A Victorian Fable(with Glossary)
yquot;, or term of Irish
origin. It is said t a traveller passing through Mullingar was so
struck y in t ermined to
accost t next. quot;May I ask,quot; said ;if you wear hay
in your s; quot;Fait if I do?quot; said t;Because,quot;
says traveller, quot;t accounts for the calves of your legs coming
doo feed on it.quot;
barnacled adj. -- applied to a acles (corruption of Latin
binnoculi?). Derived by some from tifera),
a kind of conical so stoms. hence a marine
term for goggles, and for whey are used by sailors in a case of
op
cove or covey; a man or boy of any age
spoffy adj. -- officious, intrusive
blackberry slaces, etc.
Nee fringe, a ts indicating
tion of tces
sing out, to exclaim in a loud voice
knife it, to to stop, to bring to a
stoo to cease evil activity
stunning adj. -- astounding
fag blow
twopenny head
Albertopolis a facetious appelation given by Villagers to ton Gore
district
buy t, to make a bad bargain; obtain a deal of trouble and inconvenience
by some action
slubberdegullion ch
pepper, to
clump, to - degrees of beating
leato /
flop doo go to collapse totally
Rory OMore floor (rhyming slang)
step it, to abscond
frog and toad main road (rhyming slang)
Joe Blake to visit a low woman i