th'ar

Yola

Pronoun

th'ar

1. Alternative form of aar (“there”)
   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:

     Th'ar was a waddeen in Ballymore,

     [There was a wedding in Ballymoe,]

   • 1867, “DR. RUSSELL ON THE INHABITANTS AND DIALECT OF THE BARONY OF FORTH”, in APPENDIX:

     Th'ar was a hunnert, lackin a score,

     [There was a hundred, lacking a score,]

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 130