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Johnny Magorey
Johnny Magorey n. (also Johnny McGory, Johnny McGorey, Johnny McGrorey) Irish English a fruit of the dog rose, Rosa canina, or (sometimes) of the hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna; a rose hip, a haw. [The second element is probably ultimately < Irish mogóir, †mugóire haw, rose hip (Early Irish mucor kind of berry or haw, of uncertain origin), with remodelling (within English) after the surname McGorey (Irish Mac Gothraidh).]
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Johnny Magorey1855
1855 J. McCarroll New Gauger iv, in Anglo-Amer. Mag. Mar. 249/1 I..filled my pockets, in the early frost, with sloes as big as Johnny Magories.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. viii. [Lestrygonians] 166 If you didn't know risky putting anything into your mouth. Poisonous berries. Johnny Magories.
1995 R. Wall Dict. & Gloss. Irish Lit. Revival 88 Johnny Magorey / McGory (magories), a hip, a dog-haw, the berry of the dog-rose; a rhyme used to tease young children.
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