Born in a barn

phr.

Heard in Wexford and Monaghan

Said to someone who leaves a room without closing the door behind them, especially when a fire is lit.

Were ya born in a barn or what?

Posh English

Were you delivered into this world within an agricultural stable, or what precisely is the explanation?

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