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Chris -- 2018-04-11
jmpurkis’s recent ‘samo samo’ entry reminded me of ‘neck a neck’ which I stumbled across some time ago. Both remind me of the ‘ta-do’ for ‘to-do’ database entry, which I never really warmed to, but they do all seem to occupy a similar space in terms of possible eggcornicity.
The crews were neck-a-neck at length for most of the reach with Clare ahead. Just before the railway bridge Caius attempted to get us back with a …
www.clareboatclub.org.uk/index.php?page … &eventid=6 – 20k – Cached
They are having mood swings back and forth between Bush and kissy Gore, producing confusing poll results in this neck-a-neck contest. But as of now, Gore, ...
www.ericmargolis.com/archives/2000/10/u … ions_a.php – 14k – Cached
After running neck-a-neck for so long, the Twin are finally squarely ahead of the White Sox in the American Central Division. Chicago White Sox vs. ...
minneapolis.about.com/b/a/200309.htm – 38k – Cached
In an amazing reversal of fortune, the much reviled and deeply boring Conservative Party leader, William Hague, is now almost neck-a-neck with Blair. ...
www.ericmargolis.com/archives/2000/07/t … _is_of.php – 15k – Cached
It is a little eerie, though strangely cheering, that ‘a neck, a neck’ has been deliberately enunciated by previous generations of English speakers. I’m not seriously invoking Sheldrake’s ‘morphological resonance’ but I’m delighted to find references like these…
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Informants:
Mrs Rowse of Treesmill in July and October 1983
Mr Arthur Biddick, Goonhavern, December 1983 This dance was collected from Mrs Rowse of Treesmill. A grand old lady of ninety who had lived in the area all her life. She explained that although the dance was often performed on festive occasions throughout the year, it was essentially associated with the Goldheys (Harvest Home) and the ceremony of ‘crying the neck’. Indeed the dance could well have been started off with this cry: “I ave’m, I ave’m, I ave’m! What ave ee what ave ee what ave ee? A neck a neck a neck!” The neck being a Corn Dolly made from the last corn to be harvested (or the best corn). This neck was kept until the next year as a fertility symbol to encourage next year’s crops. The Cornish for this ‘neck’ of corn is ‘Pedn Yar’ or ‘Pen Yar’ which literally means a chicken’s head. It seems likely that Cock in Britches itself originates from a fertility ritual that seeks to ensure next years harvest
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