Definition of "tay"

"[T]hen the Tulip, - ah! didn't the Tulip die hard, - he fout hard for it, even after he had a hole in his head as big as a tay cup."

1856 October 18, The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator, Sydney, page 6, column 1

"There's your tay set for you an' drawin' nicely this minute, Miss Ethel," called old Bridget from the hall.

1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, page 207