caulès

Yola

Alternative forms

• caules

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔːɫz/

Noun

caulès

1. plural of caule
   • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 39:

     Dinna fare a caulès.

     Don't frighten the horses.

   • 1867, “BIT OF DIALOGUE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 111:

     Caulès will na get to wullaw to-die.

     Horses will not get to wallow to-day.

   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 6-8:

     Na oure gladès ana whilke we dellt wi' mattoke, an zing t'oure caulès wi plou,

     In our valleys where we were digging with the spade, or as we whistled to our horses in the plough,

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 29