Cork Slang, Like A Dictionary of Cork Slang
by Seán Beecher
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Introduction · Acknowledgements
POOLEY

Construct: Noun
Definition: Urine.
Use: To do one's pooley.
To urinate.
Derivation: Unknown, possibly a corruption of 'Fual' - urine. (Dinneen). And note 'Pooley' - urine (Ireland and West Cumbria). (Wright). And note '. . . . When you lot were putting volumes of pooley through your mother's apron'. (O'Mahony).


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