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214 Maiden Elder, The elder of the wood, or in Celtic Cornish Scau-an-Cuz. The Samhicus humilis of Eay. JBorlase. Mait. To feed, ^' go and mait the pigs." Mair. Sheaves of corn put "longitudinally, about 18 feet in length by 12 feet deep," because of very uncertain weather. St. Levan, h.r.c. Mait banes. Broad beans. Callington, Magpies. (Sayings about them.) " One for sorrow ; two for mirth. Three for a wedding; four for a Urth,^ Couch, Polperro. " One for anger ; two for mirth, Three for a wedding; four for death." St. Austell Make-wise. A substitute, a pretence, a "make believe." Making wise. Pretending to do a thing. Male. The fish shanny, Blennius pholis, c. Malkin. A rag mop for clearing the ashes from an oven. A dirty person. Manshun bread. Small bun shaped loaves, mau- chets. M.A.C. Man-engine. A machine used in deep mines, to bring the miners up or down the shaft, and to avoid the fatigue of using the ladders. Although differently constructed it serves as a " lift " for the men. Invent- ed about 40 or 50 years ago.