138 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 
(2) Silene inflata, L., Bladder Campion, also “ popped” by children. 
S.W. (Salisbury.) 
* (3) Stellaria Holostea, L., Greater Stitchwort. N. & S.W. (Lyneham 
and Farley.) 
Posy. The garden Peony, from its size. 
Pot, or Put. (The latter is the usual S. Wilts form.) 
*(1) A tub or barrel. (D.) Obsolete. 
(2) A two-wheeled cart, made to tilt up and shoot its load. (D.) N. & S.W. 
Manure used formerly to be carried out to the fields in a pair of pots slung 
across a horse’s back. When wheels came into general use the term was 
transferred to the cart used for the same purpose. (D.) 
Pot-dung. Farmyard manure. (Agric. of Wilts, ch. 7.) N.W. 
sll Cy ot-walloper. A “ pot-waller,” or person possessing a house with a “ pot- 
wall,” or kitchen fireplace for cooking. All such persons formerly had votes 
for the borough of Wootton Bassett. See Wilts Arch. Maq., vol. xxiil., p. 172. 
Poult. (1) “A turkey poult,” a young turkey. N.W. 
(2) “A perfect poult,” an awkward girl. S.W. (Warminster.) 
Pounceful. Masterful, self-willed. ef Bounceful. ‘He preached 
pouncefully,”’ z.e., powerfully, forcibly. S.W. 
Powder-monkey. (1) Damp gunpowder, moulded into a cake which will 
smoulder slowly, used by boys for stupifying a wasp’s nest. 
(2) See Shitsack Day. 
Power. “A power o’ volk,” a number of people. N. & S.W. 
Powlts. (1) Peas and beans grown together. - N.W. (Clyfie Pypard.) 
(2) See Poult and Polt. 
*Poyn. To pen sheep. (D.) 
Preterites. A few specimens may be given, as craup, crept ; drowd, 
threw; flod, flew; fot, vot, or vaught, fetched; hod, hids 
hut, hit; lod, led; obloge, obliged; raught, reached; scrope, 
scraped ; slod, slid ; woe, awoke ; seed, seen, saw. 
Pretty-money. Coins, such as old George-and-dragon crowns, or new 
Jubilee pieces, given to a child to keep as curiosities, not to be spent. N.W. 
*Pride, The mud lamprey. (H.) 
Primrose soldiers. Aquilegia vulgaris,L.,gardenColumbine. N.W.(Huish.) 
*Prin it. Take it. (A.H.) 
Privet. “To privet about,” pry into things. “To privet out,” to ferret out 
anything. oft Brevet. N.W. 
