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This St Patrick's Day you can speak just like an Irish person with these slang words and phrases

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What is 'acting the maggot'?

An Irish term for fooling and messing around

Acting like an insect

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What does 'bang on' mean?

Absolutely right

Completely wrong

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If someone said 'come on, you boyo', who are they talking about?

The lead singer of U2

A young male

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What does bucketing down mean?

It's raining a lot

The prices of buckets have gone down in price

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What is 'Craic'?

A thin line or space in the surface of something

Fun, gossip, goings-on

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What is to be a 'gas'?

Funny or amusing

Scary and dangerous

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What is to be 'grand'?

to have 1000 euros

A positive response when asked how you are

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What is a 'rugger bugger'?

Someone who loves bugs

Someone posh, loud and loves rugby

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What does it mean to 'leg it'?

Go somewhere showing your legs

Go somewhere very fast

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What does 'donkeys years' mean?

A long time

How old a donkey is

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What is 'savage'

Something very bad

Something very good

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If something or someone is described as 'wee' how are they?

Big

Small

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If you tell someone to 'wind their neck in', what do you want them to do?

Keep talking

Be quiet

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If you go to the 'jacks', where are you going?

The toilet

The pub

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If someone calls you a spanner what do they think of your intelligence?

You are not very clever

You are very clever

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