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16 ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. Cadger, sK a pedlar ; an itinerant dealer in fish. CafE^ sh, chaff. Cahill, 8h> an eel net. Caigoy, adj, in very good spirits ; lively ; wanton ; eager. Cailey, eh. a call or friendly visit. Caillyea, sh, a talk round the fire ; a gossip among neighbours. Caleeiiness, ah, giddiness ; fun ; mischief. Caleery, adj. light ; vain ; full of mischief. Cal£ When a calf is horn, it is customary in some places to cru»h an egg in the hand, and thrust it, shell and all, down the aniniars throat. It is also dragged by the heels round the yard for luck. Mason's Paroch. Survey, 1819. Caliagh, sb, a potato of more than a year old (probably from its wrinkled appearance, as this is the Irish word for an old woman or hag). Call, sb. occasion or need. ' Tou had no call to do that.' * What call had you to touch them ? ' Called on, in demand, as certain classes of goods in shops. ' Flan- nen's greatly called on this weather.' Calling, V. ' He's a calling,* i, e. he is being called. Cambered, adj, slightly arched ; a builder's term for a floor or ceiling which has become bent. Came on, v. became ofl ' What came on you 1 ' Candy-man, sb. a rag-man. These men generally give a kind of toffee, called ' candy,' in exchange for rags, &c. Canney, v, cannot. Canny, adj. cautious. Cant, V, to sell by auction. Can yon whistle and chaw meal t addressed to a person who is boasting of his powers of doing difficult things. ] Cap-baU, sb. a boys' game. Capper, sb. a turner of wooden bowls. Carcage, sb. a carcase. Car( Carp, sb, a fish, the sea bream, Pagdlus centrodontus. Carf, sb, a ditch ; a shallow channel cut in peat bogs for conveying water. Camaptions, adj. quarrelsome ; fault-finding.