“That put the kybosh on things!” Have you ever heard this phrase? I know it is one I often heard when I was growing up in Ireland. My granny loved to use the word “kybosh.” If you came up with an idea she wasn’t too keen on, she might reply by saying … “We’ll […]
Hay Foot, Straw Foot
“Hay-foot, straw-foot” was a term my late granny loved to use as we marched around her West Cork farm. “Let’s go east for the pigs. Come on now. Hay foot, straw foot.” I remember asking granny why she said “hay-foot, straw-foot”, and she explained that years ago in Ireland hay and straw were […]
Between The Jigs And The Reels
My West Cork granny frequently referred to jigs and reels in her daily speech. Whenever she was a little flustered, in a hurry, or feeling chaotic, she would make an exclamation about Irish dancing, no less. “Between the jigs and the reels, I don’t know whether I’m coming or going.” Any stranger would believe […]
