_Names of the Ferret_ (Vol. iii., p. 390.).--The name by which the male
ferret is known in the midland counties is the _hob_: the female is
called the _jill_. In that district there is a saying current, which is
applied to the human genus:
"There's never a Jack but finds a Jill."
In Welsh, the name of the ferret is _ffured_, which means a wily, crafty
creature.