Messages

v.

Heard in Galway, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford and Kildare

To go out and do the shopping or collect groceries.

I gotta go out to get some messages

Posh English

I must go out to procure some provisions.

Same phrase, other counties

• Kilkenny
• Tipperary
• Waterford
• Kildare

Related terms

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