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ОглавлениеCONTINUATION OF THE MEMOIRS OF THE RACKRENT FAMILY
HISTORY OF SIR CONOLLY RACKRENT
GLOSSARY 2. LET ALONE THE THREE KINGDOMS ITSELF.
—Ullaloo, Gol, or lamentation over the dead—
GLOSSARY 4. THE TENANTS WERE SENT AWAY WITHOUT THEIR WHISKY.
GLOSSARY 5. HE DEMEANED HIMSELF GREATLY—
Means, he lowered or disgraced himself much.
GLOSSARY 6. DUTY FOWLS, DUTY TURKEYS, AND DUTY GEESE.—
GLOSSARY 10. OUT OF FORTY-NINE SUITS WHICH HE HAD, HE NEVER LOST ONE BUT SEVENTEEN.
GLOSSARY 14. SIR MURTAGH GREW MAD
GLOSSARY 15. THE WHOLE KITCHEN WAS OUT ON THE STAIRS
GLOSSARY 16. FINING DOWN THE YEAR’S RENT.
GLOSSARY 18. I THOUGHT TO MAKE HIM A PRIEST.
—in Ireland, means a simpleton, an idiot.
GLOSSARY 24. AND SO SHOULD CUT HIM OFF FOR EVER BY LEVYING A FINE,
GLOSSARY 25. A RAKING POT OF TEA.
GLOSSARY 26. WE GAINED THE DAY BY THIS PIECE OF HONESTY.
