Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 



* Jerusalem Cowslip. Pulmonaria officinalis, L.,. Lungwort. (Farley, 



etc.) 



*John and Mary. A pair of country folk, or a tramp and his wife, coming 

 along a road together, are usually thus spoken of. S.W. (Deverill.) 



* J Ohn- J ack . See quotation :— 



" At Salisbury the Mummers used to be called John Jacks, and there was 

 a fifth performer called John Jack, who was represented with a large 

 hump-back, and concluded the play by coming forward and saying : — 

 " Here come I, 

 Little John Jack, 



With my wife and family at my back, 

 Eoast beef, plum pudding, and mince-pie, 

 No one loves them better than I ! 

 God save the Queen ! " — Parish, Sussex Gloss., p. 138. 

 *Jllbilee hunter. JRubus caesius, L., Dewberry. N.W. (Calstone.) 



*Juniper lecture. See quotation :—■ 



"She was famous for what they call in Wiltshire a ' juniper lecture." 

 When I explain to the married men of my acquaintance that juniper wood 

 possesses the quality of keeping alight for long periods of time together, and 

 that when you think it's quite gone out, only a spark left, it begins again, 

 if stirred up, glowing, crackling, and darting out flames, I need go into no 

 further particulars." — Diogenes Sandals, pp. 80 — 81. 



*Jumpits. Fits, convulsions. ' I be better now, but I've a had they hell-vire 

 jumpits agen." S. W . 



Junket. Add — s.w. 



Kerf. Add : — Also applied to a layer of earth. 



" 1730. May 13th. The Churchwardens to begin to remove part of this 

 Churchyard into that of the Cathedral by taking off and carrying away a 

 Kerfe of halfe a foot of earth the first yeare." — Churchwardens' Accounts, 

 Sarum St. Thomas. 



Kernel. A bluish glutinous lump in a certain joint of beef, which must be 

 cut out, or it will taint the meat in cooking. Cp. Mouse. n.w. 



^"Kiddle-Caddie. A mess, confusion. (Hist, of Chipp.) N.W. 



Kinkabobs. Knots of wool on a sheep's back. S.W. 



*KnaWSe Of a knaWSneSS. Much the same as usual. — Notes and 

 Queries, 6th Aug., 1881. See NeUSt of a neUStneSS. 



■*Knee. At Deverill, when the banns of marriage have been published once, 

 it is customary to ask the man how his knees are this morning. See 

 Shoulder in Wilts Words. S.W. 



