IX. — Words formerly in me in West Cornwall. 



AS Addenda to the "List of Words in common use in West Corn^ 

 wall,^'' given by the late Mr. Thomas Garland in Ko. Ill of 

 the Journal, a Correspondent (H.) furnishes the following words as 

 formerly in use in that district ; but he states that some of them 

 have been already given as used in different senses. 



BuccA. A hobgoblin, a spirit. 



" The Biicca will have thee ! " Mr. Garland's List gives the 

 meaning as " Scarecrow " ; in which sense it was also used, in com- 

 mon with " Buggaboo." Mr. Couch, in No. I of the Journal, gives 

 the "Buck" in the dairy, turning the milk sour. Shakspeare has 

 " Tush ! Tush ! fear boys with Bugs." 



CoEEiST, or CoEKizEE. An old grudge. 



Mentioned before (No. II) as possibly derived from corrodo ; 

 but may it not be traced to the Norman corroucir=to be angry? 



Ckogan. a large shell. 



Chickchackee. The wheatear ; from the bird's note. 



Chuckleheab. Dunderhead. Stupid Oaf. 



Pooch. 



Mr. Garland's List gives the meaning as " slovenly plight." 

 This is a secondary sense. To " fooch " is to thrust with difficulty — ■ 

 to thrust yourself. To " pock " is to push another. A remonstrant 

 in a crowd says : " Where are ee fooching to? Don't pock me about 

 so ! " The late Mr. Tregellas, however, used these words as nearly 

 synonymous in his story of a Mine Agent superintending the re- 

 moval of a beam of wood : " Come, men, fooch un along ! " adding, 

 in reply to a question from a by-stander : " What's /ooc/t.^ " " Why, 

 pock, to be sure ! — ^Well then, pock un along, men ! pock un along ! " 



!FuQGAN". A miner's cake. Dough baked with meat in the middle. 



GiAZE. To stare. 



" The great eyes of un glazing up at me." 



Geeze-dance. Mummers' Dance. Qy. disguise — deguiser. 



HoEKiwiNK. A toad. 



Mr. Couch gives it as the name of a plover, in East Corn- 

 wall. In the West it meant a toad, or slug. Again, an old tumble- 

 down house has been revilingly described as "an old shab-rag 

 horniwink place." 



KiCKHSH. Eicketty, easily upset. 



