230 THE LAPWING. 



The word " Peeseweep " is sometimes heard in the county as 

 descriptive of a weak, poor-looking creature. For instance, 

 a weak calf has been heard to be described as "just a thin 

 speeder of a thing, just a hungry peeseweep of a cratur." 

 The Peeseweep grass is Luzula campestris. 1 



i Botany of the Eastern Borders, by Dr. Johnston, p. 200. 



