Talk to Joe I am sure he could get three days out of this one.
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Mozza was in town last night also….I’ll get my coat.
Soundings
2014-speak
Flat=apartment
Flea=mosquito
Rash=insect bite
ZeligIsJaded
Totes
Kin Kong Ovo
Whether you accept it or not –
Apartment is most commonly used now to describe a unit in a purpose built complex built within the last 30 years. A flat, now refers to either a) council development with external stairwells, or b) a “renovated” Georgian house split into several units of inferior quality.
AhHereLeaveItOut
I’m not sure what that post is supposed to mean. Are you suggesting this guy can’t tell the difference between a flea and a mosquito, or between a rash and an insect bite.? You know we have mosquitoes in Ireland, right? Also, flat/apartment – who gives a fupp
sickofallthisbs
There is a difference between a flat and an apartment. I thought a wannabe pedant like you would know that.
dylad
In my day we called this Scabies.
reidman
When I were lad this were all fields – and this was called a chinese burn
Medium Sized C
We would have loved to be able afford Chinese burns….
Mani
Excerrent!
Disasta
Maybe its the bang of poor in your “flat” attracting them?
Reppy
You need a few daddy long legs in there, apparently they’re the most poisonous of them all and eat Mosquitos for brekkie, but they can’t penetrate human skin making them harmless to us
Midges… same thing. Spend a day on the bog saving turf in July, you’ll know all about them in a few minutes :)
Mikeyfex
Hold on now Clampers, you’re muddying the waters for me even more here. I had just accepted that mosquitoes were relatively new to Ireland, but they are here. And now you’re just putting out there that they’re the same as midges when midges have been around the whole time and they look and act nothing like mosquitoes from holidays. Throw away comments like that are what give the bottom half of the internet such a bad reputation.
I have spent days in the bog with my dad saving turf and apart from the itch and soreness that is an attack from a swarm of “midgets” (which is how I pronounced it until my Dublin hubby corrected me) has anyone ever had the misfortune if experiencing sciortáns (pronounced skirtaaaaaawns ). They’re like deer ticks and once they bite into you they find a warm place (under armpit or groin) and they stay sucking your blood until they drop off a few days later. An I the only culchie who has experience of these????
Spaghetti Hoop
Read that as ‘on’ the bog.
GiGi
Is it “on” the bog nationwide, in Kerry my grandfather and father say a day “in” the big.
Tomatoes and Tomatoes Hoop. I’m letting down culchies everywhere. : )
Buzz
Mozzies are not the same as midges, they’re a lot worse and they have arrived in Ireland – or at least I came across one for the first time this summer. Climate change maybe. Their most distinguishing feature is the high-pitched sound they make that should terrify you if you hear it in the night.
Spaghetti Hoop
Heard it last night from the direction of the Point.
Anonanoanom
then it was definitely a mozzie. A horrible buzzing noise.
Twunt
Are there Mosquitoes in Ireland? It is a 100% nailed on, absolutely, positively, YES.
How do I know? I’ve see them and been bitten my them many times.
Now I’m quite sure my word is not good enough for you so lets check with a foremost authority in the area, would the word of the Centres for Disease Control in the USA be enough to convince the doubters?
This map, from the CDC, shows the distribution of various Anopheles species. It clearly shows that at A. barbirostris is found throughout almost all of Ireland.
Heard that high pitched buzz in my bedroom one night last August, saw what appeared to be a mozzie but ignored it. Fupper bit my shin and caused a welt that took three months to heal for some reason. There’s a scar. A bit of research later and I bought a tiny bottle of Clove oil and mixed a little with water and put it jn an old Fabreze bottle (and spray type bottle will do) insects HATE the smell. We had a wasp hive in our back garden and they were becoming quite pesky around September so before sitting down we’d spritz the air around us with the clove oil and water spray and they kept well away from us. (Wouldn’t suggest it to bee keepers though): )
PS. Clove oil burns like bejaysus so don’t let it anywhere near your skin. Spritzing it works well on pests as well as mould and mildew. It’s powerful stuff… and NO I’m not 179 years old. : )
Buzz
Good to know. I bring Vicks vapour rub when I go anywhere hot as they don’t like eucalyptus but I’ll add clove oil to the mix.
Talk to Joe I am sure he could get three days out of this one.
Mozza was in town last night also….I’ll get my coat.
