
These usages are arranged alphabetically, all having something to
do with the theme of " religion, etc." For fuller information about each
usage, see the main list. There are twenty-six files there.
Just click on to the appropriate letter.
a lemmin pelter: member of the Orange Lodge
bagga yeast: priest
Cat'licks
Cogger: Catholic
Crate Egg: Irish Catholic immigrant
Farder flat (h)at: father what's-his-name
Farder Bunloaf: father what's-his-name
first footer:first person over the threshhold at the beginning of the New Year
(H)ail Mury, a: a Catholic
Jesus Fluid: holy water
knee-bender: pious person
left-handed: a Catholic
left footer: a Catholic
monkey house: monastery
Oiveh Maria, a: Catholic-Jewish wedding
penguin (h)ouse: nunnery
Proddy-Dog: Protestant
Prot or Protisant
rat catchers: Catholics
Redneck: Protestants or Catholics(depends on who's talking)
roller or roll-boy: a luridly pious person
sin shifter: parson, priest, or rabbi
sinner club: synagogue
spoilt priest: ex-priest
sunbeams: church-bound children
SAYINGS (RELIGION)
dat's a dairty black Protistant lie!
Proddy-dog, Proddy-dog, sitt'n on a well; Up came ther devil an' pulled 'im down ter 'ell.
The Orange Lodge has prayer books with handles(because they are always in the pubs)
Never trust a nun, son. You won't know your throat's been cut until your head starts nodding.