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Etymology
Borrowed from Irish cál ceannann. Cognate to English colcannon.
Pronunciation
Noun
coolecannan
- A mixed dish of winter greens and potatoes, butter and pepper, similar to colcannon.
1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 94:Maade a nicest coolecannan that e'er ye did zee.- Made the nicest coolecannan that ever you did see.
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 31