lift - 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.
lift ~ v. steal (He wud lift things); (of a funeral) begin (It lifts at two); arrest (They lifted him in the middle o the night); end a visit (It’s time we wur liftin); take (a girl) up to dance (Naw yin lifted hir the hale nicht). lift a chune (see chune). lift money collect money for charity, etc. lift yer han tae prepare to smack; smack (Wud ye lift yer han tae a wumman?). lift yer mine take the mind off a worry or depression; raise the spirits (But a wee run oot’ll lift yer mine, sure). n. the shouldering of a coffin.
