250 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 
* Jerusalem Cowslip. Pulmonaria officinalis, L., Lungwort. (Farley, 
; _ ete.) 
*John and Mary. A pair of country folk, or a tramp and his wife, coming 
along a road together, are usually thus spoken of. S.W. (Deverill.) 
*John-Jack. See quotation :— 
“At Salisbury the Mummers used to be called John Jacks, and there was 
a fifth performer called John Jack, who was represented with a large 
hump-back, and concluded the play by coming forward and saying :-— 
“ Here come I, 
Little John Jack, 
With my wife and family at my back, 
Roast beef, plum pudding, and mince-pie, 
No one loves them better than I! 
God save the Queen!”—Parish, Sussex Gloss., p. 138. 
*Jubilee hunter. Rubus caesius, L., Dewberry. N.W. (Calstone.) 
*Juniper lecture. See quotation — 
“She was famous for what they call in Wiltshire a ‘juniper lecture.” 
When I explain to the married men of my acquaintance that juniper wood 
possesses the quality of keeping’ alight for long periods of time together, and 
that when you think it’s quite gone out, only a spark left, it begins again, 
if stirred up, glowing, crackling, and darting out flames, I need go into no 
further particulars.”— Diogenes’ Sandals, pp. 80—81. 
*J umpits. Fits, convulsions. *{ be better now, but I’ve a had they hell-vire 
jumpits agen.” S.W. 
Junket. Add :—s.w. 
Kerf. Add :—Also applied to a layer of earth. 
“1730. May 13th. The Churchwardens to begin to remove part of this 
Churchyard into that of the Cathedral by taking off and carrying away a 
Kerfe of halfe a foot of earth the first yeare.’—Churchwardens’ Accounts, 
Sarum St. Thomas. 
Kernel, A bluish glutinous lump in a certain joint of beef, which must be 
cut out, or it will taint the meat in cooking. Cp. Mouse. N.W. 
*Kiddle-caddle. “A mess, confusion. (Hist. of Chipp.) N.W. 
Kinkabobs. Knots of wool on a sheep’s back. S.Waae 
*Knawse of a knawsness. Much the same as usual.—Wotes and 
Queries, 6th Aug., 1881. See Neust of a neustness. 
*Knee. At Deverill, when the banns of marriage have been published “— 
it is customary to ask the man how his knees are this morning. Seem 
Shoulder in Wilts Words. S.W. 
