Griffin, Gerald, author of 'The Collegians,' 5, &c. { 269}
Grig (greg in Sligo): a boy with sugarstick holds it out to another and says, 'grig, grig,' to triumph over him. Irish _griog_, same sound and meaning.
Grinder; a bright-coloured silk kerchief worn round the neck. (Edward Walsh: all over Munster.)
Gripe; a trench, generally beside a high ditch or fence. 'I got down into the gripe, thinking to [hide myself].' (Crofton Croker.)
Griskin or greeskeen; a small bit of meat cut off to be roasted--usually on the coals. Irish _gríscín_.
Grisset; a shallow iron vessel for melting things in, such as grease for dipping rushes, resin for dipping torches (_sluts_ or _paudioges_, which see), melting lead for various purposes, white metals for coining, &c. If a man is growing rapidly rich:--'You'd think he had the grisset down.'
Groak or groke; to look on silently--like a dog--at people while they are eating, hoping to be asked to eat a bit. (Derry.)
Grogue; three or four sods of turf standing on end, supporting each other like a little pyramid on the bog to dry. (Limerick.) Irish _gruag_, same meaning.
Groodles; the broken bits mixed with liquid left at the bottom of a bowl of soup, bread and milk, &c.
Group or grup; a little drain or channel in a cow-house to lead off the liquid manure. (Ulster.)
Grue or grew; to turn from with disgust:--'He grued at the physic.' (Ulster).
Grug; sitting on one's grug means sitting on the heels without touching the ground. (Munster.) Same as Scotch _hunkers_. 'Sit down on your grug and thank God for a seat.'
Grumagh or groomagh; gloomy, { 270} ill-humoured:--'I met Bill this morning looking very _grumagh_.' (General.) From Irish _gruaim_ [_grooim_], gloom, ill-humour, with the usual suffix _-ach_, equivalent to English _-y_ as in _gloomy_.
Grumpy; surly, cross, disagreeable. (General.)
Gubbadhaun; a bird that follows the cuckoo. (Joyce.)
Gubbaun; a strap tied round the mouth of a calf or foal, with a row of projecting nail points, to prevent it sucking the mother. From Irish _gob_, the mouth, with the diminutive. (South.)
Gubbalagh; a mouthful. (Munster.) Irish _goblach_, same sound and meaning. From _gob_, the mouth, with the termination _lach_.
Gulpin; a clownish uncouth fellow. (Ulster.)