irish twins

[Mullins, Bill]

 not in OED nor HDAS


Tevis, C. V., _The history of the fighting Fourteenth : published in
commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the muster of the regiment
into the United States service, May 23, 1861_.
Brooklyn: Brooklyn Eagle Press, 1911, p. 223
"Their hair was generally uncombed, they did not use such superfluous
things as stockings, their legs, as far as could be seen, were dirty;
there were about ten children, Irish twins, i. e., about one year
difference in their ages, and they were allowed to run wild, as dirty as
pigs."

[untitled; book review of "House with a Hundred Gates"] Los Angeles
Times; Apr 25, 1965; pg. C13 col 4.
"These mental gymnastics are humanized by her activities as the mother
of seven children, including "Irish twins," born less than a year
apart."


Rather Than Death, Losing Can Breathe Life to the Young
Joan Ryan, The Washington Post; Nov 18, 1976; pg. D1 col 3.
"My sons are so-called "Irish twins," two days less than a year apart,
but physically and emotionally they are opposites."

"Families Today" T. Berry Brazelton
Pennsylvania | Doylestown | The Intelligencer | 1989-10-23 p. C1 col 6.
"Having two children as close as 10 to 18 months is comparable to having
unequal twins, and they are even called "Irish twins." "