Dirty owl wan

phr.

Heard in Tipperary

A thoroughly damp, miserable and wet day.

In use

Dirty owl wan, be god a tis harry, pure sicknin'" "It's a durtyowlwan today

Posh English

It is a thoroughly foul and damp day, by God it is miserable weather and quite sickening.

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