Cooley vs Hooley - What's the difference?
cooley | hooley |
(Ireland) A party; an evening of traditional music and dance.
*2002 , Joseph O'Connor, Star of the Sea , Vintage 2003, p. 88:
*:At a family gathering, a wake or a Christmas hooley , other children would step forward to sing a rhyme or dance a hornpipe.
A strong wind or gale, as in blowing a hooley