As Full As A Tick

This expression ís corninon enough in the North Riding of Yorkshire and always has reference to the parasites iufesting dogs aud sheep. Mr. J. Nicholson's "Folk Speech of East Yorkshire, " 1889, has the expression, with the explanation, "A tick is a sheep louse, which has always a full, bloated appearance. ' ' The west Yorkshire equivalent for this expression is "as f uil as a fitch" - fitch (vetch) - and the allusion is, I suppose, to the yield being too large for the pod or husk. The idea is pleasanter than either "ticfe" or "louse," and it has the