A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland |
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An excellent Yola dictionary with easy to find entries
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| Title | A Glossary, with Some Pieces of Verse, of the Old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland |
| Author | Jacob Poole |
| Editor | William Barnes |
| Publisher | Russell, 1867 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 19 Mar 2007 |
| Length | 139 pages |
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