Have ye no electricity up there?
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Sometimes we take turnips down to galway and trade them for batteries
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When I was growing up it was sheep wire with 2 strands of thorny above. Everywhere.
What does the fence do that the wall doesnt?
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Electrocute
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Whats the fear they’d leap the wall? Sure the fence is right against it
Structure of the wall
We’ve a new neighbour …he ran amok with a digger, cut down trees, piled up soil and stones, took down the boundary fence and then buggered off. The boundary is on his side of the sheugh so it’s his responsibility.
We also ran a couple of strands on our side but its beyond salvation now. His place hasn’t a fence or gate and runs along a main road.
No point in falling out with the useless wanker. I spent the last 3 hours pulling staples, rolling up wite taking out posts and cursing him and his ancestors
Nice bath btw
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That’s one way of putting it I suppose
And I always thought we we mates
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sheugh
We’d pronounce it “shuck”
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Of course we are, I was just referring to your youthful online demeanor and spirit
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I’m hoping you’re not being sarcastic there
Never.
Even the tans round here pronounce it with a soft gh. On the other side of the bann they wouldn’t pronounce it shock or any other way. Heaney wrote about our gh that strangers couldn’t say. Lads like @TheBlackSpot are very self conscious about their aitches…a dead giveaway
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It’s like listenin to BBC newsreaders trying to say Magherafelt …Maggerafelt
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Like awarded for the excellent introduction of the noble sheugh.
That looks like it should be pronounced shoe instead of shuck
I know. About 40% of them are mis-pronouncing it on purpose
Then again…people from south Derry generally pronounce l it ‘marrafelt’