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Lent-lily. The Daffodil. Narcissus pseudo-Narcissus. 

 LiDE. The month of March. 



Vide " Tinner's Folk-lore," E. I. Jouriial, No. VI. 

 LiGGAN. The manure composed of autumnal leaves washed down. 



by a stream and deposited by side eddies, (Fowey.) 

 LiGGY. Sloppy, drizzly weather. 

 Loader. A double apple. 



M. 



Mawnge, or Munch. To chew. 

 Mis-MAZE. Bewilderment. 



Neck. A miniature sheaf of wheat with four plaited arms, in- 

 tertwined with "everlasting" and the more durable of 

 flowers. 



The stalks of wheat brought down by the last sweep of the 

 scythe are brought home in thankful triumph, and woven as described, 

 and, in the evening, taken into the mowhay, where are assembled 

 all the harvest party. A stout-lunged reaper proclaims, loudly and 

 slowly : — 



"Ihav'en! Ihav'en! I hav'en ! " 



Another loud voice questions : — 



" What hav'ee ? What hav'ee ? What hav'ee ? " 



"A Neck! A Neck ! A Neck ! " 



is the reply ; and the crowd take up, in their lustiest tones, the 

 chorus of " Wurrah." 



General merriment foUowB^ and the songs are loud, and the 

 draughts of ale or cider deep. 



The neck may be seen hanging to the beam in many of our 

 farm-houses between harvest and Christmas- eve, on which night it 

 is given to the master-bullock in the chall. 



"Hollaing the Neck" is in some parts of Cornwall still 

 heard, and is one of the cheerfulest of rural sounds. 



New-fang, or vang. Something newly got. Vide Fang.* 



0. 



Oakweb. The cockchafer. 



P. 



Pill. A pool in a creek. 



" Even-^s a sturgeon or a pike doth scour 

 The creeks andjjii^s, in rivers where they lie." 



Silvester's Du Bartas. 



* Journal of the Boyal Institution of Cornwall, No. I. 



