Posted by Murrisk on August 27, 2001 at 06:11:12:
In Reply to: Re: Luveen posted by Mavis on August 26, 2001 at 22:19:59:
Couldn't rightly say. They could be 'up the street' or 'down the street' or 'out on a shhhkite'. And why did people say 'out the Newport road', 'out the Westport road', 'out the Breaffy road', 'out in Belcarra', 'out the golf links road' BUT 'down the Turlough road'. Why did we 'go back to Westport', 'over to Claremorris' 'down to Ballina' and 'up to Galway'. Why did we go 'up the bogs, 'back the railway', 'down the lake', 'back to the sea' and 'down to the mast for a walk'. We also went 'up to Dublin' and 'up to Belfast', but 'down the country', 'down to Cork, 'down to Limerick' but 'up to Galway'.