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4 ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. Away and divart the hunger aff ye : said to children who are troubling and crying for a meal before it is ready. Away and throw monl' on yonrself : said in scolding matches, probably means ' go and bury yourself.' Away in the mind, adj, mad. Away to the hills, gone mad. Az, V, to ask. Ayf Ehf what) what do you say] Ayont, prep, beyond. Baek. *Tm. never off his hack^' i.e. Fm always watching and correcting him. Back door work, sh. underhand work. Back spang, ah, a trick ; something underhand. ' He's a decent man, there's no back apanga about him.' Baek-stone, sb, a stone not less than two feet high, a foot and a half broad, and one foot thick, placed at the back of a turf fire, between the fire and the gable. Back talk, saucy replies from a child or an inferior. Baeon. 'Could you eat bacon that fati' is the remark that accompanies the gesture known as ' taking a sight.' * He made bacnn at me, t. e, he took a sight at me. Bad, ddj, sick. * He has been bad this month and more.' Bad oess to yon, bad luck to you. Bad oonscience, sb. It is said of people who go out to walk in the rain that they have a 'bad conscience,' and therefore cannot abide at home. Bad man, the, sb, the devil. Bad place, the, sb, helL Bad soran, sb, bad luck. * Bad scran to you.' Baghel, Boghel, sb. a clumsy performer. Bailer, sb, a vessel used for 'bailing out' a boat. Bairn, sb, a child. Baiverage, beverage. When a young woman appears weating Bometlung new for the first time, she gives her acquaintances the ' baiverage of it,' this is a kiss. Bake, v, to knead bread, as well as to bake it in an oven. Ball, sb, a large and compact shoal of herrings is called by fisher- men ' a haU,' Balling, v. Sea birds pouncing on a ball of fry are said to be hailing.