The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #3275 Message #2432019
Posted By: Thompson
05-Sep-08 - 01:43 PM
Thread Name: Help: The Foggy Dew: Sud el Bar? Huns?
Subject: RE: The Foggy Dew (NOT Bachelor)
Incidentally, 'down the glen' is old-fashioned but still current slang in Ireland for 'rightly fucked', but this usage comes from a different song, with the line "Down the glen rode Sarsfield's men, and they wore their jackets green". In fact 'jackets green' is also shorthand for the same usage.
For instance: "How are the Waterford team doing in the final?" "Jackets green." "Oh dear."