rising of the moon
English
editEtymology
editFrom the ballad "The Rising of the Moon" (c1865), recounting a battle between the United Irishmen and the British Army during the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
Noun
editrising of the moon (plural risings of the moon)
- (Ireland, poetic) a rebellion.
- 1981, Johnny McEvoy, The Ballad of John Williams:
- And the peelers and the landlords
and the risings of the moon
And if ever I return again,
'twill be too bloody soon".