prasaugh

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Irish prásach (“soft mass”).

Pronunciation

Noun

prasaugh

  1. weed
    • 1867, “THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 3, page 94:
      Aar was lhaung kaayle an nettles, ee-mixt wee prasaugh buee,
      There was long kale and nettles, mingled with yellow-weed,

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 94
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