doon - 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.
doon ~ down; downhearted, depressed (She’s a’ doon frae she got the word). doon bae down by, over that way, etc. (leeves doon bae Bogey). doon-come downfall. doon in the mooth glum, despondent. doonluckin having a shifty, guilty look. doon tae a tee; doon tae the grun (of fit or suitability) perfectly (That shuit fits ye doon tae a tee). doon the chute (esp. of money bet or invested) gone, lost. doon through further ‘down’ the country (in Antrim, prob. nearer to the north coast: He leeves doon through - cf. up the country). doonways downwards. doonworth downward slope; degree of downward slope. gan doon yer throat being effusively friendly or welcoming (Yin day he’s gan doon yer throat an the nixt he’s luckin the ither road).
