ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. 105 Thole, (1) V. to bear; to endure. (2) * A haporth o' thole-ireei, an* a pennorth o* nivir-let-on-ye-hae- it,' recommended as a cure for a trifling ailment. Thon, adv. yon. Thonder, adv. yonder. Thonging gh. a beating. Thoom, ab. the thumb. Thoomfl (thumbs). ' They might lick thooms tae the elbows/ « . e, the one is as bad as the other. * We may lick thoom$ upon that/ a common saying when two parties agree to a bargain, or haye a com- munity of opimon (Ulster Journal of Arc?iceology), Thorn grey, sb, the common grey linnet. Also called Hedge grey. Thorough, or Thorra, adj. wise; sane. 'The poor fellow's not thorough.^ Thought, sb. a small quantity of anything. ' A wee thought* a less quantity. Thraiyeless, adj. careless ; silly, or restless, applied to a person dis- inclined to do anything, the disinclination arising from weakness. ' I was thraivdeas after uiat long illness.' Thrapple, Thrap, sb. the wind-pipe ; the throat. Thraw, v. to twist ; to turn.
- Wha scarce can thraw her neck half roun',
Tae bid guid mom her neighbour. — Huddleston.
- Them boots would thraw yer feet.'
Thraw a rope, to be hanged (the weight of the body causes the ropa to * thraw ^). Thraw hook, sb. a hooked stick used for twisting hay-rope. Thraw mule, sb. a perverse and obstinate person. Thread the needle and sew, sb. a children's game. Threaye, sb. the straw of two stooks (shocks) of com. Threep, v. to argue, or contest a point. Threshel, sb. the threshold. Thrisfle oook, sb. the common bunting. Throm, prep. from. Throng, adj. crowded. ' The streets were very throng,' over-throng =:^ over-crowded. Through, (1) adv. in the course of. * I'll call through the day.' (2) adv, a horse ' working through land,' means working in fields.
