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** '''toll-gate:''' a gate where tolls are collected → the Chapelizod turnpike had a toll-gate → [[Page_3|FW 003.22]]: [[Upturnpikepointandplace]] | ** '''toll-gate:''' a gate where tolls are collected → the Chapelizod turnpike had a toll-gate → [[Page_3|FW 003.22]]: [[Upturnpikepointandplace]] | ||
** To cross the River Liffey on the Ha'Penny Bridge cost a half-penny toll | ** To cross the River Liffey on the Ha'Penny Bridge cost a half-penny toll | ||
| + | ** "In ancient times some believed that placing a coin in the mouth or two coins in the eyes of the deceased, would help pay the toll for the ferry to help cross the Styx river which would lead one to the entrance of the underworld. If some could not pay the fee it was said that they would never be able to cross the river. This ritual was performed by the relatives." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styx Wikipedia] | ||
* '''atole:''' (''Spanish'') a Spanish or Mexican porridge or gruel made of maize meal and water or milk | * '''atole:''' (''Spanish'') a Spanish or Mexican porridge or gruel made of maize meal and water or milk | ||
Revision as of 21:51, 15 December 2010
- toll: (Irish) to bore, pierce, perforate[1]
- tollé: (French) outcry, hue and cry.[2]
- at all, at all: (Anglo-Irish) a phrase which is repeated several times throughout FW
- toll: the sound of a death knell
- toll: a penalty
- death toll: the number of fatalities in a battle or accident
- toll-gate: a gate where tolls are collected → the Chapelizod turnpike had a toll-gate → FW 003.22: Upturnpikepointandplace
- To cross the River Liffey on the Ha'Penny Bridge cost a half-penny toll
- "In ancient times some believed that placing a coin in the mouth or two coins in the eyes of the deceased, would help pay the toll for the ferry to help cross the Styx river which would lead one to the entrance of the underworld. If some could not pay the fee it was said that they would never be able to cross the river. This ritual was performed by the relatives." Wikipedia
- atole: (Spanish) a Spanish or Mexican porridge or gruel made of maize meal and water or milk
- atoll: a ring-shaped coral island
- O'Toole: St Laurence O'Toole, the patron saint of Dublin
- toll: (German) mad, (German, sl.) great; a toll, a toll appr. oh great, oh great
