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Yola
[edit]Contraction
[edit]'tus
- Alternative form of 'twas
- 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 12:
- 'Tus a gearded ee freightened Billeen's yola caule.
- 'Twas a goat that frightened Billy's old caule (horse).
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