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ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. 109 TrinUe, v. to trickle. Trodge, v. to walk ; to saunter. Trodger, sb, a traveller on foot. Trogy ^. alow and petty dealing in the market. Troth, in truth. * Troth an' I won't' Troubles the, ab. the Irish rebellion of 1641. Trout heaght, sb. trout height, the height that a trout con leap from the water, used as a standard or oomparison of height. Truckle, sb. a small car, in common use before the introduction of the present farm carts. Truff, V. to steal. Truff the ducks, a term applied to beggars and vagrants. Trule, sb. a trowel Trump, sb. a Jew's-harp. Tnumel, Trinnel, (I) sb. the wheel of a wheelbarrow. (2) V. to trundle. * Away out an* trinnel yer hoop.' Truss, sb. A truss of hay is twelve score pounds. A trtiss of straw is nine score (McSkdon, Hist. Oarrick/ergus), Truth. ' It's as true as truth has been this long time,' saying. Tryste, (1) sb. an appointment. 'He put in a tryste with his girl.' (2) v. to make an appointment ; to bespeak. ' Tou can't have them boots, they're trysted. Trysted, v, appointed. ' I have trysted to meet him on Monday.' Tthur ! Tthur ! a call for pigs. Tuck stick, sb. a sword-stick. Tone. ' The tune the old cow died of,' a comparison for any unre- cognizable air, or any particularly bad attempt at music. Tuppenny ticket, sb. * It's not worth a tuppenny ticket,' i. e. it's quite worthless. These tickets' were copper, tradesmen's tokens, value two-pence, of which considerable numbers were issued in the north of Ireland in the eighteenth century. They were about the size of farthings. Turn an arch, v. to form or build an arch. Turned, adj. slightly sour, applied to milk. Tum-footinflf sb. pi. small heaps of cut turf. See under Clamp. Turnips. ' Tou may take one, And you may take two, But u you take three, rU take you.'