Scatter

n.

Heard in Kildare, Cork, Kilkenny, Waterford, Kerry and Limerick

To run quickly, disperse or make haste.

Scatter boys! Sceids about!

Posh English

Disperse at once, lads! The authorities are in the vicinity!

Same phrase, other counties

• Cork
• Kilkenny
• Waterford
• Kerry
• Limerick

Related terms

• SketchTo run away or scatter quickly.
• Ya may run!A warning to run away quickly before one is struck or punished.
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• SkirtAn urgent instruction to run or make haste, often to evade authorities.
• Up for the bahTo throw up in the air to cause a scatter and who catches it keeps it.
• Jaysus, I'm so hungry I'd eat the horse and run after the jockeyExtremely hungry; ravenous to an absurd degree.