26 ANTRIM AND DOWN GLOSSARY. Croodle, v, to croach ; to cuddle. Crook, sh, a hook which is suspended firom the * crane ' in a kitchen chimney for hanging the pot or griddle frouL * As hlack as the crook,* very hlack. Croon, V. to lament or waiL Croose, acy. sharp-tempered; pugnacious; irritahle; conceited. * He's as crooee as a hanty cock.' Crop, V. to crop land. 'To put in crqp^' to sow seed. Cross. * He would steal the cross off an ass : ' said of an avaricious person. CrotQe, sb. a lichen. A decoction of it is used for dyeing. Crowl, (1) sb. a small person; a dwarf. * A erowl on a creepy looks naethin*/ saying. (2) V. to stunt the growth of anything. It is said that dogs can be crotvled by eiving them whiskey when they are young, and that a child is crowleS if a man puts his leg over the chilas head. Crown of the oausey, sb. the centre of the road, the driest and cleanest part, and therefore taken possession of by the strongest. The expression refers to the old payed country roads, which lu^ no side paths. Crub, (I) sb. 9k horse's curb-chain. (2) V. to check. ' The caterpillars eruh the blooms of the roses.' Cmden, sb. a parten (crab), Carcintts moerias^ of a reddish colour. Cruds, sb. pi, curds. Cruel, Crole, adj. yery, * Cruel big.' * Crud nice.' * Crud purty.' Cniels, sb, the king's eyiL Cruffles, sb. pi. a kind of potatoes. Crole han'i sb. a disagreeable spectacle ; a bad case. ' He's made a cnde han' o' hisself with the dhrink.' Same as Sore Hand. Crolge, t;. to crouch near the fire ; to cramp oneself by sitting in a crouching attitude. Onunbs. Children are recommended to eat up the crumbs, ' for the crumbs will make you wise.' Cmnunel, sb. a crumb. Cmnuning-knife, sb. a cooper's tooL Cmse, adj. captious; cross. Cuokle, sb. a cockle. Cnokoo-sorrel, sb. wood sorrel, Oxalis acetoselUu Cuokoo-spitile, sb. the white froth deposited on plants, which is secreted by and encloses the young of an insect, Aphrofnora igpumaria^
