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 EAST CORNWALL GLOSSARY. 89 Hnlster, a hold ; place of retreat, er concealment, like Holt E, g, « This mbbiah ee only a huliter for snails.'' HnrriiOiae, hasty ; passionate. Hnrry-aknrryi confusion ; intemperate haste. Enrts^ whortleberry. He, the liver fluke, dUtoma Jiepafica, productive of rot in sheep. ni-wiahedy bewitched. Inkle, tape ; narrow webbing. *' As thick as /nA;Ze-weaverB.'* Inwards, intestines. Jack 0* Lantern, Ignis fatuus, the pisky Fuck. Jack o' Lent, a figure made up of straw and cast-off clothes^ carried round and burnt at the begmning of Lent, supposed to represent Judas Iscaiiot. — Hist, o/Polperro, p. 125. Jakes, a state of dirty untidiness. Jam, to squeeze forcibly ; to crush. Janders, jaundice. Jemny-qnick, an Italian iron. Jew's ears, some species of fungi. Joan the Wad, the name of an elf or pisky. Joioe, juice. J'owter, a travelling fishmonger. Carew says of Polperro, that there " plenty of fish is vented to the fiahdrivers, whom we caHjototera" Keenly, deftly, as, "he does it keenly,'' Also kindly; favourable. Keeye, a large tub. Kenning, an ulcer on the eye. eye^ we have several old women who profess to cure by a charm. Possibly kenning may imply a defect in the ken or sight. Hie old word ken is used for sight m Oomwall as well as in Scotland. I should not omit to state that uie application of some plant to the part affected accompanies the muttered mcantation. In the present case it is the plant or herb here yclept the kenning harb." — ^Polwhslb's Traditions and Recollections, voL ii. p. 607. The plant I have seen most commonly used for clearing opadties of the cornea is the celandine, ehdidoniwn majus, Kerls^ swollen and hard glands. Same root as kernels.
 * ' Brave keenly gossan."
 * ' miat is caUed a kenning y keminff, or a homy white speck on the