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Lettuehe. Lettuce. 



Laurier, lorier. A game called " Mon bon lorier." 

 Lattai'P. To beat with a stick. 

 Lattes. Laths. Fr., latte; It., httta, a pole. 



Lefton. Fr., lever, levain. A liquid formerly used as leaven for raising 

 dough. 



Lettres. The soft roe in mackerel, herrings, &c. The hard roe we call 



mtvres. 

 Limon eonflt. Candied peel. 



Louainai'P. To delay, loiter, take one's time, lounge. 

 LaPPOn. Lump or defect in the wick of a candle. 



Litai. Heavy, not risen (of bread and cake). Alitai is bedridden. Fr., alite. 

 Ligant. See ebranc and my list of names (Trans. 1898, No. 144 and 



Addenda, Trans. 1903). 



Mabe, mabet. Fellow (in a despicable sense). Com. Br., mabden. Any 

 individual whatsoever. 



Modale, maudale. Mopish. 



Mouehelai'e, Bundle tied up in a handkerchief. Fr., mouchoir. 



MaPte. A fatal complication of confluent smallpox. Full eruption of the 



whole body. Perhaps blue or livid spots on the skin. It is difficult to 



trace the correct signification of this word. 

 MaPtine or piqueux. A fish often mistaken for the sand-eel. 

 MaPette. Puddle. 

 Mepqueresse. An instrument for marking butter, butter stamp. Heb., 



maraq, to print ; 0. Fr., merquer ; G-er., merken. 



Midi a quatopze heupes. Fig., an untruth. 



La petite St. Michel. The seventh to the tenth of October. If an 

 easterly wind predominates at this period it will come from that direction 

 during three-fourths of the year. 



Mie matin. Lunch of working and country people between breakfast and 

 dinner. 



La mai'P a bepe. To drink the sea. Fig., a difficult or impossible under- 

 taking. 



Mai au eoeup. Nausea. 



MogfUie. Mugful. N. Fr., mogue. 



MiPOIl. A wonderful thing. 



Mitonna'iP. To simmer. 



Mol. Heavy, without life. 



Motte. Silence ! not a word ! 



MoUPants (Mouapants) Pane des. The name given to an apparition 

 said to have been seen in that part of St. Andrew's. Some have called 

 the spot " Coin a la biche." 



NaviPe. Pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat between them 



smaller than sandwiches. 

 Nivlotin. Easy work. 



Le petit nom. The baptism of a sick child at home. 

 Nu. Used in the phrase, " I n'y fait nu," it is impossible to stand it, i.e.i 



under rain or in the cold. 

 NuaPd. A black, threatening cloud, 

 Nietie. A night long. 



