248 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 



Hamper, or Hamperment. Confusion, perplexity. When the horses in 

 a team get all into confusion, or a ball of string is in a harl, it would he a 

 case of being " aal in a hamper." N.W. 



Hanger-on. A padlock. S.W. (Salisbury.) 



*Hang Up. See quotation :— 



" Though the wheat grew very luxuriantly during the winter, the March 

 winds, particularly after frost, frequently blew the earth away from the 

 plant, and left it (as the Wiltshire phrase is), ' hung up by one leg.' " — Davis, 

 Agric. of Wilts, p. 50. 



Hang-fair. Add : — The murderers of Mr. Webb were executed in March 

 1813, not in August. It was the murderers of Mr. Eebbeck who were 

 hanged on 11th August, a few years later, thus naming the fair. 



Hanglers. Add : — At Deverill such a hook is called " a hangles." 



Happer down. Add .— *Happering, a snapping of an ember in the 



fire. — Notes and Queries, 6th Aug., 1881. We have only heard it used of 

 rain and hail. 



Harslet. The pluck of a pig. N. & S.W. 



Heal, Heale. (1) Add : — Also used of covering or earthing up potatoes, 

 etc. (2) n. An unseen place. ' N.W. 



Heartless. Heart-breaking. " 'Tis heartless to see un go about lookin' so 

 picked." 



Hedge-Cuckoo. We sometimes speak of our western neighbours as 

 " Somerset Hedge- Cuckoos," in taunting allusion to the old legend that they 

 once built a hedge round the bird, to keep him from flying away. 



Hedge-pig. The Hedgehog. Still occasionally used. N.W. 



Hefty, adj. Heavy. , N.W. 



Helyer. Add .— s.w. 



■*Hip-sh.Otten. Halt or lame in the hip. N.W. (Potterne.) 



Hissing Owl. Strix flammea, White Owl. 



Hit. Add':—{d) Used, with the numeral affixed, of a clock striking. "A 

 never stopped till the clock hut dree."— Wilts Words, p. 211. " Avore tha 

 clock het vive." —Wilts Rhymes, 5th Ser., p. 2. N. & S.W. 



Hocks. Feet. Defined as " legs " in Mr. Slow's Glossary. N. & S.W. 



Hook. Add : — (2) " To hook taters," to hack or hoe potatoes. S.W. 



HopSCratch. A game played by children. (S.) Hopscotch. 



Homed Owl. Otus vulgaris, Long-eared Owl. 



