alison - I'd be interested in where you got that translation for the 'an phis fhliuch' - which I would translate as 'the wet (or spongy) peas'. Maybe I don't move in the right circles, but I've never heard 'pis' used as a euphemism for the other word you mentioned. Also, the 'is' in 'pis' in this case is pronounced almost like the English word 'peas'; at least, I've never heard it pronounced any other way (even in Donegal).

And Irish sergeant, alison is correct in her post saying that the correct response to 'Dia duit' is 'Dia is Muire duit'. (If you said 'Tá agus', all you'd be saying is 'Is and') This is a formal and old fashioned greeting, however lovely; most folks just say 'halo' when they meet each other (unless, of course, they're at a Conradh meeting (hahaha)).

-- Áine