Bloomere

Yola

Alternative forms

• Bloomer

Etymology

From Middle English Blomere, Blomer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bluːˈmiː/

Proper noun

Bloomere

1. a surname, equivalent to English Bloomer
   • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 2, page 102:

     As ich waant draugh Bloomere's Knough,

     As I went through Bloomer's Knock,

   • 1867, “CASTEALE CUDDE'S LAMENTATION”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 6, page 104:

     To hint dhicka cursed vox vrom Bloomere's lhoan.

     To hunt that cursed fox from Bloomer's land.

Derived terms

• Bloomere's Knough
• Bloomer's Lhoan

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 104