stick - 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.
stick ~ (as in) failed away tae sticks having become emaciated. go on a stick (see go). stick brig (see brig). stick-leg a wooden leg, a peg-leg (It rins in the breed o them lake a stick-leg — joc. of a family trait, etc.). v. tolerate, stand (He’s yin bein I can not stick). stick in the corner remain continually (and often annoyingly or obstrusively) in the house (stickin in the corner an wae nae interest in oanythin; cannae get takkin aboot a thing wae hir aye stickin there in the corner). stick tae be of lasting benefit (A wee bit o learnin’ll stick tae ye). stick tae yer ribs provide substantial and lasting nourishment (esp. of a meal more marked by quantity that culinary imagination).
