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ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. 101 a rock, before the rock can be quarried. Also called Red, $. «. some- thing to be got rid of. Stripper, sh, a cow that is giving milk, but is not in calf. Strippings, sh. the last milk taken from a cow at each milking ; it is the richest. Strit, ah, a plant, Juncits lamprocarpus. Stroke, (1) sK an oak stick covered with emery for sharpening scythes. Same as Strickle. (2) sh. a measure of potatoes containing two bushels^ Dungiven, CO. Deny (Mason's Parochial Survey, 1814). (3) ah. to give a ' airoke of the harrow,' is to pass a harrow over land. Stroop, th. a spout, as — 'the istroop of the kettle.' Stmnt, sh. a sulky fit. Stnghies, sh. pi. stews, of a greasy and coarse description. Stump and rump, sh. the whole. Stone, sh. a sting of pain. Stupe, t;. to bathe or sponge any part. Sturdy, sh. " Near the sea-coast a sort of Poyson, I take it, called darnell, rises in the oats and other grain, very offensive to the brain, and cannot be cleaned out of the coi-u; ye country people call it sturdy, from the effects of makingpeople light-headed.' —-fieacrtp^ton of the CO. of Antrim, hy ElCHARD DOBBS, 1683. Such an', such. ' Such an' a fine day.' Suck in, (1) <6. a deception. (2) V. to deceive ; to mislead. Suck ! Suok ! a call to a calf. Suoky, sh. a calf. Sug^. * You're neither sugar nor salt that you'd melt:' said to reconcile a person to a wetting. Sum, sh. ** A sum of cattle in these parts is what they call a collop in other parts of Ireland, consisting of one full-grown cow or bullock, of three years old, or a horse of that age ; though in some places a horse is reckoned a sum and a half. Eight sheep make a sum." — Hakbis, Hist. CO. Doum, 1744. In some places six ewes and six lambs make a sum, Snndaya. 'A month of Sundays' = a long time. 'I won't go back there for a month of Sundays.^ Sup, (!) sh. B, small quantity of any liquid. (2) ah. a quantity. ' A good sup of rain fell last night.'