TERMS

GENERAL MEANING

Actor, Performer

Someone that works for a Faire (usually in costume) either as staff or  a volunteer doing shows on a regular basis.

Anon

Saying good by, until then - literally means "later"

BFA

Basic Fair Accent - crude as it may be

Bit or Gig or Skit

skit, or character improvisation for the public

Boothie

worker or owner of a booth at fair

Carbon Condition or Carbon Dating

Fire or results of a past fire 

Cross Keyes Inn - meet you at the Cross Keyes Inn

have to leave, got to run, can't talk now

Dane or 'dane

derogatory term from the longer term "Mundane"

E'en

English BFA - good evening

Faire

Renaissance Fair(e) also RenFair(e), or RenFest depending on the name of the local event.

Faire Brat / kids

The brood that were conceived, born, and raised with a pewter spoon in their mouths, invariably running around pell mell, weaned on Watney's and bread, usually covered head to toe in dust and burlap fibers. Never found less than 1/2 mile from their parents.

Fair Boogers

Boogers encrusted with dust from a day at the faire.

Fair Virgin

Customer, patron, visitor, guest FIRST TRIP

Faire site

Fair property, where Faire is being held

Festie

One who travels the fair circuit and festivals. See "rennie"

Fie! (pronounced "Fy!")

Replacement word for Darn or similar words

Flemish painter

Camera

God's Blood, God's Teeth, God's whatever

Nice way of cussing while at fair

Good Morrow or Good Day m'lord/lady

Good morning, Good day

Good den

Greetings or Good day reply to good morrow

Gramercy

Thank you 

Green Man

Celtic God of the Wood and Nature often shown with a
face made of leaves and he appears prominently in wood carvings, celtic imagery

Hawker

Peddler who calls out his wares to the public loudly

Huzzah

Hurray, Yippee

In soothe, or In Very Soothe

Code for "I really mean this

I' Faith 

Code for I'm kidding

John Barleycorn 

Symbolizing grain alcohol

Kissing John Barleycorn 

Patron who is drunk as a skunk

The blood of John Barleycorn

Refers to the drink be it ale or beer

Mayhap

Perhaps, maybe so

Mundane

Someone who shows up to faire in street clothes

Pageant

Short skit performed or play

Pet, man/woman, wealthiest

Paying customers with cash ready

Playtron

Paying costomer in costume or garb

A pox be placed on you 

Wishing a horrible death by disease

Privy 

The little Blue shack out back, port-a-potty

PRIVY CALL!

Escorting a virgin who's ask for a bathroom

Privy Monster 

creature that inhabits the privy and eats small children when they run away from parents.

Recover good sir

Put your hat back on - after a bow to a lady

Rennie

Enthusiast who loves and lives for fair, person who goes from Faire to Faire regularly, generally lives/camps on site while there

SCA 

SCA, or Society for Creative Anachronism (http://www.sca.org)- pronnounce as skaw by many rennies

SCAdian

A member of the SCA - often more authentic garb "they must be a SCAdian"

Shire 

English locality where the Faire is set 

Spaniard have taken over the ___

Code word for an emergency of some kind.

Traveler

Fair visitor not in costume

Turkey

Sarcastic (or affectionate) nickname for Faire customer who's paying or obnoxious

Turkey With Dressing 

Customer in Costume who's paying or obnoxious

Customer, patron, visitor, guest 

Polite term for same

OTHER TERMS GIVEN TO US

MEANINGS

Authenticity Fachist / Police

SCA members who are serious about their history -and who don't wear duct tape when making garb. It's perfect or junk.

Confessional

Renfaires (west coast). Portable toilets. Every morning, 2-3 of our members would plant themselves in the privies as the gates opened, and the first patrons in the area would be treated by confessions between the toilets. "Damn,
Padre, this wafer tastes AWFUL!"

Come Hither

Come here

Costume Nazi

Ren Fair. The Costume Director, one who makes it their business to point out all the historical errors in clothing or accoutrements

Harken 

Listen

Fare Thee Well

Good bye 

God's speed

Blessing and Gods protection as you leave

Beer is in the pickup -said in southern drawl

Phrase used to help drop the fair accent 

Fair Sing

Closing party generally at a Stage for staff 

S&B, Stitch & Bitch

Members gather to help one another with costumes have fun.

AMBIANCE

Fest dust, dirt, mud, straw, crushed leaves, or a mixture of any of the aforementioned filth which clings to all persons, belongings and objects within a ten mile radius of the festival grounds for an indeterminate period of time. 

3-Finger Rule

An unwritten rule at some faires that womens' bodices should not expose more than three finger's width of cleavage. 

Ten-foot rule

An unwritten but widely-accepted yardstick by which to measure the period appearance of one'sclothing equipment etc

Weekenders

Participants who live in the area, and are on site only on weekends

Sword Blessing

The act of having your sword placed down the front of a woman's Bog dress, driving the point into the ground, and then having her perform a full curtsey.  Legend has it that after a Sword Blessing, you'll never get hit in the Battle Pageant 

Purse holder

The Plastic Urinal mounted on the wall of a privy