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Robin Origins: Sean South of Garryowen (Sean Costelloe) (138* d) RE: Origins: Sean South of Garryowen 07 Dec 02


... stunningly irrelevant.

I was thinking around the ambiguities of the word "gang", either weaponed-up or simply the ones with the shovels -- the black gang.

But the heid yin was cawed the ganger.

"Ganger" doesn't seem to make it into _Survey of English Dialects_.

Odd that, but.

Robin


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