follow v also folly [phonetics unavailable]. EDD folly v Ir, s w cties, ADD follow, var folly for sense 1; OED follow I c, EDD 2 for phr in sense 2.
   1 In the form folly: to follow.
   1862 Atlantic Mo ix, 368 In course I wanted to folly the schooner; so I runned up along, a little ways from the edge, and then I runned down along. T 50/3-64 My father used to often come after us when it be stormy over the harbour. They couldn't folly the road 'cause it be drifted in. T 208/9-65 So he follied the strake and come to the moose. C 71-92 I heard my father say, 'folly me.'
   2 Phr follow a horse: to work as a teamster or carter.
   1838 Gazette 20 May Deserted—James Walsh, a hired servant—generally employed in following a Horse and Cart. 1925 Dial Notes v, 331 ~ [To] work as a teamster or coachman. 1937 DEVINE 22 'What does he do now?' 'Oh, he follows a horse.' 1978 Evening Telegram 19 Sep, p. 6 The driver, a man named Power, used to 'follow' a horse for Charlie Lester.

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