hooley
(Ireland) A noisy celebration or party; also, an evening of traditional music and dance.
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(Ireland) A noisy celebration or party; also, an evening of traditional music and dance.
At a family gathering, a wake or a Christmas hooley, other children would step forward to sing a rhyme or dance a hornpipe.
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(Scotland) Chiefly in the form to blow a hooley: a strong wind; a gale.
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