Meanings
- Southern EnglandUKdialectalnot comparablebutter or cheeseHaving an unpleasant taste or smell because it came from a cow that ate cammock.
Cammocky butter was a nuisance in Sussex, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight. In the north children dug up the root and chewed it.
1975, Geoffrey Grigson, The Englishman's flora, page 1411 more example
Folklore English farmers certainly disliked restharrow for another reason. Although it was eaten with relish by the cows, it used to taint the taste of the milk, butter and cheese, and ‘cammocky’ butter was a nuisance in counties where restharrow is common.
2006, Jocelyne Lawton, Flowers & Fables: A Welsh Herbal, page 49
Origin
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