falbala

Churchill, du cote du falbala, ne reussit pas mal; his sons, I am afraid, one of them at least, has

George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life Helen [Editor] Clergue

Churchill, du cote du falbala, ne reussit pas mal; his sons, I am afraid, one of them at least, has

George Selwyn His Letters and His Life Ed 1899

There is a song of Beranger's of which the chorus is _Tra, la trala, tra la la_, already explained, followed by the words -- _C'est le diabh er falbala_.

The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, December 1875 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad Various 1865

Here _falbala_ is a corruption of the Celtic _falbh la!

The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 2, December 1875 A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad Various 1865

-- Why, all the earth is begging to come to see it: as Edging says, I have had offers enough from blue and green ribands to make me a falbala-apron.

The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3 Horace Walpole 1757

"In answer to your question, why men of sense, virtue, and experience, are seen still to comply with that ridiculous custom of duelling, I must desire you to reflect, that custom has dished up in ruffs the wisest heads of our ancestors, and put the best of the present age into huge falbala periwigs. [

The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 George A. Aitken