doag(1) - 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.
doag1 ~ a dog. as big as doags’ heids (see big). as seek as a doag (see seek). could tak a doag tae death (of a relentless chatterer - Ba). doag-daisy the ox-eye daisy. doag’s abuse loud, crude, verbal abuse. lake a doag pishin in the snow (a scornful description of a ploughman’s furrows or drills). let yer bone go wae the doag give in easily (usu. neg.: naw the soart tae let his bone go wae the doag). rinnin lake a doag (describes the movement of a vehicle with misaligned wheels). see a man aboot a doag joc. go outside, etc. to urinate. The pup for the pad but the owl doag for the hard road (of maturity and experience - E). (Also loc. dowg, dug.)
