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ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. 17 Carpers, sb, pi, " Hundreds of men, women, and children, called carj^B, are ready to catch the fieh [herrings] that hreak from the net on its drawing on shore/' — ^Mason'S Paroch, Survey (P. Ardcliuis, Go. of Antrim), 1819. Carrion. 'A carrion won't poison a crow,' t. e* there are some persons who can eat anything, or to whom nothing comes amiss. Carry, sh, a weir or mill-lead. Carryings on^ $b, pi. boisterous or improper proceedings. Carry my lady to London. In this game two children grasp each other by the wrists, forming a seat, on which another child sits, who is thus carried about, while the bearers sing— ' Qive me a pin, to stick in my thumb, To carry my lady to London; Give me another, to stick in my other. To carry her a little bit flEurther.' Carry of the sky, ah, the drift of the douds. Carry on, v. to behave in a boisterous or giddy manner; to act improperly. Carry seed, sh, carroway seed. Case eqnaL ' It's case equal,* i, e, it's just the same ; it's as broad as it's long. Cash, sh. a pathway ; a covered drain made to leave a passage for water in wet grotmd or bog. Cast, (1) adj, rejected as being faulty. 'Them's old cast yins; A wouldn't tak them.' (2) V, to reject on account of some imperfection. Castaway, sb, an old, worn-out hoise. Casting out, v, falling out; quarrelling; also the fading out of colours from articles of dress. Cast ones, sb, pi. rejected things. Cast up, V. to reproach; to bring up byegones; to remind one of past errors or offences. Catch it, V, receive punishment. ' If he finds you here you'll catch it.* Cat-fish, sb. a cuttle fish, Sepia officinalis, Catteridge, sb. a cartridge. Oaup, sb. a wooden cup without a handle. Cawney, acfj. cautic^ps. Same as canny. Cawsey, Cassy, sb. the paved or hard-beaten place in front of or round about a fEumhouse.