Difference between revisions of "Little craythur"
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* '''creature''' → pronounced ''craythur'' in parts of Ireland | * '''creature''' → pronounced ''craythur'' in parts of Ireland | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:50, 19 January 2014
- liddle crathur → little craythur
- craythur: (Anglo-Irish) Irish whiskey, esp. illegally homemade one
- Finnegan's Wake: (song) "Now Tim [Finnegan] had a sort o' the tipplin' way,/ With the love of the liquor he was born,/ An' to help him on with his work each day,/ He'd a drop of the craythur every morn." → While drunk, Tim falls from a ladder and dies; during his wake, he is splashed with whiskey and comes back to life
- creature → pronounced craythur in parts of Ireland
