10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPALPEEN»
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spalpeen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
spalpeen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Halloween Reader: Poems, Stories, and Plays from Halloween ...
Then Johnnie took the daughter, the eldest, by the hand, — It was his own Bawn
Ellen, the fairest in the land; He led her towards her parents, with fond and manly
mien, While all stood hushed around him, the rattling, gay Spalpeen! "I've come ...
Chapter. 46. 1993—'Spalpeen'. T. he Australian National Hotel, known
colloquially as the 'Aussie Nash,' is situated diagonally across the intersection
from the famous cricket ground inWoollongabba, known colloquially as 'The
Gabba'.
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
A low fellow; a mean one; a scamp or rascal: Anglo-Irish coll >, ca 1905, S.E.:
1815, Maria Edgeworth, 'The spalpeen! turned into a buckeen, that would be a
squireen,—but can't,' neatly illustrative of the Celtic diminutive suffix -een (
properly, ...
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The London Hanged: Crime and Civil Society in the Eighteenth ...
He recommended a system of import passes for the Irish coming to England as
spalpeen harvesters.19 The recommendation was not heeded. And not only did
English hay continue to be cut by Irish spalpeens, but also English wages.
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Journey to Bliss (Saskatchewan Saga Book #3)
This, though,” and she indicated the merry-faced lad, “is Spalpeen. Not his name,
of course—it's unpronounceable, some foreign concoction or other. Spalpeen
seems to fit him.” Spalpeen grinned a gap-toothed smile, touched a hand to his ...
Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith. 288 THE SPALPEEN.
BY F. Mc T E A G U E, ES Q. CHAPTER I. Reader, — I am going to tell you a story
about an Irish spalpeen, — which I heard not long since in the county of Clare.
Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith, 1839
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The Popular Songs of Ireland
Sir Charles Coote, in his “Statistical Survey of Cavan," thus explains the meaning
of the term spalpeen, which is applied to the astonished natives :— “ In the Irish
language, spal is the sithe or the sickle. The native husbandman was thence ...
Thomas Crofton Croker, 1839
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Ballads, romances, and songs
It was the "New-mown Meadows", and then the light Moneen* We danced — until
I loved him, my rattling, gay Spalpeen! The leaves of dying autumn by chilling
winds were tost, The corn was stacked securely, the hills were gray with frost, ...
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Popular songs of Ireland
Sir Charles Coote, in his " Statistical Survey of Cavan," thus explains the meaning
of the term spalpeen, which is applied to the astonished natives: — " In the Irish
language, spal is the sithe or the sickle. The native husbandman was thence ...
Thomas Crofton Croker, 1839
Troth there's many a man 'ud like to have my knowledge, I have no doubt,' says
the spalpeen ; ' but I'm thinkin' there's few here or elsewhere 'ud like to learn in
the school where I got it.' * Lord save us !' says the priest ; ' you didn't sell yourself
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPALPEEN»
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spalpeen is used in the context of the following news items.
Time to claim Wellington of Waterloo as one of our own
Matt Sullivan, a spalpeen, boasts to the British Major: "My father stood at Waterloo." Parker: "So did mine: now he lies there." In 1992, my passion for Wellington ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
Tyneside singer-guitarist Jed Grimes uses music to teach pupils …
Jed has also included the Irish air Spalpeen Aroon as a tribute to the Tyneside Irish and Scottish brigades of the Northumberland Fusiliers. The CD also features ... «ChronicleLive, Dec 14»
The absurd history of English slang
To look only at terms that he was the first to record, one finds spalpeen, a rogue and doubtless picked up in Ireland, a thumper, a major lie, a clinker, something ... «Salon, Oct 14»
Of Human Bondage
(I met Ma and Pa Duggar at CPAC a couple of years ago, and the eldest Duggar spalpeen works for Tony Perkins's well-known designated hate group, the ... «Esquire, Oct 14»
U.S. Special Forces to be given air-conditioned Iron Man suits with …
Spalpeen, Jomtien, Thailand, 1 year ago. And these will be proof against IED's, will they? The reason Americans can't win wars any more is that, unlike the ... «Daily Mail, Nov 13»
The war of the words
“Perhaps shillelah, colleen, spalpeen, smithereens, and poteen exhaust the unmistakably Gaelic list”, Mencken wrote, exaggerating only a little. And underlining ... «Irish Times, Oct 13»
Jethro Tull's Martin Barre – Away with Words (2013)
Meanwhile, former Tull bassist Jonathan Noyce is on board, and the Celtic-infused “Lament of the Spalpeen/Martin's Jig/Hymn” finds Barre taking up former ... «Something Else! Reviews, Sep 13»
The formula for a happy life? Stay curious, live in the moment and …
Spalpeen, Jomtien, Thailand, 27/7/2013 1:21 Errr.... no. That is one of todays problems in the UK. Everyone is getting a dog and most are not fit to have one. «Daily Mail, Jul 13»
Irish Sailing's Ruffian 23 Design Makes the Big Four–O
Neville's Spalpeen was the result, a successful little boat, but so spare and sparse that when he moved up to the Club Shamrock Demelza, it felt like he'd moved ... «Afloat, Apr 13»
Review: Rambler with a fixed abode
Harding is a sort of philosophical spalpeen, but he's a rambler with a fixed abode: a house he loves, a marriage to someone he always refers to as “My Beloved” ... «Irish Times, Mar 13»
