allanna
dear child
ball o' malt
shot of whiskey
body shuk
person taken advantage of
Boney's Oraculum
a popular pamphlet containing fortune-telling cards, interpretations of dreams, and such things
braces
suspenders
C.I.D.
term derived from the Criminal Investigation Department of Scotland Yard; refers to the Free State police investigators
chassis
chaos
chiselurs
children
Civic Guards
Free State police force, founded in 1922
collier
a ship carrying coal
collogin'
talking
Confraternity men
members of a voluntary Catholic organization who do charity work
Consols
Consolidated Annuities (British government securities)
Deirdre of the Sorras
Deirdre of the Sorrows; tragic heroine of Irish myth, who brought death to her lover and his two brothers and later committed suicide
Diehard
A supporter of independence for all of Ireland during the Irish civil war; also known as a Republican or Irregular. The Diehards fought against the Free Staters, who accepted the treaty with Great Britain accepting independence for 26 of 32 Irish counties.
doty
cute
drayman
cart driver
flyin' column
mobile unit of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) or Irish Volunteers during the war for independence
frog's march
face down, feet dragging
gradle
great deal
heart o' the rowl
the most flavorful part of a wad of chewing tobacco
jack-actin'
playing the fool
lattherly
recently
make
halfpenny
marlin-spike
a tool used for splicing rope, pointed and made of iron
Mobilizer
officer whose job it was to rouse soldiers to action
Novena
a program of prayer lasting nine days
O'Connell Street
main street in Dublin around which the 1916 Easter Rising took place
paycock
peacock
puff
life
red rex
penny
redshank
a type of seagull
shut-eyed
sentimental
skelpin'
spanking
stout
dark beer brewed in Ireland
Tans
auxiliary forces used by the British to suppress the Irish rebels (1919-1921)
twisther
liar; swindler
two-pair back
two room apartment
whack
portion
