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ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. 83 SibiBh, adj. thin, as applied to persons, but more especially to pigs. ' They come of a ribish breed/ Sice, sh. a small branch of a tree ; a twig. Sioketty, ah, a ratchet brace for boring metal Sift, 9. to belch. Big, eh, a ridge. Sig and for, ridge and furrow in a field. A particular kind of knitting is also called ' rig and fur. ^ Siggin, sh. the ridge of a house. Sight, ddv, thorough ; very ; good. ^ He's a right rascal.' * You're a righi bad boy.' * He's a right wee fellow.' Sightly, adv, in good health ; right well ; very well. * Fm rightly!

  • I know him righUy,* * He got rightly frightened.'

Sip, sh, a handful of unthrashed com. Sippet, 8h, a row, or disturbance. Sipple, V. to take the seed off flax. See Flax ripple. Slpple grass, Plantago lanceolata. Siye, V. to tear ; to split. Soach, sh. the rudd or red-eye, Leuciscus erythroptkalmtuf. Scad, (1) sK way. ' What road are you going)' (2) * No roady' is the formula for * no thoroughfare.' (3) v. to direct ; to show the way. * Who rwided you P' Scans, sh. pi. ^Hazely roans,' hazel brakes. 'Brackeny rodna^ fern brakes. Sobin-rnn-the-liedge, sh. a plant, Oalium aparine. The juice of this plant is extracted and boiled with sugar, and given as a remedy in whooping-cough. Sockets, sh. pi the plumes of a hearse. Sodden, sh. a little road ; a mountain path. Sope, V. * The clay ropes off my spade like putty.' Sose, sh, *• The rose ' is a name for erysipelas. Scsit-slut, or Senn-alut, sh* a rag dipped in resin and used as a substitute for a candle. Sot-heap, sh. a heap of weeds left to rot for manure. Songhness, sh. plenty ; abundance. ^ There's a great rougJiness about his fiirm,' t. e. great plenty. ' Them people has a great rough" nes8 of money about them.' Sough weed, sb. Sirachys palustris, o2