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WEST CORNWALL QLOSSART. 39 Mmely, adv» almost. I war murdy ready to daunce where I stood/' — Unde Jan Trenoodle, Mnrfled, freckled. Mnrfles, freckles. lHjiTgj, a dog-fish. Knrrick, a sloyen. B. I. C. Mmicianer, a musician. Mute, a mule. "The hybrid between the male ass and mare.* * Couch. See Koyle. Kutting, cross; glum; sulking. " Don*t sit muUing there." Ky-ivers, Ky-'verlnos, inteijec- tion of surprise^ Hackan, Sacker, Vackin, a pocket handkerchief. Sacker, the wheatear. T. Q. Ck>uch. Hagging-pain, a dull pain. Ifa^-ridden, troubled with the mghtmare. Hail-springy a hang-nail. Sale, Nawl, an awL Hanny-TipeTy a caterpillar. Hash, adj, pale ; debilitated ; susceptible of cold. Vatey, "applied to meat when fairly composed of fat and lean." T. a Couch. Hatlings, the small entrails. Heap, a turnip. Heary, a^, stingy. Heck, the last sheaf of corn, which is cut by the oldest reaper. He calls out " I have et ! I have et! I hare et!'* The others say "What haV 'ee? What hav* 'eeP What hay* *ee?" He answers, " A neck ! A neck! A neck ! " They then all hurrah loudly three timefli The neck is afterwards made into a minia- ture sheaf, gaily decorated with ribbons and flowers; carried home in triumph, and hung up to a beam in the kitchen, where it is left until the next harvest. T. Q. Couch, Polperro, p. 169, giyes rather a different account of this custom, and says that the neck is given on Christmas Eve to the master bullock in the stall. Heck of the foot, phr. the instep. Heflin, Newfoundland cod. Hepperkin, the eighth part of a pint. "Well drink it out of the nepperkin, boys. Here*s health to the Barley Mow." — TJie Barley Mow, Hestle-bird, nestling; the smallest bird of a brood; a pet. "The youngest of a family left at home, when the others nave gone into the world." J. W. nibbles, nebulous clouds. Hice chance, phr. near chance. "'Twas a nice chance I didn't throw it in the fire." Hicey, sweetmeats. " A ha' pord of nicey,* Hioked, p, p, deceiyed* " IVe nicked him." Hiokers, Huggies, gnomes ; mine fairies; heard working before the miners. Hiokly-thize, the harvest-home supper. Scilly Isles. Hicky-nan-night (Hall Monday). " On the day termed * Hall Mon- day,* which precedes Shrove Tuesday, about the dusk of the evening, it is the custom for boys, and in some cases for those above the age of boys, to prowl about the streets with short clubs, and to knock loudly at every door, running off to. escape detection on the slightest sign of