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Thread #129893   Message #3301418
Posted By: Vic Smith
03-Feb-12 - 07:52 AM
Thread Name: Ballydehob singers club
Subject: RE: Ballydehob singers club
My dictionary of Irish mythology defines a ballydeghob as "an Irish sprite that has too much to say for itself" - as in:-

"bally" - Scots slang for "too much"
"de" - French for "of"
"ghob" - Common English language for "mouth"

Thus - "Too much of mouth"