266 Contributions towards a Wiltshire Glossary, 



Toad's-meat. Add .— s.w. (DeveriU.) 



* Toad's-niOUth. Fritillaria Meleagris, L., Snake's-head. N.W. (Calstone.) 



Toe> to go over the. To bend the leg over the toe. 



"A horse . . . lame on the off hind leg caused by sprained tendons 

 . . . lately it had been going ' over its toe.' " — Wilts County Mirror, 

 7th Dec., 1897, p. 3. col. 2. 



Toil. To disturb, to fatigue, etc. " He wur that weak, I thought as 'twurn't 

 no good a twilin' on'in gettin' up." N.W. 



Tom-bird. Add .—s.w., common. Also Tom. N. & s.w. 



" They saw fowls at roost in the shed . . . [Prisoner] knocked four 



of them down — three hens and one tom-bird. It was a speckled torn."— 

 Marlborough Times, 17th March, 1895. 



* Tom-plough. A plough with double shares. S.W. 



" He was one of the few that could successfully manipulate a " Tom- 

 plough." — Diogenes' Sandals, p. 98. 



Tommy-dudman. a scarecrow. 



Tommy-toes. Pigs' pettitoes. N.W. (Clyffe Pypard, etc.) 



Traipse. To walk (not necessarily in a slatternly way.) 



" I bin a traipsin' about aal day droo the Vair." 

 *Traveller's-COmfort, Galium Aparine, It., Goose-grass. S.W. (Deverill.) 



*Traveller's-rest. Tansy. "The leaves are supposed to cure blistered 



feet." — Diogenes' Sandals, p. 98. 

 Tree climber. Certhia familiar is, Creeper. N. & S.W. 



Tree Magpie. Pica caudata, Magpie. See under Bush Magpie 

 for explanation of term. N. & S.W. 



* Trespass. A very old man at Christian Malford was said to be " on trespass," 



meaning that he had far over-stept the allotted years of man. 

 Trick-and-tie. To keep even with, to be a match for. N. & S.W. 



" I'll keep trick and tie wi' un," — keep even with him in mowing, or 

 standing pots of beer, or anything else he likes to name. 



Trigger. Add .—s.w. 



*Trim-traHl. Add : — Also used at Chippenham. (Hut. of Chipp.) 



Trip. (2) Add .—Also applied to a brood of chicken at Barford. 



*Trit-trot. To tramp about. (Hist, of Chipp.) N.W. 



Truckle-muxen. A child fond of rolling in the mud. S.W. (Deverill.) 

 " Get on in there out of the dirt, Nellie, or thy father'U wonder whose 

 little truckle-muxen 'tis runnin' about house." 



