| That is a very good question! I have looked up reference books,
Encyclopedia Britannica, dictionaries, etc. to no avail. Mr. Cochrane
may have been referring to the state of Irish graveyards.
Unfortunately, much to our embarrassment and the achagrin of visitors
form other parts looking up their ancestors, Irish graveyards tend to
be in a disorganised state. They are often full of weeds, briars,
nettles, and it is hard to see any pattern to the layout of the plots.
This has improved over the years, thanks to the efforts of Bord Failte
and othe government bodies. Therefore, an irish graveyard may be an
expression for a chaotic scene with people everywhere and a Tipperary
graveyard may be a derivative of that. That is my story and I am
sticking to it!
Mr Cochrane, while not my first choice as a person to go camping with,
is very articulate. He recently accused the prosecution of
legerdemain, which means light of hand in French, or sleight of hand.
I'll keep looking around, but for now, my guess above is all I (and my
father) can think of. Good luck to you.
Ken Hanly, Digital, Dublin
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| Last time in Ireland, as I was driving through Mayo,
I was listening to RTE. There was a great talk show
which discussed Irish and English word origin, vocabulary,
and word derivation, etc... Very interesting show. Does
anyone know the name of it? Or who the host was?
I remember they were discussing the word "rilly" as in
really rilly eggs - meaning eggs that were runny. Ooh,
that's pleasant.
Maybe one could pose the question about the Tipp grave to
that talk show...
/george
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| From: XSTACY::VBORMC::"[email protected]" "Clyde F O'Neal II"
14-MAR-1995 19:09:48.39
To: XSTACY::jlundon
CC:
Subj: Re: Tipperary grave?
>Since we were on the trail of the meaning of "Lace Curtain Irish" last
>week how about "Tipperary Grave" this?
>
>Anyone have any ideas what it might mean and in what context might you
>use it?
>
> James.
I'm guessing:
Could refer to an unburied person; There were lots of unburied people in
famine & war times. The lack of a grave could be a Tipperary Grave ie no
grave at all. This happened a lot to black Americans after the Civil War.
Regards,
Clyde F. O'Neal II, [email protected]
Whatever I say is my own opinion and it does not represent the U. S.
Federal Government.
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