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 ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSAUY. 5 Balloar, Billour, or Billyor, v, to holloa ; to shout out Bankrope, ^. a bankrupt. Bannook, Bonnocky ah, a cake baked on a griddle. Banter, v, to taunt a person to fight. 'He hantered me to fight him.' Banty, bK a bantam fowl. Banyan, ab. a flannel jacket worn by Garlingford oystermen and fishermen. Bap, ab, a lozenge-shaped bun, whitened with flour. Bar-drake, Bar-duok, aK the red-breasted merganser. Bardngh, ah, a donkey's pannier with falling bottom. Bare pelt, aK the bare skin. 'He ran out on the street in his hart peiV Barge, (1) ab. some kind of bird (Harris, Hiat co. Down, 1744). (2) $h, a scolding woman. (3) V, to scold in a loud abusive way. Barked, v. encrusted. ' Your skin is barked with dirt." Barley-bnggle, ab. a scarecrow. Barley-play, ah a call for truce in bo3r's games. Barn-braek, ab, a large sweetened bun containing currants, in season at all times, but especially so at EEallow-eye, when it contains a ring ; the person who gets the ring will of course be first married (Irish breaCf speckled). Barney bridge, ab. a children's game. In playing it the following rhyming dialogue is used : — ' How many miles to Barney bridge 9 ' ' Three score and ten.' ' If you please will you let the king's horses go through ? ' 'Yes, but take care of your hindmost man.' Barronghed, Borronghed, adj. a cow with her hind legs tied to keep her still while being milked is harroughed, Barrow-ooat, ab. a long flannel petticoat, open in front, worn by infants. Baste, ab, any animal except a human being. A zealous individual asked a servant-girl, ' Are you a Christian ? ' She replied, ' Do you think I'm a haateJ* See «. v. Christen. Baste the bear, ah a boy's game. Basty, adj, tough and hard, applied to stifl' heavy clay or earth.
 * Will I be there by candle Hght ?'
 * Yes, if your legs oe long.*
 * A curtsy to you.'
 * Another to you.'