260 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary. 



when asked why he never went to Chnrch, to prove that it was not in his power 

 to go, as shepherds must be with their Hock Sundays as well as week-days. 



^Shepherd's thyme. Add:— n.w. (Calstone.) 



*Shepherd's-blue-thyme. Tolygala calcarea, F. Sch., Chalk Milkwort. 



N.W. (Heddington.) 



Shirp. To trim up, as applied to water-courses, etc. S.W. 

 " The ditch is shirped and the hedge is levelled." — Salisbury Journal 

 2nd March, 1895. 



Shitsack. Add .—At Barf ord St. Martin both Chit Jack and Shitzack 



are in use. 



Shiverj-shakerieS. Briza media, L., Quaking Grass. N.W. 



Shoot. (3) Add :—" Within this Farme is a place called Pitt-poole, wherein 

 a King upon his escape riding hastily down a steep Shoot was drowned." — 



Shore. Add .—(2) A pole, as Fold-shore, etc. N. & S.W. 



Shove-halfpenny. A game played in tap-rooms. Coppers are patted with 

 the palm of the hand from the edge of a table towards a mark, and the loser 

 pays in beer. Sometimes the table is marked out into several compartments, 

 a corresponding number of coins being used, and the aim being to lodge a 

 coin in every compartment. In this case the patting is done from the end 

 of the table, which is often edged with hoop -iron, as for " Cork-an-Varden," 

 to prevent the coins from falling off. N. & S.W. 



*Shrigging. Add .— Shrigging or Scarigen, clearing the orchard 

 of any odds and ends of fruit left after picking. S.W. (Barf ord St. Martin.) 



Shrike COCk. Turdus viscivorus, Missel-Thrush. 

 ShrOVe-tide. At Shrewton the following rhymes are sung : — 

 (I) " Knock, knock, knock ! 



Is the pan hot ? 



Is the pan cold ? 



Is the bread and cheese cut ? 



Is the best barrel tapped ? 



Please Ma' am, I've come a Shrovin' ! 



Eggs an 5 butter an' lard so dear, 



That's what make I come a Shrovin' here ! " 



(2) 'Shrove Tuesday, Ash Wednesday, when Jack went to plough, 

 His mother made pancakes, she didn't know how; 

 She tissed 'em, she tossed em', she made 'em so black, 

 She put so much pepper in, she poisoned poor Jack." 



The last four lines used to be sung by children in some parts of South 

 Wilts during the ceremony of " Clipping the Church," q.v. 



