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Thread #111697 Message #3246294
Posted By: MartinRyan
28-Oct-11 - 04:48 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Nancy Hogan's Goose (from Con Greaney)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Nancy Hogan's Goose (from Con Greaney)

Yeah - the word seems to come from the Irish word gliogar which is pronounced roughly "glugger" and means an empty sound or rattle. ubh gliogair is an addled egg.

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