_Trash_ (Vol. vii., p. 566.).--The late Mr. Scatchard, of Morley, near
Leeds, speaking in Hone's _Table Book_ of the Yorkshire custom of
_trashing_, or throwing an old shoe for luck over a wedding party, says:
"Although it is true that an old shoe is to this day called 'a trash,'
yet it did not, certainly, give the name to the nuisance. To 'trash'
originally signified to clog, encumber, or impede the progress of any
one (see Todd's _Johnson_); and, agreeably to this explanation, we find
the rope tied by sportsmen round the necks of fleet pointers to tire
them well, and check their speed, is hereabouts universally called
'trash cord,' or 'dog trash.' A few miles distant from Morley, west of
Leeds, the 'Boggart' or 'Barguest,' the Yorkshire Brownie is called by
the people the _Gui-trash_, or _Ghei-trash_, the usual description of
which is invariably that of a shaggy dog or other animal, _encumbered_
with a chain round its neck, which is heard to rattle in its movements.
I have heard the common people in Yorkshire say, that they 'have been
_trashing_ about all day;' using it in the sense of having had a tiring
walk or day's work.
"East of Leeds the 'Boggart' is called the _Padfoot_."