44 ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. ' OiiHy go gabby the oat's oousiiiy' said to a child that cries fre- quently without much cause. Olaikit, adj. thooghtless ; giddy. Olaiks, 8h, a lever attached to a churn-staff, by use of which tbe churning is lees laborious. Glam, sh, a sudden snatcb. ' I made a glam at it.' Olar, Olanr, fh. slimy mud. Olashan, ah, the coal fish, Merlangtis carbanarius. Called also Blockan and Qrey Lord. Oled, eb, a kite (bird). Oleed o' sense, eh. a spark or grain of sense. Glimin', v, looking out of the corner of one's eye. Olipe, sb, an uncouth fellow. Olower, V, to stare or look. Oo, or (Jang, of water. A go of water is two pails, i. e, as much as a person can carry at one time from the well. Ooak, Oonk, sb, a cuckoo.
- The bat, the bee, the butterflee^ the cuckoo, and the gowk,
^The heather bleat, the mire smpe, hoo many birds is that ? ' Answer Twa. Another form :
- The cuckoo and the gouk.
The layrock and the lark. The heather bleat, the mire snipe, How many birds is that ? ' Three. Ctoat * It would blow the horns off a goat : ' said of a great storm. Ood speed. * The back of God speed,' any very solitary and unfre- quented place. Ood's tmth, the truth. Going on a stick, v. walking by the help of a stick. Gold Head, sh, the pochard or red-headed widgeon. Harris, C7o. Doivn, 1744. Goldspring, Oooldspring, sb, a goldfinch. Golly, sb. a ball or block of wood used in the game of 'shinney.' Called also a Nag. Gomeril, sb. a fool. Gomns, sb, a stupid person or blockhead. Good. ' He's no good,* i, e. he is of no use or of no account. Good forder, sb, a salutation to a ploughman or labourer, meaning
- May you got on well.'
