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 Chump-headed, (l) stupid. s.w. 



(2) Big-headed N.W. 

 Church Owl. Strix flammea, White Owl. N. & S.W. 



*Clllirly. Pry, stiff, hard, as applied to the soil. 



Churill. " Churm it down hard," press it down with the hand and work it up 

 well, as in making a pudding. A form of Chum. N. & S.W. 



*Clacker-hole. The valve-hole in a pair of bellows. S.W. (Deverill.) 



Clacket. (1) Noise, chattering talk. N. & S.W. 



(2) v. To make a noise, to chatter, to cluck as a hen. N. & S.W. 



ClaiUmer. The tongue. " What's thee hangen' thee clammer vor ? " "I'll 

 make thee hang thee's clammer," i.e., look dejected. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard.) 



♦Clef. "A clef of hay," a handful or small bundle. Perhaps a variant of 

 Kerf. N.W. (Potterne.) 



Climtack. Add : — A child always in peril. — Notes and Queries, 6th Aug., 

 1881. 



* Clipping the Church. An old Shrove-tide ceremony. 



" In Wiltshire the children join hands round the Church, walk round three 

 times, and say : — 



' Shrove Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday, (poor) Jack went to plough, 

 His mother made pancakes, she scarcely knew how : 

 She tossed them, she turned them, she made them so black. 

 With soot from the chimney that poisoned poor Jack." — Northall. 

 See under Shrove-tide for another version. 

 Cly ty, or Clytey. Add : — Diseased sheep are still occasionally spoken of 

 as being " clyty." See Clyten. N. & S.W. (Salisbury, Huish, etc.) 



Cob-all. A cupboard into which odds and ends are thrown. Perhaps a variant 



of Cubby-hole. n.w. 



*CodnOgger. A gossip. — Notes and Queries, 6th Aug., 1881. Unknown 

 to us. 



*Collyfodger. One who takes unusual care of himself. — Notes and Qu&ries, 

 6th August, 1881. Unknown to us. 



*Colt. (1) A landslip. A slight slip of soil, as in the side of a grave. N. W. 



(Glouc. bord.) 



(2) v. Of soil, to slip or cave in. N.W. (Gloue. bord.) 



Come away. To spring up. N.W. 

 "Owing to the long drought [barley] came away from the ground at 

 different periods."— jDei'/zes Gazette, 22nd June, 1893, p. 7, col. 2. 



