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Cattikeyns. Fruit of the ash. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 
*Centry. Anagallis tenella, L., Bog Pimpernel. 8.W. (Barford.) 
Cheese-flower. Malva sylvestris, L., Common Mallow. 8S.W. (Barford.) 
Chimney-sweeps. Flowering-heads of some grasses. N.W. (Lyneham.) 
Corruptions. Some of these are curious, and perhaps worth recording, as 
Rainball, rainbow (always used at Huish); Lattiprack, paralytic; 
Nuffin-idols, Love-in-idleness; Polly Andrews, Polyanthus. Also see 
Nolens-volens. Bronchitis is always Brantitus, and Jaundice always The 
Janders, plural. Persuade is always Suade. 
*Corn Pop. Silene inflata, Sm., Bladder Campion. N.W. (Enford.) 
*Corn Grit. Quarrymen’s term for one of the building stone beds of the 
Portland series. (Britton’s Beauties of Wilts, vol. 3.) 
*Creeping Jack. Sedwm, Stonecrop. N.W. (Lyneham.) 
*Cushions. Scabiosa arvensis, L., Field Scabious. _ NW. (Enford.) 
Culls. Sheep or lambs picked ont of the flock as inferior in size or in any 
other way and sold. Fairs at which they are sold are called “Cull 
Fairs.” N.W. 
D. In comparatives, etc., d is frequently added to liquids, as coolder, cooler ; 
thinder, thinner; feeldins, feelings; and scholard, scholar. It is also 
used for th, as draish, thresh; droo, through. 
*Daddy’s Whiskers. Clematis Vitalba, L., Traveller's Joy. S.W.(Farley.) 
Dead-roof. A skilling roof made of bavins and thatched over. N.W. 
*Double-Dumb-Nettle. Ballota nigra, L., Black Horehound. S.W. 
(Charlton.) 
*Double-ladies’-fingers-and-thumbs. Anthyllis vulneraria, L., 
Kidney Vetch. N.W. (Enford.) 
*Double Pincushion. Anthyllis vulneraria, L., Kidney Vetch. S.W. 
(Barford.) 
Dowst. “To go to dowst,” go to bed, perhaps from dows¢ (chaff) being used 
to fill mattresses. Heard at Huish occasionally, but not traced elsewhere. 
Dumb Nettle. Lamium album, L., White Dead Nettle. S.W. (Charlton.) 
Dump. (3) A pollard tree, as ‘“‘Ash-dump, or “ Willow-dump.”’ N.W. (Clyffe 
Pypard.) 
Dunch. Lamiun album, L., White Dead Nettle. S.W. (Barford.) 
Dutch Elder. Zyopodium Podagraria, L., Gout-weed. §.W. (Farley,etc.) 
Eggs-and-Bacon. 4dd58.W. 
*Kogs-eges. Fruit of the hawthorn, A.S.Hege, hedge. S.W. (Farley.) 
