curcagh

Yola

Etymology

curk (“to squat”) +‎ -agh

Adjective

curcagh

  1. Alternative form of curkite
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 84:
      Th’ weithest all curcagh, wafur, an cornee.
      You seem all snappish, uneasy, and fretful.

References
  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, 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, London: J. Russell Smith, page 33
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