By G. E. Dartnell and the’ Rev. BH. Goddard. 24d 
_Chump-headed. (1) Stupid. S.W. 
3 (2) Big-leaded. NEW. 
Church Owl. Strix flammea, White Owl. N. & S.W. 
~*Churly. Dry, stiff, hard, as applied to the soil. 
~Churm. «Chum it down hard,” press it down with the hand and work it up 
___-well, as in making a pudding. A form of Churn, N. & S.W. 
*Clacker-hole. The valve-hole in a pair of bellows. S.W. (Deverill.) 
Clacket. (1) Noise, chattering talk. N. & S.W. 
2 (2) vw. To make a noise, to chatter, to cluck as a hen. N. & S.W. 
Clammer. The tongue. ‘“ What's thee hangen’ thee clammer vor?” “I'll 
make thee hang thee’s clammer,” 7.c., look dejected. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 
“Clef. «A clef of hay,” a handful or small bundle. Perhaps a variant of 
Kerf. N.W. (Potterne.) 
Cc limtack. Add :—A child always in peril— Votes and Queries, 6th Aug., 
fe 1881. 
: ‘Clipping the Church. An old Shrove-tide ceremony. 
“In Wiltshire the children join hands round the Church, walk round three 
times, and say :— 
‘Shrove Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday, (poor) Jack went to plough, 
His mother made pancakes, she scarcely knew how: 
She tossed them, she turned them, she made them so black, 
With soot from the chimney that poisoned poor Jack.”—Worthall. 
} See under Shrove-tide for another version. 
( Clyty, or Clytey. Add :—Diseased sheep are still occasionally spoken of 
as being “clyty.” See Clyten. N. & S.W. (Salisbury, Huish, etc.) 
Cob-all. A cupboard into which odds and ends are thrown. Perhaps a variant _ 
of Cubby-hole. NW. 
to us. 
‘ ( ollyfodger. One who takes unusual care of himself.— Notes and Queries, 
a 6th August, 1881. Unknown to us. 
\ Colt. (1) <A landslip. A slight slip of soil, as in the side ofa grave. N.W. 
. (Gloue. bord.) 
(2) v. Of soil, to slip or cave in. N.W. (Glouc. bord.) 
ome away. To spring up. N.W. 
“Owing to the long drought [barley] came away from the ground at 
- different periods.” —Devizes Gazette, 22nd June, 1893, p. 7, col. 2. 
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