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Hanglers. The hooks by which. pots and kettles are suspended over open 



fire grates. See Coglers. N.W, 



xlank. Add as example :— " I won't ha' no hank wi' un," will have nothing 



at ail to do with him. Cf. Hand (3). 



Hook. Add:— "This is another form of Such or Mike, q.v." — Smythe- 

 P aimer. 



Hudmedud. ^^c?.— "'Thatnimity-pimityodd-me-dodi' .... Little 

 contemptible scarecrow." — Greene Feme Farm, ch. 3. 



Hullocky. ^c?rf:— Also Yellocks. '"Now which way is it?' . . . . 

 •Yellucks,' said the boy, meaning ' Look here.' " — Ibid, ch. 5. " ' This be 

 the vinest veast .... as ever I zeed .... Yellucks ! '—as much 

 as to say, Look here, that is my dictum." — Ihid, ch. 11. 



In-a-most. Almost. " It inamwoast killed our bwoy Sam." — Wilts Tales, 

 p. 145. N. & S.W. 



*Jimmy-SwIver. w. A state of trembling. " ' Lor, Miss, how you did 

 froughten I ! I be all of a jimmy-swiver,' and she visibly trembled, which 

 was what she meant." — Greene Feme Farm, ch. 7. Apparently connected 

 with whiver or stoiver. 



Junket. Add: — '" This be the vinest veast .... as ever I zeed since 

 ould Squire Thorpe .... got up the junketting when the news come 

 of the battle of Waterloo, dree-score years ago.' " — Ibid, ch. 11. 



*Latter Lammas. Add : — " This is a noun. When a person is habitually 

 late and uupunctual, folks say — ' What a Latter Lammas thee beest, ta be 

 sure ! ' " — Mr. Slow. 



Messengers. Add:— {2) n. " The ' messengers '—small detached clouds, 

 that precede the rest, were already passing overhead." — Greene Feme 

 Farm, ch. 6. Used by children in both N. & S. Wilts. 



•Mucker. Add :—" Old Eng. mokerer {Old Eng. Miscellany, E. E. T. S., 

 p. 214), a miser ; Scot, mochre, mokre, to hoard, 0. Fr. mucer, to hide away, 

 O.E. to much, to hide. The last portions of CMrwMrf^eow(=corn-muching) and 

 hugger-mugger are related." — Smyihe-F aimer. Cf. Mouch. 



*Nigllt-fall. n. A disease in horses. *' Witness .... told him 

 his animal was very bad, and asked him what was the matter with it. He 

 replied, 'Nothing, it is only "night-fall," and it comes on several times 

 during the year.' " — Wilts County Mirror, 27th October, 1893. 



Nistn't. Need not, must not. " Thee nistn't hoopy at I — I can hyar as 

 well as thee."— Greewe Feme Farm, ch. 3. 



*Perseen. .4dc? as example-. — " There's Jack White a comin' ; I won't perseeu 

 ta know un." — Mr. Slow. 



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