2014-speak
Flat=apartment
Flea=mosquito
Rash=insect bite
Totes
Whether you accept it or not –
Apartment is most commonly used now to describe a unit in a purpose built complex built within the last 30 years. A flat, now refers to either a) council development with external stairwells, or b) a “renovated” Georgian house split into several units of inferior quality.
I’m not sure what that post is supposed to mean. Are you suggesting this guy can’t tell the difference between a flea and a mosquito, or between a rash and an insect bite.? You know we have mosquitoes in Ireland, right? Also, flat/apartment – who gives a fupp
There is a difference between a flat and an apartment. I thought a wannabe pedant like you would know that.
In my day we called this Scabies.
When I were lad this were all fields – and this was called a chinese burn
We would have loved to be able afford Chinese burns….
Excerrent!
Maybe its the bang of poor in your “flat” attracting them?
You need a few daddy long legs in there, apparently they’re the most poisonous of them all and eat Mosquitos for brekkie, but they can’t penetrate human skin making them harmless to us
That’s a myth.
I saw a ladybird yesterday, no joke.
Repent sinners, the end is nigh! Ladybirds in December wha!
Wasp over the weekend.
no, it was yesterday, Monday.
Iguana on the car this morning.
I laughed Hoop, bit my lip I did :)
I saw a few mozzies over the weekend too. Nice to see I wasn’t just imagining it.
The little Fuppers bit me every where. i didn’t even know we had mosquito in Ireland. And in this bloody weather.
I’ve never seen a mosquito in Ireland. saw many elsewhere but not in Ireland
Midges… same thing. Spend a day on the bog saving turf in July, you’ll know all about them in a few minutes :)
Hold on now Clampers, you’re muddying the waters for me even more here. I had just accepted that mosquitoes were relatively new to Ireland, but they are here. And now you’re just putting out there that they’re the same as midges when midges have been around the whole time and they look and act nothing like mosquitoes from holidays. Throw away comments like that are what give the bottom half of the internet such a bad reputation.
Nothing wrong with midgets.
I’ve feel so low now, like dirt…… this is terrible Mikefex…
I think the pc word is little fly. You can’t be saying midget.
I can say ‘midges’ though :P
Racist.
I have spent days in the bog with my dad saving turf and apart from the itch and soreness that is an attack from a swarm of “midgets” (which is how I pronounced it until my Dublin hubby corrected me) has anyone ever had the misfortune if experiencing sciortáns (pronounced skirtaaaaaawns ). They’re like deer ticks and once they bite into you they find a warm place (under armpit or groin) and they stay sucking your blood until they drop off a few days later. An I the only culchie who has experience of these????
Read that as ‘on’ the bog.
Is it “on” the bog nationwide, in Kerry my grandfather and father say a day “in” the big.
Tomatoes and Tomatoes Hoop. I’m letting down culchies everywhere. : )
Mozzies are not the same as midges, they’re a lot worse and they have arrived in Ireland – or at least I came across one for the first time this summer. Climate change maybe. Their most distinguishing feature is the high-pitched sound they make that should terrify you if you hear it in the night.
Heard it last night from the direction of the Point.
then it was definitely a mozzie. A horrible buzzing noise.
Are there Mosquitoes in Ireland? It is a 100% nailed on, absolutely, positively, YES.
How do I know? I’ve see them and been bitten my them many times.
Now I’m quite sure my word is not good enough for you so lets check with a foremost authority in the area, would the word of the Centres for Disease Control in the USA be enough to convince the doubters?
This map, from the CDC, shows the distribution of various Anopheles species. It clearly shows that at A. barbirostris is found throughout almost all of Ireland.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Anopheles-range-map.png
Case closed.
Heard that high pitched buzz in my bedroom one night last August, saw what appeared to be a mozzie but ignored it. Fupper bit my shin and caused a welt that took three months to heal for some reason. There’s a scar. A bit of research later and I bought a tiny bottle of Clove oil and mixed a little with water and put it jn an old Fabreze bottle (and spray type bottle will do) insects HATE the smell. We had a wasp hive in our back garden and they were becoming quite pesky around September so before sitting down we’d spritz the air around us with the clove oil and water spray and they kept well away from us. (Wouldn’t suggest it to bee keepers though): )
PS. Clove oil burns like bejaysus so don’t let it anywhere near your skin. Spritzing it works well on pests as well as mould and mildew. It’s powerful stuff… and NO I’m not 179 years old. : )
Good to know. I bring Vicks vapour rub when I go anywhere hot as they don’t like eucalyptus but I’ll add clove oil to the mix.
Saving this piece of info!