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56 SHEFFIELD GLOSSARY.

CROPPER, sb. a bad fall.

CROSS, sb. the name of an open space in Cold- Aston where three roads meet.

It is called 'The Cross.' In this space formerly stood the stocks, which were removed about 1835. See CROSS POOL and BANNER CROSS. 'A crosse waie, or a fourecornerd streete.' Baret's Alvearie, 1580. 'Traverse. A crosse way or by lane which leads out of the highway.' Cof grave. In Ecclesfield and Bradfield are Handsom Cross, Shiregreen Cross, Wadsley Cross, Grenoside Cross, Chapel Cross, Parson Cross, Burn Cross. One or two of these may have been 'preaching crosses.' In the village of Carlton, near Barnsley, are the remains of a stone cross standing on a triangular strip of grass at the junction of three roads. These remains are still called ' the Cross.' The open space at Cold- Aston called 'the Cross' was, in my time, a common trysting-place. See IRISH CROSS. Harrison mentions ' the two white stones in Crosse Hill,' Bradfield. There is a cross, approached by Steps, in Norton churchyard.

CROSS AND PILE.

' The game of head and tail is sometimes called cross and pile.' H. See Strutt's Sports and Pastimes, 2nd ed., p. 296.

CROSS BUNS, sb. pi. sweet cakes marked with a cross and sold on Good Friday.

Children who sell them in the streets say :

' One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns ; One for your daughters, and two for your sons : One a penny, two a penny, hot cross buns.' They are always spoken of as ' Hot cross buns.'

CROSS-EYED, adj. squinting.

CROSSPATCH or CROSSPETCH, sb. a peevish child.

CROSS POOL, a place near Crookes, in Sheffield parish. See CROSS.

CROWDER HOUSE, in Ecclesfield. O. M.

CROWDY or CROODY, sb. a mixture of oatmeal and water.

With reference to this word, see Canon Taylor's article on ' Domesday Survivals' in Contemporary Review for December, 1886, p. 887. In this district it is simply a mixture of coarse oatmeal and cold water. It is sometimes put into a pot and boiled, and then mixed with treacle. Low Lat. corrodium.

CROWNER, sb. a coroner.

'Pronounced crunner.' Hunter's MS. So far as I can ascertain it is pronounced crowner.

CROWSTONE EDGE, in Bradfield. See DAYNE and CRAW ROODS.