Right complete, thorough, ‘he’s a right gentleman’
Rightly fine, ‘I’m doing rightly’ well, ‘I know it rightly’
Rigmarole a convoluted, unbelievable story
Rise rib, tease, raise his temper, ‘don’t rise him!’
Rogue v. cheat, ‘he’d rogue ye if he had the chance’
Roughness plenty
Rub n. praise or disparage, ‘he’d give ye a wee rub’
Ructions a hullaballu, a row, ‘he raised ructions over it’
Rue regret, repent, ‘she rued the day that…’
Rug to pull
Rummel to shake
Run leak, ‘the water has all run out of the pot’
Rung step of chair or ladder
Runner one always in someone else’s house, ‘ceilier’
Runs goes, ‘the road runs all the way till Armagh’
Runt small, reject, ‘Pay no heed of the wee runt’
Rust take fright, to refuse, ‘the horse rusted on me’