“Proddlin’ up the smudderin’ embers.”

Stagg.

Pubble, C, plump.

“At Michaelmas a pubble goose—at Kersmas, standin’ pie.”

Old Saying.

Putten down, C, put to death.

“That nane may ken that ye are clerks,

Till ye be putten doon.”

Ballad—The Clerk’s Twa Sons.

Puzzen, C, poison.