*Crandum. The throat (S.).—N.W.
'I first heard this word near Hungerford, where some farm hands were having a spree. There was a six-gallon jar of beer on the table, which they were continually smacking with their hands, whilst they sang in chorus:—
"Let it run down yer crandum,
An' jolly will we be," &c.I have only heard it applied to the human throat, never to that of an animal.'—Letter from Mr. Slow.
*Crap. Assurance (H.Wr.). There is probably some mistake here.
Craw. The crop of a bird; hence, the bosom (A.). 'A spelt th' drenk down 's craw,' he spilt it down his bosom (A.).—N.W.
Crazy, Craisey, Craizey. The Buttercup (A.B.H.Wr.). Buttercups in general, Ranunculus acris, R. bulbosus, R. repens, and often R. Ficaria also, but at Huish never applied to the last-named. In Deverill the term Craizies is restricted to the Marsh Marigold. See N.E.D. (s.v. Crayse).—N. & S.W.
Crazy Bets. (1) The general name all over Wilts for Caltha palustris, L., Marsh Marigold; apparently always pl. in form. Crazy Betties (Great Estate, ch. ii) and Crazy Betseys are occasionally used, the latter at Little Langford, S.W. Cf. 'Pretty Bets,' Oxf. and Nhamp., for Red Spur Valerian and London Pride, and 'Sweet Betsey,' Kent, for the former. In Glouc. Marsh Marigold is merely a Crazy.—N. & S.W. *(2) Mr. Slow says that 'Crazy bets' is applied to the 'buttercup' in South Wilts. *(3) Chrysanthemum leucanthemum, L., the Ox-eye Daisy.—S.W. (Hampworth.)
Crazy-more, Crazy-mar, or Crazy-moir. (1) Ranunculus repens, L., Creeping Buttercup. More=root or plant.—N.W. (Devizes; Huish.) (2) At Clyffe Pypard, N.W., and probably elsewhere, Crazy-mar means a plant of any kind of buttercup.
Crease. A ridge-tile.—N.W.
'From the top of Aland's house ... a slate ridge-crest (or crease, as it is provincially termed) ... was carried northwards about 40 yards.'—The Great Wiltshire Storm, Wilts Arch. Mag. vol. vi. p. 378.