- and - no bother/trouble-

Irish Guitarist

I'm from Carlow too. "Look at the head on yer man" or "go home with yer big head on ye" are considered scathing insults here.

wazky

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

I'm from Carlow too. "Look at the head on yer man" or "go home with yer big head on ye" are considered scathing insults here.

A favourite of mine when I was younger 'Hey you with the head'.