Districts and Informants
The districts from which the material for this record has been collected have been selected to provide a comprehensive coverage of the relevant area, which is truly representative in terms of authentic Ulster-Scots speech. The following codes are used throughout the dictionary to show the district in which these words were used.
| D | Drumdo, in the townland of Ballymacfin, between Dervock and Mosside (John McKinney). |
| G | The Ganaby, between Ballymoney and Armoy (William and James Gault). |
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L |
Leaney, between Ballymoney and Dunloy (Robert J. Cooper, who also provided professional advice on all material of a veterinary nature). |
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Ba |
Ballinaloob, about three miles north of Cloughmills. Material from personal records for this area and adjacent townlands (especially Drumdarragh and Knockahollet), collected over many years, forms the core of this book; this has been fully checked and substantially added to by Robert Fenton, with additional material being contributed by other family members and relatives. Annie Fenton especially has contributed many items from the Mounhamilton and Cloughmills areas. Items from the nearby townlands of Ballyweaney and Kilmandil have been provided over he years by Bernard McCarroll. |
| A | Artnacrea, between Ballymena and Cloughmills (William Linton). |
| O | Omerbane, between Clough and Newtowncrommelin (Maisie Reid). |
| Br | The Broughshane area, including Ballygelly, Roughan and Lisnamurrican (William McMaster; his contribution includes a few items provided by Margaret McCurdy for the townland of Rocavan). |
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T |
Teenies (on the hip o’Slemish) and the Buckna area (Robert Moore). |
| C | Carnearney, a few miles north of Antrim town; also Kilgavanagh, Ladyhill and Ballyno (mainly the late William Dennison; also William Stirling). |
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K |
Kilbride, near Doagh; also Owensland and Burnside (Mary Moore). |
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E |
East Antrim, including Ballyboley, Ballynure, Magheramorne, Loughmourne, Ralloo and Kilwaughter (Samuel Cross, who also provided valuable advice on local usage). |
Etymologies
Etymological information comes from the sources listed below (identified by initials in the text). All of the below can found in the ‘Hamely Tongue’.
| CSD | The Concise Scots Dictionary (ed. Mairi Robinson; Aberdeen U.P., 1987) |
| CD | Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (ed. W. Geddie; Edinburgh, 1959) |
| COD | The Concise Oxford dictionary (ed. R.E. Allen; Clarendon Press, 1990) |
| CUD | A Concise Ulster Dictionary (ed. C. Macafee; Oxford U.P., 1996) |
| O’R | An Irish-English Dictionary (ed. E. O’Reilly; Dublin, 1864) |
| SND | The Scottish National Dictionary (ed. Grant & Murison; Edinburgh, 1951-76) |
| EDD | The English Dialect Dictionary (ed. J. Wright; Oxford, 1895-1905) |
| OED | The Oxford English dictionary |