“An’ _parlish_ pranks ’mang Silloth banks They hed as they were comin’.” _Stagg._ The Bridewain. “A bump as big as a young cockerel’s stone, A _parlous_ knock.” _Shakspeare._ Romeo and Juliet. Said to be a corruption of _perilous_, which is certainly not its meaning in Cumberland. Pash, C, to dash or thrust down forcibly. “Barne! I _pash’t_ them doon.“—Said by Wm. Jackson to a neighbour’s daughter after his first victory at the Flan wrestling. Pauchtie, S, proud, supercilious. ”_Pauchtie_ damsels, bred at courts, Wha thraw the mou’ an’ tak’ the dorts.” _Ferguson._ The Gowdspink. Pawkie, S, sly. “A thief sae _pawkie_ is my Jean.” _Burns._ Peerie, S, a peg-top. In Cumberland called a Cas’ley. “He sleeps as soon’ as onie _peerie_.”—Common saying. Phraise, S, smooth or fondling talk. “He’s ta’en her in his armes twa, Wi monie a kiss an’ _phraise_.” Ballad—Young Huntin. Pigs, S, pots, crockery. “Where the _pig’s_ brocken there let the sherds lie.” Proverb. Plack, S, the smallest coin of the old Scottish currency. “He’ll never mak his _plack_ a bawbee.”—Proverb. Pleen, C, complain. “Thou’s spoil’t for o’ manner o’ wark, Thou no’but sits peghan an’ _pleenan_.” _Mark Lonsdale._ Love in Cumberland. Plumb, C, (in Furness, etc., pron. Plowmb) perpendicular. The old landlady at the boat house on Ennerdale water said of a neighbouring doctor who had visited her, and who carries his head well back, “He was mair nor _plumb_!” Poap, C, to walk aimlessly. “Sūm _poapan_ aboot as if they’d be hoaf dazed.” _Rev. T. Clarke._ T’ Reysh Beearin’. Powe, S, head, poll. “There’s little wit within his _powe_ That lichts a candle at the lowe.” Proverb. Pree, S, to taste. “An’ aye he _preed_ the lassie’s mou’ As he gaed but an’ ben, O.” Old Song. “I _preed_ her mou’.” The Scotch think this phrase a poetical way of saying “I kissed her.” Its literal translation into common English, “I tasted her mouth,” doesn’t sound like poetry; while its Cumbrian form, “I teàstit her feàce” sounds like anything rather _than_ poetry; and their different versions of the same phrase illustrate rather happily the difference of character on the two sides of the Border. Proddle, C, poke, or stir up. “_Proddlin’_ up the smudderin’ embers.” _Stagg._ Pubble, C, plump.