Cournug
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Proper noun[edit]
Cournug
- a male given name, equivalent to English Cournut
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 7, page 86:
- An aar w' had Treblere an sturdy Cournug.
- And there we had Treblere and sturdy Cournug.
- 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 9, page 88:
- Fan Cournug yate a rishp, an Treblere pit w'eeme.
- When Cournug gave a stroke, and Treblere put with him.
References[edit]
- 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 86