Glossary of Terms - Hiring Fairs and Market Places

footer (foother)
do something in an unskilful manner

fother
see ‘fodder’

fur
furrow

gauge
cubic metre (enough to fill a donkey cart)

gauger
Exciseman

graip
three- or four-pronged fork for lifting manure or digging potatoes

Great Market
larger than usual market, held specially e.g. Christmas

Gruel
thin food made by boiling meal or oats in water

Haggle
dispute price; to be difficult in bargaining

Happoth
half-penny worth; meaning nothing e.g. not a happoth

Hoke
scoop out; root – like a pig

Kant
market where people shout out to draw attention to their wares

Lammas
first of August

Lap
small quantity of hay rolled over the arm and set down so that the wind blows through it

luck-penny
small return made to the purchaser

madrig
saddle packed with straw