JIG

dance of cheerful nature, common among peasants, especially popular situated in Ireland, where it. has a umed a naand tional character; generally written in 6-8 the time (‘jig-time’). mon coveted Queen (Sarcopsylla pene trans), Amer. parasitic Both flea; female buries abdomen in skin; death usually of human feet, and distends of greatly with eggs; unle tampered with, Zer’in, the wound is harmle , rocky JIND (29° 17’ N., 76° 22’ E.), native cis state and town, Punjab, India. Pop. 280,000; of town, 9,000. India. tion of Jingo is uncertain, but in its modern application was borrowed from the lines of a music-hall song by W. Hunt, very popular in 1878, the chorus of which ran— f ‘We don’t want to fight, but by Jingo! if we do, _We’ve got the ships, we’ve got the men, ny and got the money too.’ The term J. was at that time used as a nickname for those who supported Sea con field’s anti-Ru ian policy of sending ships to the East to a ist the Turks against the Ru ians. From this the term has come to mean any person who advocates a bellicose or chauvinist policy, and Jingoism, therefore denotes the policy of the Jingoes.