Came up the Lagan in a bubble

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Do you think I'm stupid? The Belfast version of 'I wasn't born yesterday'.

Heard in Down

In use

One pint, is it? Do ye think I came up de Lagan in a bubble?

Lawrence Muck's posh English
Lawrence Muck

Shall I translate it into posh English for you, mucker?

Hail and well met. Here it is in posh English.

A single pint, you say? Do you take me for an innocent who floated up the River Lagan in a soap bubble?

Questions

What does came up the Lagan in a bubble mean in Ireland?

Do you think I'm stupid? The Belfast version of 'I wasn't born yesterday'.

Where in Ireland do people say came up the Lagan in a bubble?

People say came up the Lagan in a bubble in Down.

How do you use came up the Lagan in a bubble in a sentence?

“One pint, is it? Do ye think I came up de Lagan in a bubble?”

Updated

Same phrase, other counties

  • Down (not in the dictionary)

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