Statistics for English Words from Irish

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
alcoholic beverage of which Scotch is a variety	whiskey	94%
machine used to tell time	clock	92%
three-leafed clover	shamrock	92%
fairy usually depicted as a short man with a pot of gold	leprechaun	90%
British term for what Americans call "pants"	trousers	90%
female spirit heard keening when someone is about to die	banshee	87%
mouth; someone astonished into silence is ___smacked	gob	87%
wetland, often filled with peat	bog	82%
rubber disc used in hockey (origin of word contested, but likely Irish)	puck	82%
tiny bits (usually of something that has been smashed or exploded)	smithereens	59%
phrase used as a company or group motto	slogan	41%
habitually messy person	slob	40%
a whole lot; more than enough (rhymes with snore)	galore	38%