Disremember; to forget. Good old English; now out of fashion in England, but common in Ireland.
Ditch. In Ireland a ditch is a raised fence or earthen wall or mound, and a dyke (or _sheuch_ as they call it in Donegal and elsewhere in Ulster) is a deep cutting, commonly filled with water. In England both words mean exactly the reverse. Hence 'hurlers on the ditch,' or 'the best hurlers are on the ditch' (where speakers of pure English would use 'fence') said in derision of persons who are mere idle spectators sitting up on high watching the game--whatever it may be--and boasting how they would _do the devil an' all_ if they were only playing. Applied in a broad sense to those who criticise persons engaged in any strenuous affair--critics who think they could do better.
Dollop; to adulterate: 'that coffee is dolloped.'
Donny; weak, in poor health. Irish _donaidhe_, same sound and meaning. Hence _donnaun_, a poor weakly creature, same root with the diminutive. From still the same root is _donsy_, sick-looking.
Donagh-dearnagh, the Sunday before Lammas (1st August). (Ulster.) Irish _Domnach_, Sunday; and _deireannach_, last, i.e. last Sunday of the period before 1st August.
Doodoge [the two _d_'s sounded like _th_ in _thus_]; a big pinch of snuff. [Limk.] Irish _dúdóg_.
Dooraght [_d_ sounded as in the last word]; tender care and kindness shown to a person. Irish { 249} _dúthracht_, same sound and meaning. In parts of Ulster it means a small portion given over and above what is purchased (Simmons and Knowles); called elsewhere a _tilly_, which see. This word, in its sense of kindness, is very old; for in the Brehon Law we read of land set aside by a father for his daughter through _dooraght_.
Doorshay-daurshay [_d_ in both sounded as _th_ in _thus_], mere hearsay or gossip. The first part is Irish, representing the sound of _dubhairt-sé_, 'said he.' The second part is a mere doubling of the first, as we find in many English words, such as 'fiddle-faddle,' 'tittle-tattle' (which resembles our word). Often used by Munster lawyers in court, whether Irish-speaking or not, in depreciation of hearsay evidence in contradistinction to the evidence of looking-on. 'Ah, that's all mere _doorshay-daurshay_.' Common all over Munster. The information about the use of the term in law courts I got from Mr. Maurice Healy. A different form is sometimes heard:--_D'innis bean dom gur innis bean di_, 'a woman told me that a woman told her.'