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(ec) Tail-end. Used formerly by the poor. 
(d) Scurling. Given to poultry. 
(e) Chaff. 
Take. «'o take to say,” to keep ‘ala with. S.W. (Shrewton.) 
* He took to say by a young woman.’ 
% Take on. To be grieved or vexed about anything. “Her took on ter’ble 
*bout th’ ould zow a dyin’.” N. & S.W. 
Tan Hill Apple. The Quarrenden. So called because it comes in about 
. the time of the Fair at Tan Hill. N.W. 
Tang. (1) Add :—S.W. (Deverill.) 
Tasker. Add: —8.W. (Deverill.) 
Tea kettle broth. Hot water poured on slightly buttered bread, with a 
pinch of pepper and salt. N. & 8.W. 
~Teart. (1) and (2) Add:—S.w. 
*Teazy. Il-tempered. (Hist. of Chipp) hae 
 There-right. (2) Add :—8.W. 
Thief. A ‘spark or piece of burning snuff in a candle, causing the grease to 
run down. N. & 8.W. 
‘Thill. Add :—s.w. 
~Thiller. Add :—s.W. 
‘Threshle. Add :—The part of the flail held in the hand is made of soft 
wood, and is known as the Hand-staff. The Dreshol proper is the 
hard knotty piece with which the threshing is done. “A pair o’ dreshols "= 
aE flail. Cp. “A pair of trucks,” ete. 
" ick-fair. A fair at which “Ticks” are sold by the farmers and dealers in 
wool. 
“Sarum. Feb. 28, 1756. Whereas the Tick-Fair was kept in the Blue 
Boar Yard . . . This is to acquaint the Buyers and Sellers of Ticks that 
a Rank of Standings shall be set up opposite the Blue-Boar, only for the use 
of the Tick-Trade.”—Advt., Sarwm Journal, 1756. 
sh ine. (4) Add :—S.W. 
'Tit-tat-to. At Deverill this name is applied to “ Three-penny Madell,” ¢.v., 
from the exclamation when the third man is successfully placed in the row. 
Elsewhere we have frequently heard some form or other of the following 
jingle used :— 
« Tit-tat-to ! 
My first go! 
Three jolly butcher-boys [dicky-birds, etc.] all in a row.’ 
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