LORDS AN' LAAYDIES.—The arum.
LOT.—The feast time at some villages.
Drayton "Lot" is well kept up.
LOTS.—Many, the greater number.
LOUCHET.—A large piece.
LOUT.—A stupid, ungainly man.
LOVE AN' IDLE.—The Pansy.
LOVE-CHILD.—One born before wedlock.
LOVE VEAST.—A tea meeting held in dissenting chapels, after which members in turn tell their religious experiences.
LOW.—Out of spirits.
LOW BELL.—A bell formerly rung at villages in the Vale of Berkshire at day break by the herdsman appointed to take charge of cows to be turned out on the downs for grazing during the day. At the sound of the "low bell" the cows were delivered to him. (Low rhymes with 'cow.')
LUBBER, or LUBBER-YEAD.—One very stupid indeed.
LUCKY BAG.—A bag always at country fairs. On payment of a penny one puts in the hand and draws forth a prize of some kind.
LUG.—A pole or perch. The pole which secures barn doors by being fixed across; to carry.
LUMBERIN'.—A dull heavy prolonged sound.
LUMMAKIN'—Proceeding with slow ungainly motion.
LUMP.—To thump with the fist.