Sunday, July 16, 2017

1476-Caller-Marlice-Streely by A Way with Words

A listener in Cambridge, Wisconsin, says her mother, who is of Irish descent, used to tell her children to wash their hair so it wouldn’t be streely. This word derives from Irish for “unkempt,” and perhaps ultimately from a Gaelic term having to do with something “flapping” or “undone. via Pocket http://ift.tt/2tZ5QYH

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