Irish Slang

15 minutes beforehand. e.g. "I'm running late, I'll probably not see yez before a quarter til"

When someone is supposed to be working but is just laying around generally wasting time.

That bi ther is ridin out the day hi.

an undetermined amount, several, a few e.g "Hi Boy, give us a wheen o' them biscuits over to go with me tay(tea), would ye"

Noun: a blether: someone who talks too much. verb to blether e.g. "would you ever quit yer blether" meaning please shut up

hard to beat, great

"good feed a spuds is hard te beat"

God no - e.g. "Gad's no!"

noun: descriptive of an idiot. e.g. "yer man's a total and utter glunterpeck, dont waste your breath talkin to him"

doing anything as fast as you can

because of an annoying person, usually a family member, one is ready for the local psychiatric unit

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