mooth - 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.
mooth ~ the mouth. a mooth on ye the wish or need to eat (They sut there culfin an eatin an niver as much as said A had a mooth on me). big o the mooth loudmouthed; loose-tongued; unable to keep a secret, etc. boot-mooth the opening of a boot (A sunk in ower the boot-mooth). burdmoothed (see burd). mak a poor mooth plead (or exaggerate the degree of one’s) poverty. moothfa mouthful; a string of polysyllables or expletives; a bite to eat (esp. a moothfa o meat). rin mooth-mad rush thoughtlessly, with open-mouthed enthusiasm (to see or buy). sit in yer mooth (of a visitor, a resident relative) be always there, denying any privacy. taste yer mooth (see taste). the worst word in yer mooth (see gut). wud gie ye the bite ooty his mooth (of a very generous person). (See mouth.)
