Skirt

n.

Heard in Sligo, Longford and Galway

An urgent instruction to run or make haste, often to evade authorities.

In use

Skirt immeedege, here come the Guards up the lane!

Posh English

Make haste immediately, the constabulary are approaching up the lane.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Greyhound skirtA very short skirt; only inches from the hare (hair!).
  • Chasing skirtPursuing young women for romantic or sexual purposes.
  • Do a runnerTo run away or escape, especially without paying a bill. Also to emigrate to evade the…
  • Run-away knockA street game, where you knock at a door or ring a door bell and run away and hide…
  • Ya may run!A warning to run away quickly before one is struck or punished.
  • Shade burnersRunning shoes employed to evade the authorities.