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 24 WEST CORNWALL GLOSSARY, Cktem, a garden. (haggled, p, p, as adj. daggled. Oale, an ox. " A childless man.*^ Garland. Oale-ey gronnds. <'Gronnd where springs rise in different places.*' Folwhele. Garew speaks of Gaully grounds. OaUiganter, a taU, nngainly person. GhtlliBh, the gallows. " As cross as the gaUishJ* Oal-yant, adj. gallant Oambers, interj. " Yes, by gam- Oambrils, the small of the leg. Gammnt, fun ; nonsense. '' She thinks of nothing hut gammut,** Oange, Oinge, v. to gange a hook is to coyer it with a fine brass or copper wire, to prevent its being bitten ofit by the fish. *' Ging, gingey the fine wire twisted to the line above the hook to pre- vent congers from biting the line.*' S E. C. Gkurey, t;. Husband and wife both trying to tell the same story (very loud), wife turns round on husband — ** One is quite enough to garey;" and husband subsides. St. Just, through T. 0. Oashly, ado, ghastly. Oathom, a mischievous spirit supposed to haunt mines. Oaver, a sea crayfish. Polwhele, HallLweU. Oawkom, an awkward person. Gay. " One is a play, two is a gay f» Oayg, children*s toys : often, broken earthenware. O'eat (jpron, gaite), great Oeek, V, to pry ; to look round curiously. '* Qeeking about like a Custom-house officer." **5o" greei," bo-peep« Oerriok, a whistler fish; sea- pike. Gidge, interj « Oh my gidge I " Gift, a white mark on the naO. come; But a gift on the finger is sure to linger." Giglet, a thoughtless, laughing girl, ** There's nothing but a passle (parcel) o' giglets going." Gijoalter, part of the rigging of a ship. J. Kelynack, Newlyn. Girts, groats ; oatmeaL Girty-milk, oatmeal; milk por- ridge. Gifls, Geist, a hempen girdle; the girth of a saddle. Gissing round, Geesing round, V. peering about ; spying. Giz' danoe, Guise dance, Geese dancers, people that go about at Christmas disguised and with masks on, generally three or four in a paify. They come into your house uninvited, and are often very unruly. Sometimes they act an old play, " St George and the Dragon.*' ^' As good as a Christmas play" is said of any- thing very fimny. This custom has been abolished in Penzance for about ten years. Gladdy, the yellow-hammer. Glands, the banks of a river. Polwhele, Halliwell. Glase, V. to stare. Glassenbury dog, a term of re- proach, the origin at present unknown to the editor. — l/nde Jan Trenoodle. dog:' Glaws, Gouse, dried cow-dung used for firing. Glen adder, the cast skin of an
 * ' A gift on the thumb is sure to
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