Crying the Neck in Paignton

Paignton Windmill - I am gussing this was for local corn, but it may have had another purpose - Crispin Purdye [CC-BY-SA-2.0 (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

"There are many variants of the cry, but the above seems to be the one in general use. At Paignton, the farmer's name is introduced, thus :

A-neck ! a-neck ! a-neck !

Whose neck ?

Varmer Ferris'es ! Varmer Ferris'es

Its all a-cut !

And all abound !

And all ataken from the ground,

Hip ! hip ! whorrah ! whorrah !"

Hewett 1900

Map - Paignton