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(c) Tail-end. Used formerly by the poor. 



(d) Scurling. Given to poultry. 



(e) Chaff. 



Take. "To take to say," to keep company with. S.W. (Shrewton.) 



" He took to say by a young woman." 

 Take Oil. To be grieved or vexed about anything. " Her took on ter'ble 

 'bout th' ould zow a dyin'." N. & S.W. 



Tan Hill Apple. The Quarrenden. So called because it comes in about 



the time of the Fair at Tan Hill. N.W. 

 Tang. (1) Add .—S.W. (Deverill.) 

 Tasker. Add: — S.W. (Deverill.) 



Tea kettle broth. Hot water poured on slightly buttered bread, with a 



pinch of pepper and salt. N. & S.W. 

 Teart. (1) and (2) Add : — S.W. 



*Teazy. Ill-tempered. (Hist, of Ckipp.J N.W. 



There-right. (2) Add .— s.w. 



Thief. A spark or piece of burning snuff in a candle, causing the grease to 

 run down. N. & S.W. 



Thill. Add : — S.W. 



Thiller. Add .—S.W. 



Threshle. Add .—The part of the flail held in the hand is made of soft 

 wood, and is known as the Hand-staff. The Dreshol proper is the 

 hard knotty piece with which the threshing is done. " A pair o' dreshols "= 

 a flail. Op. " A pair of trucks," etc. 



Tick-fair. A fair at which " Ticks " are sold by the farmers and dealers in 

 wool. 



" Sarum. Feb. 28, 1756. Whereas the Tick-Fair was kept in the Blue 

 Boar Yard . . . This is to acquaint the Buyers and Sellers of Ticks that 

 a Rank of Standings shall be set up opposite the Blue-Boar, only for the use 

 of the Tick-Trade." — Advt., Sarum Journal, 1756. 



Tine. (4) Add .—s.w. 



Tit-tat-to. At Deverill th is name is applied to " Three-penny Madell," q.v., 

 from the exclamation when the third man is successfully placed in the row. 

 Elsewhere we have frequently heard some form or other of the following 

 jingle used : — 

 " Tit-tat-to ! 

 My first go! 



Three jolly butcher-boys [dicky-birds, etc.] all in a vow." 



