Schkelp

n.

Heard in Wexford, Mayo, Sligo, Cork, Galway and Offaly

To tear or rip away living tissue from the body without surgical means.

Da fella took a schkelp outta me knee

Posh English

The fellow tore a strip of living tissue from my knee.

Same phrase, other counties

• Mayo
• Sligo
• Cork
• Galway
• Offaly

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