Local words and sayings - Accounts from Bridget Delaney, Grantstown, Co. Wexford

00:00 - A billick - local word for billhook
00:23 - Booldoon for a tom cat
00:35 - Possel - word for stamping down. “Possel down corn”.
00:48 - Sharoose - Searabhas - means sore with someone or upset and cross.
01:07 - Angish - sick, weak
01:18 - “Cats Malacky and Dogs Melodeon” was said if a child was hungry. Ie Do you want some “Cats Malacky and Dogs Melodeon”?
Recorded by Michael Fortune in Grantstown Day Centre, Grantstown, Co. Wexford on the 8th of April 2024.
This recording was made as part of a folklore collection recorded and
produced by Michael with the support of the Grantstown Day Care
Centre and the Arts Department of Wexford County Council
under their Creative Communities Scheme.