Buckeen

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Buckeen

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bucky
    • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 2:
      Thaay heighed upa Buckeen twi hours avar dawn,
      They mounted on Buckeen two hours before dawn.
    • 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 4:
      Fan Buckeen hay pooked lik own thing mad.
      When Buckeen he jumped like a thing mad.

References[edit]

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132