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mollybabyCork City, Cork Ireland56 Threads 8 Polls 23,608 PostsArthur_Sixpence: So what do you call tourists in Ireland?...
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Arthur_Sixpence: Anyone for 'tratters'....and six o'clock cattle...
I've never heard of a tratter. Or a grockle either.And I'm a culchie .
Maybe it's the Clare accent?
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mollybaby: We don't use grockle here
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jimgi: I've never heard of a tratter. Or a grockle either.
And I'm a culchie .
Maybe it's the Clare accent?
We don't say tratter either And I'm a culchie .
Maybe it's the Clare accent?
Blow-ins yeah
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jimgi: I've never heard of a tratter. Or a grockle either.
And I'm a culchie .
Maybe it's the Clare accent?
I'm starting to feel a little bit isolated here.... And I'm a culchie .
Maybe it's the Clare accent?
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Arthur_Sixpence: I'm starting to feel a little bit isolated here.... ...
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mollybaby: You're used to being isolated out in the countryside, you culchie blow-in
You'll rue day you ever crossed me you, you, YOU TOWNIE!.....we have spells out here, and creatures, yes, we have spells and creatures....and fiddle music!------ This thread is Archived ------
mollybaby: I would find living in the heart of the countryside difficult. The silence would kill me
Give you a week in the countryside,you'd realise that there's lots of sounds. Your hearing is only tuned in to the sounds of traffic.------ This thread is Archived ------
Arthur_Sixpence: You'll rue day you ever crossed me you, you, YOU TOWNIE!.....we have spells out here, and creatures, yes, we have spells and creatures....and fiddle music!
I have my own spells, mister. Passed down through thousands of years of tradition. 
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mollybaby: I have my own spells, mister. Passed down through thousands of years of tradition.
I'm not afraid of being turned into a newt....their tails grow back you know... 
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mollybaby: I do mutter a bit under my breath alright when I go to the market rushing around trying to doing my shopping for fish/veg etc., and there are groups of tourists blocking the aisles taking photographs
MiMi could be one of them.....
Molly
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MiMiArt: MiMi could be one of them.....
Molly
Nah, you'd be eating from one of the stalls Molly
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jimgi: If you happen to see a woman shopping in the market & grumbling profusely at the same time,it's probably wise to get out of the way quickly.
I'd never grumble at Mimi 
You, I would probably trip up and pretend nothing, just walk away
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jimgi: How very unsociable of you
At least I didn't kick you while you were downI'm very kind really
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mollybaby: Nah, you'd be eating from one of the stalls
Yup! MiMi would be chomping away on them goodies! 
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jimgi: If you happen to see a woman shopping in the market & grumbling profusely at the same time,it's probably wise to get out of the way quickly.
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MiMiArt: Yup! MiMi would be chomping away on them goodies!
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