Switch

n.

Heard in Waterford and Tipperary

A light stick or switch used for driving cattle.

Gimme the switch I'm off for the cows.

Posh English

Hand me the driving switch, for I must collect the cattle.

Same phrase, other counties

• Tipperary

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