254 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 
Mushroom. An overhanging head of snuff in a candle. N. &S.W. 
Must. Add :-—In §. Wilts this game is called Duck, qv. 
Name. To “name” a child is to baptise it privately. “He wurnt ever 
chrisened, only named.” N. & S.W. 
N annyfudget. A nervous effeminate fidgetty person,— Votes and Queries, 
- 6th Aug., 1881. Op. Nunny-fudgy. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 
Nawst. Near, hereabout.—Wotes and Queries, 6th Aug , 1881. See Neust. 
Newsy. Greedy of gossip and scandal. N. &8.W, 
Next akin to nothing. Add :—s.W. 
Niggle. To find unnecessary fault with, to complain about trifles, to pick 
holes in a thing. N.W. 
Nincum. A booby. N. & SW. 
Ninnyhamm er. A simpleton. N. & S.W. 
Nippy. Add :—(2) Sharp, quick. ‘She's terble nippy on young rabbits.” 
— Diogenes’ Sandals, p. 96. 
N oddy. Add :—This may be the negative form of Oddy, vigorous. 
Nog. (1) Add:—Also used of a small piece of bread, cheese, ete. Nug 
8 I 5 
is a S. Wilts form. 
(2) Nogs, the projecting handles of a scythe. S.W. (Deverill.) 
Nolens volens. Add :—At Deverill to do a thing “ vorus norus” is to do 
it negligently, not caring whether you damage it in the handling or not. 
Forum-snorum, qv. is given as meaning rude, boisterous, in the list 
in Notes and Queries. 
No-notion. “A no-notion chap,” a stupid fellow. ‘A no-nation place,” one 
that is very much out of the way. N. & S.W. 
Noodle along. Add :—S.W. 
Noodly. adj. Foolish. An old woman at Salisbury said she wanted a proper 
bonnet, not one of the little “ noodly ” fashionable things in the shop windows. 
S.W. 
Norman. An Alderney cow. S.W. (Shrewton.) 
Nubblins. Small lumps of coal. N.W. 
Numfudge. “That's all numfudge,” z.e., rot, bosh. In common use about 
Trowbridge. Cp. Nunnyfudgin g. N.W. 
Nummet. Add :—Sometimes called Nemmy in S. Wilts. The Rev- P 
G. Hill says that about Salisbury Nammet is the twelve o’clock dinner, 
