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GUEST,Guest, Ed Silberman	Finding of Moses/'Terinachers' (6)	Finding of Moses/"Terinacher"	27 Mar 04
I'm looking for a dialect word definition. A long time ago I learned a version of The Finding of Moses (differnt from the "Zozimus" one found here in the DT) with the word "terinacher" in it . "She picks up the bahby an' she sez in accents mild 'terinachers' daughters which o'yas owns a child' ". There are three similar words already listed in the DT: "Thunderin' Jayzus girl, how, but which of yis owns the child!" Said, "Tar an' ages, gerrils, which of yez owns the child?" "Oh tar-an-a-gers, now me girls, which one of yis owns the child?" I've also stumbled upon tattheration in an Irish folk tale: "Oh, tattheration to that theif of a gardener" and is I suspect terinacher might be related. Anyone got any clues what terinacher means and how to properly pronounce it?

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