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Thread #68257 Message #1154715
Posted By: GUEST,Martin Ryan
05-Apr-04 - 07:01 AM
Thread Name: Finding of Moses/'Terinachers'
Subject: RE: Finding of Moses/'Terinachers'
T P Dolan's book A dictionary of Hiberno-English has the following: tare and ages An interjection. (Christ's)tears (shedding) or tears (torn flesh) and agues.
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That may seem unlikely, but the next entry is: tare and 'ouns An interjection. (Christ's)tears (shedding) or tears (torn flesh) and wounds.
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... and that one is supported by Partridge's Dictionary of Historical Slang.. Both give examples from early 19 C. Irish writers.