WEST CORNWALL GLOSSARY. 63 then sing some do^grel rhymes, asking people to giye something to
- These poor jolly Warmil boys,
Come trayelling through the mire." This custom has long been con- fined to the Tillages (pron, wars-ail). Watty, a name for the hare in use amongst poachers. Couch. Way, reason. " The toay I said so." " The «wy I did it." Wayst, Watt, ways. «* Go thee wtui home," go thy way. A woman taking a pig home, not bein^ able to get it ^ong, at last let it go, saying, '* Go thee wayst ; I waan*t have anything moore to do wi' 'ee." Wee's nest, a mare's nest. " They hare found a wet^s nest, and are laughing over the eggs.*' Weelys, wicker pots or traps for catching crabs. Also Ounner- pots. Weered, imp. of wear. "She weered her blue gownd." Weet, Weel, v. to puU. "FU weet thy loggers (ears) for thee." Weeting, a flogging. Weeth, prop, noun, a field. Weethans, prop, noun, small fields. Woe-wow, adj. bent ; crooked, " My needle is all i0ee-t(H)u^." Well -near, adv. well nigh. " There were wtUrnear a hun- dred people in the field.*' Werret, v. to worry ; to tease by over-talking. ** She werrxU me out of my life." .Whap, a knock. " O.C. whaf, a blow." Uncle Jan TrenoocUe, Wheal, a mine. "O.C. hueV* '* Wheal Mary." Whelk, Whilk, a stye on the eye. Whem, Whim, a part of the machinery of a mine worked by horse-power. ' * I druv' a whem. Whimieys, whims. "She's full of her whimseys.'* Whinard, a redwing. " As cold and starved as a whinard.** See Swellaok. Whip-up, V. to raise ; to hoist. Whip and while, adv. now and then. ** Every whip and while he goes away. Whipsidery, a machine for raising ore. Whiiteroaff, a box on the ear. Whit' - neek, a white-throated weasel. " Screeching like a whif^neck.** Whit'- )ot, a dish made of cream or m Ik. flour, sugar, and nut« meg ; a kind of custard. White -rent, a duty formerly annually paid by tinners (miners). White-witch, a person (either male or female) supposed to be able to charm tootnache, stop bleeding at the nose, Ac. ; also to be able to give assistance in recovering lost or stolen pro- perty, to cure ill-wished (be- witched) persons: often con- sulted by the ignorant. See Pellar. Whiz, a fussy, troublesome per- son. *' A dreadful old whiz.** IKfhiz, V. to bustle about fussily. Whizzing, part, bustling. " He's always whizzing about the house." ^V^uz-agig, a whirligig. Whizzy, adj. confused. " My head feels but whizzy.** Widdershins, from K to S., through E.
