boag - 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.
boag ~ a bog. anither spade for the boag an addition to the family (E). boagbean the buckbean (once thought to have medicinal properties: see squeenisy). boag-hie inferior hay cut in a bog and used mainly for animals’ bedding. boagknife an implement consisting of a scythe-blade attached linearly to a long shaft and used in cleaning a sheugh (see scoor). boag-oak oak trunks preserved in peat, the wood of which polishes to a glossy black, like ebony, and is used to make carved ornaments, etc. the boags any extensive area of bogland. (See moss.)
