blur-an-age

Updated: May 27, 2025

Darby, however, who resolved to have something like a decided opinion from him, without at all considering whether such a thing was possible, pressed him strongly upon the point. "Arrah, blur-an-age, Docthor Swither, say one thing or other. Is he to live or die? "The bullet, I am inclined to think," replied the Doctor, "must either not have touched a vital part, or touched it only slightly.

William Carleton - The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh: Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of: William Carleton, Volume Three

"But considher," said another, edging off from Jemmy, however, "that he's a poor scholar, an' that there's a great blessin' to thim that assists the likes of him." "Ay, is there that, sure enough, Dan; but you see blur-an-age, what's to be done? He can't die this way, wid nobody wid him but himself." "Let us help him!" exclaimed another, "for God's sake, an' we won't be apt to take it thin."

William Carleton - The Poor Scholar: Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of: William Carleton, Volume Three