w'ouse

Yola

Contraction

w'ouse

1. Alternative form of w'ous
   • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 84:

     Lidge w'ouse an a milagh, tis gaay an louthee:

     Lie with us on the clover, 'tis fair and sheltered:

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) 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, published 1867, page 84