SHEFFIELD GLOSSARY. 143
MAG FIELD SPOUT, a field near Bents Green.
It is often called Mack field spout. There are two stone troughs here, and water runs out of one into the other. The field is near Thrift House. There is a Mag dough at Eyam.
MAG FLATT, a field in Norton parish. MAGLAND.
'Item Magland (pasture) lying between the lord's lands,' &c. Harrison. O. Icel. magr, poor, meagre?
MAIDEN, sb. a wooden instrument consisting of a long handle with wooden feet, by means of which clothes are stirred about in a washing tub. The maiden is sometimes called a peggy or dolly ', q.v.
MAIDENING-TUB, sb. a deep vessel for washing clothes. 'Salla do yo pull t' oud maidnin tub to't table.' Bywater, 154.
MAIDENS HILLOCK, a field in Dore. MAIT [meit], the pronunciation of meat. MAK, v. to make.
MAKE, v. to fasten.
- Has he made yon cellar grate?'
MAKE-SHIFT, sb. a substitute.
MALAK [maylak], sb. a great disturbance.
'A, bless yer soul, thear's been sich a nialak as yo ne'er seed e yer loif.' By-water, 149.
MALBECROS.
In a grant dated c. 1280 of a piece of land near Totley, called 'le stord,' mention is made of Malbecros. ' Et buttat ad unum caput super Malbecros. ' Derb. Arch. J., vol. iii., p. 101.
MALIN BRIDGE [Maylin bridge].
'An intacke at Malin Bridge, in Stannington.' Harrison. Malin is a not uncommon Christian name in the district in old documents. Malum, i.e., Maleham, occurs in the Norton parish registers, and Maleham is still found as a surname in the district. Hallam is written Hallun in Domesday.
MALLOCK, v. to mix together. MALLY, sb. the Christian name Mary.
MALLY WRAGG LANE, a road in Ecclesall, near Sheffield. Wragg is a common surname in the district. See RAGG CLOSES.
MAMMOCKS, sb. pi. small pieces of anything. H.
MAN. One is said to be his own man when he is in his usual health.
