Hate from the bog

exp.

Heard in Offaly

Peat or turf for the fire. The phrase has no connection whatsoever to racism.

In use

Dere's great hate off thah fire, isn't dere.' 'Aye, hate from the bog!

Posh English

There is magnificent heat radiating from that hearth, is there not. Indeed, heat derived from the peat.

  • Like a bogSoaked in sweat to the point of resembling a peat bog.
  • MossA peat bog or stretch of waterlogged moorland used for cutting turf.
  • Goin on the turf patrolSmoking cannabis in a bog with rural friends.
  • Dam a hateA response meaning there is no news or nothing happening.
  • Divil de hateNone at all. Not a bit.
  • HateHeat, warmth, or thermal radiation.