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Luck of the Irish

Each of the following vocabulary words comes

from anIrish root word.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

ballyhoo (n)•Extravagant publicity or fuss

•After all the ballyhoo about the new movie, it was a flop at the box office.

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banshee (n)•In Irish legend, a female spirit whose wailing warns of impending death

•The banshee haunted the hallways of the home, wailing her warning of impending disaster.

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blarney (n)•Charming, flattering, persuasive speech

•Anyone who kisses the Blarney Stone at Blarney Castle gains the gift of persuasive speech.

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bog (n)•Wet, muddy, soft ground

•Traveling in a bog is treacherous, as it does not support much weight.

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boycott (n,v)•Refuse to buy or handle goods as a punishment or protest

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•During WWII, Nazi sympathizers boycotted Jewish shops and businesses.

brogue (n)•A marked accent, especially Irish

or Scottish

•When I visited Dublin, I could hardly understand the locals due to their heavy brogue.

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colleen (n)•An Irish term for a girl or young

woman

•In Ireland, young women are still referred to as colleens.

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donnybrook (n)• Scene of uproar or disorder; brawl

•The word donnybrook is named after a suburb in Dublin, famous for its annual fair.

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leprechaun (n)•In Irish folklore, a small

mischievous elf

•Leprechauns are associated with the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.(And this one is holding a shillelagh.)

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limerick (n)• A humorous, short poem of 2 short and

3 long lines, rhyme scheme of aabba

•There is actually a county in Ireland named Limerick.

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shamrock (n)•A plant with 3-lobed leaves, used

as the national symbol of Ireland

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•When I visited Ireland, I bought a pair of earrings shaped like shamrocks as a gift for my mother.

shillelagh (n)•A thick stick of wood used in Ireland, especially as a weapon.

•When Robert heard the mayhem outside his door, he quickly grabbed his shillelagh.

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smithereens (n)•Small pieces

•Unfortunately, the shenanigans using the cherry bomb blew the trash can to smithereens!

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