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meaning of word clev vy (?? cleibhe)

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billor | 10:14 Wed 16th Dec 2009 | Phrases & Sayings
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inour old kitchen we call the shelf over the fireplace the "clev vy". I imagine it is an irish word in origin, but I have never been able to find the source of it. Any ideas ??
prev gotten it all wrong?
  
next take the p1ss...why do we say that to mean ridicule, or taking liberties?
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It's Gaelic, most likely. Dunno the meaning - ledge? slice? step? cleft?
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