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Crazy. Add-.— in DeveriU the term Craizies is restricted to the Marsh 

 Marigold. 



Crazy-Bets, (i) ^<ii :-Crazy Betsey at Little Langford, s.w. 



Mr. Slow says it is applied to the " buttercup " in S.W. 

 Crazy-moir. (l) Banunculus repens, L., Creeping Buttercup. More or 



Jfar=root or plant.. N.W. (Devizes; Huish.) 



(2) At Clyffe Pypard, N.W., and probably elsewhere, Crazy-mar 



is applied to a plant of any kind of buttercup. 

 Crease. A ridge-tile. " From the top of Aland's house .... a slate 



ridge-crest (or crease, as it is proviiicially termed) .... was carried 



northwards about 40 yards."— TAe Great Wiltshire Storm, Wilts Arch. 



Mag., vol. vi., p. 378. 

 Creeping Jenny. {2)L^simacMaNummularia,'L.,'M.onejvioxt. N. &S.W. 



Crick-crack. Add-.—s.W. 



Crink. A crevice or crack. N.W. 



Gritch. A deep earthen pan. Also used in Hants. Fr. cruche. S.W. 



CrumplingS, Crumplens. Small imperfectly grown apples. TS.W. 



Crowdy. Add :— S.W. 



Crow-peck. Add-.— (2) Banunculus arvensis, Jj.,CoinCiowiooi. N.W. 



(Clyffe Pypard.) 



Cubby-hole. Add :— Coopy-house, a little house {Slow). S.W. 



*Curdle. A curl of hair (<S^ow). S.W. 



•Cushions. Add-.— S.W. 



Cut-finger-leaf. Valeriana, L., All-heal. N.W. (Huish, etc.) 



The leaves are good for application to sluggish sores, whitlows, etc. Mr. 

 Cunnington quotes it as V. dioica. 



Daglet. Add -.-S.W. 



*Dane Daner. In Kingston DeveriU there was an old man who called 



red-haired men " Danes," or " Daners," as " Thee bist a Dane." This being 



in the centre of the Alfred district, the term may be a survival. In Somerset 



red-haired men are often said to be " a bit touched with the Danes." 



Dandy-goslings. Add :— Bandy-goshen is used at Little Langford, 



S.W. 

 Dap. (1) V. To rebound, as a ball. N. & S.W. 



(2) n. The rebound of a ball. N. & S.W. 



Dapster. A nimble boy. S.W. (Deyerilk) 



Dawk. Add :— Also used of a baker marking loaves .— 

 " Prick it and dack it aud mark it with T, 

 And put it in the oven for baby and mo."— Nicrscri/ Soncfy 



