girsha

It's well I remember when I was a little girsha that I saw one of them on a goat that my grandfather brought with him out of

Poets and Dreamers Studies and translations from the Irish Lady Gregory 1892

"A girsha!" said Peggy, his fellow-servant, feeling the indignity just offered to her sex -- "Why thin, bad manners to your assurance for that same: a girsha's as well intitled to a full glass as a gorsoon, any day."

Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831

"Come, girsha, keep basting the mutton, and never heed my boots -- turn it about and baste the back of it better."

Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831

Ay was there, many a finer couple under the same roof, and on the same street; so no palaver, my man; But are you prepared to stand for the girsha?

Phelim Otoole's Courtship and Other Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831

One can't hear their ears for them -- you an 'the girsha, an' let us see what you can do.

The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831

"One, sir -- but she's only a _girsha_" (a little girl).

The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831

"To be sure he will, girsha, as soon as he's ordained -- every bit as well as Father Finnerty," replied Mary.

Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831

Go over there, now, you an 'the girsha, to that other table, an' -- whish!

The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831

"Ay, ay," said the latter, "it's very fine now that you have everything your own way, you girsha; but, sure, you're all the daughter we have, achora, and it would be too bad not to let you have a little of your own opinion in the choice of a husband.

Fardorougha, The Miser The Works of William Carleton, Volume One William Carleton 1831

So Mave, if you'll be guided by your priest, advance the mutton towards the fire about two inches, and keep the little girsha basting steadily, and then you'll be sure to have it rich and juicy. "

Going to Maynooth Traits and Stories of the Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three William Carleton 1831