irish yell.
Mar 17, 2013 11:56:49 #
what is the meaning of this irish yell in a pub? "katie bar the door"
Mar 17, 2013 12:06:37 #
Mar 17, 2013 13:05:54 #
CD731 wrote:
Its a warning that trouble is coming.
i heared it two ways in your contex.
1 "the relatives are comming and they are hungry."" katie bar the door".
2 o'brien and o'malley got into it at the pub last night and it was "katie bar the door". meaning.
"keep the coppers out it's too good a fight to let them break it up".
Mar 17, 2013 13:18:21 #
the phrase, believed, originates with the story of Catherine Douglas and her attempt to save the Scottish King James I. He was attacked by discontented subjects in Perth in 1437. The room he was in had a door with a missing locking bar. The story goes that Catherine Douglas tries to save him by barring the door with her arm. Her her arm was broken and the mob murdered the King. The 'lass that barred the door' - Catherine Douglas, was henceforth known as Catherine Barlass. The story, although in it is the full Sir Walter Scott romantic history style, is quite well documented from contemporary records and the descendants of Catherine Douglas still use the Barlass name.
Mar 19, 2013 10:36:50 #
CD731 wrote:
the phrase, believed, originates with the story of... (show quote)
i like your version, i'll have to do more research.
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