Have you heard of the 5 lamps?

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Heard in Dublin

Old Dublin expression used to shut someone up in a jokey manner. The full phrase is "Have you heard of the 5 lamps? Go hang your bollocks off them!" Its precise meaning is obscure.

In use

Anto: "Have you heard of the 5 lamps?" Pauly: "Yeah" Anto: "Go hang your bollocks off them!"

Posh English

Anto: Have you heard of the Five Lamps? Pauly: Indeed I have. Anto: Then pray go and suspend your nether regions from them!

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