The Public School Word-book / A conribution to to a historical glossary of words phrases and turns of expression obsolete and in current use peculiar to our great public schools together with some that have been or are modish at the universities

by John Stephen Farmer

To haul up, verb. phr. (Harrow).—To have a boy up to House out of school-hours, to say “turned” repetitions.

Haves. See Halves.

He, subs. (Charterhouse).—A cake. Young he = a small cake; a FISH-HE = fish-cake. See She.

Head, subs. (Tonbridge).—The chief cricket-ground.

Health Walk, subs. (Stonyhurst).—When the weather has been bad for some time, the boys are freed on the first fine day for “HEALTH WALKS.” The name seems still to be surviving, through more often the boys have football than walks on such occasions.

Heder, subs. (Winchester).—A plunge, feet foremost. Fr. une chandelle.

Hedgehog, subs. (Christ’s Hospital).—A London nickname for a Hertford Blue (q.v.). See Appendix.

c. 1800-29. The Blue-Coat Boy [More Gleanings from The Blue], 203. Another isolated statement of interest (unknown, perhaps, to some), is that “Hertford boys called the London boys, ‘Jackdaws,’ and those in London called those at Hertford ‘HEDGEHOGS’;” hedgehog boys and pigtailed masters!

Heifer, subs. (Charterhouse: obsolete).—A charwoman.

Hell, subs. (Winchester).—A shady nook near Third Pot, famous for a profusion of violets. [Dial. (Hants) = a dark, wooded place: originally (Skeat) a hidden place.]