134 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 



Goggle. Add :— How are you to-day, Sally ? " " Lor', Zur ! I be all of a 

 goggle." " What on earth do you meau P " " Why, I be zo ter'ble giggly, 

 I can't scarce kip my lags nohow." S.W. (Steeple Ashton.) 



Goggly. Add :— sometimes Giggly is used. 



Good-now. See Go-now. Used at Downton, etc. 



Goosey-gander. A game played by children. N. & S.W. 



Gramfer. Add-.—^.yf. 

 Grammer. Add-.—^M. 



*Granny-jump-OUt-of-bed. Aeonitum Napellus, L., Monks-hood. 



S.W. (Deverill.) 



*GlOpsing. Add:— "Boi'h came unto the sayd Tryvatt's bowse in the 

 gropsiug of the yevening." — Wilts Arch. Mag., xxii., 227. Obsolete. 



Ground-rest. Add :— This was part of the old wooden plough. 



Grouty. Of the sky, thundery, threatening rain. It looks " ter'ble grouty " 

 in summer when thunder-clouds are coming up. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 



G ullet-hole. A large drain-hole through a hedge-bank to carry ofE water. N.W. 



Jd. It should be noted that the cockney misuse of His essentially foreign to 

 our dialect. Formerly it was the rarest thing in the world to hear a true 

 Wiltshire rustic make such a slip, though the townsfolk were by no means 

 blameless in this respect, but now the spread of education and the increased 

 facilities of communication have tainted even our rural speech with cockney- 

 isms and slang phrases. 



Hag-rod. .4o?rf:—^Haig-raig, bewildered (5Zow). S.W. 



Ham. Add: — " Three acres of grass .... to be hayned by the farmer 

 at Candlemas and carried by the Vicar at Lammas." — Silmarto7i JParisk 

 Terrier, 1704. 



Hakker. Add:— s.w. 

 Hand-box. See Box- 



Hand-staff. The part of the " drashell " which is held in the hand. 



Hang-gallows. Add.— S.W. 

 Hames. Addi-s.w. 



*Hank. Dealings with (Slow). S.W. 



Hanging-post. The hinder upright timber of a gate, by which it is hung 

 to its post. Frequently heard, although Har is much more commonly 

 used. N.W. (Huish). 



Har. The hinder upright timber of a gate, by which it is hung to its post. 

 Icelandic, Itjarri, O.E., herre, the hinge of a door. See Head and 

 Hanging-post. " We wants some more heads and bars cut out. " 



