Girsha; a little girl. (North and South.) Irish _geirrseach_ [girsagh], from _gearr_, short or small, with the feminine termination _seach_.
Gistra [_g_ sounded as in _get_], a sturdy, active old man. (Ulster.) Irish _giostaire_, same sound and meaning.
Gladiaathor [_aa_ long as in _car_]; a gladiator, a fighting quarrelsome fellow: used as a verb also:--'he went about the fair _gladiaatherin_,' i.e. shouting and challenging people to fight him.
Glaum, glam; to grab or grasp with the whole hand; to maul or pull about with the hands. Irish _glám_ [glaum], same meaning.
Glebe; in Ireland this word is almost confined to the land or farm attached to a Protestant rector's residence: hence called _glebe-land_. See p. 143.
Gleeag; a small handful of straw used in plaiting straw mats: a sheaf of straw threshed. (Kildare and Monaghan.)
Gleeks: to give a fellow the gleeks is to press the forefingers into the butt of the ears so as to cause pain: a rough sort of play. (Limerick.)
Gliggeen; a voluble silly talker. (Munster.) Irish _gluigín_ [gliggeen], a little bell, a little tinkler: from _glog_, same as _clog_, a bell.
Gliggerum; applied to a very bad old worn-out watch or clock. (Limerick.)
Glit; slimy mud; the green vegetable (_ducksmeat_) that grows on the surface of stagnant water. (Simmons: Armagh.)
Gloit; a blockhead of a young fellow. (Knowles.)
Glory be to God! Generally a pious exclamation of thankfulness, fear, &c.: but sometimes an ejaculation of astonishment, wonder, admiration, &c. Heard everywhere in Ireland.
Glower; to stare or glare at: 'what are you glowerin' at!' (Ulster.)
Glugger [_u_ sounded as in _full_]; empty noise; the noise made by shaking an addled egg. Also an addled egg. Applied very often in a secondary sense to a vain empty foolish boaster. (Munster.)
Glunter: a stupid person. (Knowles: Ulster.)
Gob; the mouth including lips: 'Shut your gob.' Irish _gob_, same meaning. Scotch, 'greedy _gab_.' (Burns.)
Gobshell; a big spittle direct from the mouth. (Limerick.) From Irish _gob_, the mouth, and _seile_ [shella], a spittle.
Gobs or jackstones; five small round stones with which little girls play against each other, by throwing them up and catching them as they fall; 'there are Nelly and Sally playing gobs.'