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Sally’s local words
Frail = basket used by men in the fields to carry a bottle of cold tea and bread and cheese and a raw onion
Scrab = rush about
Dicky= donkey
Bait = food for man (and horse)
Dag = dew
Fourseys = afternoon break
Largesse = hollered (ie shouting) at conclusion of harvest
Elijahs = straps beneath the knees (to keep out stray corn - or mice!!)
Rub = to sharpen scythe
Buskins = leather or canvas leggings
Slop = smock or coat made from "drab" linen
Village lantern = the moon
Stubba = clover to feed horses
Drenching iron = used to hold horses' mouths open (to give medicine)
Coomb = the weight in corn ( varies - for wheat 18 stone, 16 stone for barley)
Stetch = width of furrow
Brushing = beating birds (for a shoot)
Tilt = tarpaulin
Wet bud (bird) = green woodpecker (early sign of coming rain)
"Smart as a carrot" = neat and tidy
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Wingfield Barns
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