bag (-ah-) - Hamely Tongue
Source: The Hamely Tongue: A Personal Record of Ulster-Scots in County Antrim
Author: James Fenton
Comments: ‘The Hamely Tongue’ has been widely acclaimed as the authoritative record of contemporary (surviving) Ulster-Scots in its heartland of County Antrim where James Fenton faithfully recorded his dictionary items among a network of other native speakers over a 30-year period. This searchable online version of his book takes its text from ‘Part One’ of the fourth edition of 2014 and includes over 3000 word entries. The book preliminaries, supplementary word lists and end matter have been excluded.
bag (-ah-) ~ n. derog. an unshapely, slatternly woman. bags coarse the stomach. fand o yer bags (see fand). fill the bags eat heavily and greedily (eat tae yer bags is crakkin). redd the bags pour out pent-up rage, vitriolic abuse, etc. (also empy the bags; redd the belly). v. put in bags (esp. bag prootas: see proota). bag the knees cause (trousers) to become baggy at the knees. (Also loc. beg.)
