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JayBee · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 10:20 am Post subject:

Here's one that is pertinent for the summer season.

You go into a shop and buy something and you are immediately asked, "Are ye on your holiday?"

It translates into, "Give me all your money and then feck off back to where ye came from."

Also used on Irish people from the next village.

Being from another county I get it all the the time. I hide in the hills all winter and only venture out of hibernation in the summer. That means that I am a new face as far as the hill billies are concerned.

I don't explain myself anymore. An Norman Irishman educating in England is as good as the devil round here so I just say, "Yes, on my holiday. Leaving at the end of the summer. Byeee."

A few others:

1) "The back of beyond" - anywhere after the next field.

2) "I wouldn't be me if I wasn't myself" - what I say if I egit something up.

3) "Excuse me, I'm from a Kilkenny family." said in answer to, "Whose going to win the hurling this year?"

4) "You have my deepest sympathies." said in answer to, "Excuse me, I'm from a Cork family and we're going to win the All-Ireland this year."

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