bresney

plural bresneys

1. Irelanddatedregionala dried branch or twig collected in the woods and used for firewood
   1. Irelanddatedregionala bundle of dried branches or twigs transported on the back

      Tom made no bones about letting him off; and as soon as he got the club in his hands, he sat down on the bresna, and gave it a tap with the kippeen, (...)

      2022, “The lad with the goat-skin”, in J. K. Jackson, editor, Irish Folk & Fairy Tales: Fables, Folklore & Ancient Stories (Flame Tree Collector's Editions), Flame Tree Collections, →ISBN, page 121

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      bresney (or breshney): A dried branch or twig collected in the woods and used for firewood; or a bundle of these windfall branches and twigs tied together and transported on the back.

      2008, Willeen Keough, “Glossary”, in The slender thread : Irish women on the southern Avalon, 1750-1860, Columbia University Press, →ISBN