Sooney
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Yola[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Sooney
- a female given name, equivalent to English Sonny
- 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 9:
- Fan Sooney shu tumbled vlat upa road.
- And Alice she tumbled flat on the road.
- 1927, “YOLA ZONG O BARONY VORTH”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 132, line 9:
- Co Sooney, "Billeen dowst thee zee faads lewer,
- Says Alice "Billy, do you see what's yonder?"
References[edit]
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 132