Cracky

The Sabbath morning following there was no precentor in the desk, and the folk were all sitting wondering what was coming next, for everybody kenned that "Cracky" Carlisle, the post, had given up his precentorship because the list of tunes had come down from the manse to him on the Wednesday, instead of his being allowed to choose what he liked out of the dozen or so that he could sing.

Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887

"Cracky" Carlisle got his name by upholding the theory that a crack in the high notes sets off

Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 1887

When are you going to get Cracky a Facebook page, anyway?

The Nervous Breakdown 2010

Now that I'm forty, I need to start peppering my speech with "by Cracky", by Cracky!

Archive 2009-04-01 Brian Hughes 2009

Now that I'm forty, I need to start peppering my speech with "by Cracky", by Cracky!

Wowser Will Outlast Us All Brian Hughes 2009

Cracky at times, allegedly, she still could always sing really well.

CNN Transcript Jun 10, 2009 2009

When I lived in France, “Crunchy Nut cornflakes” (completely self-explanatory in English) were known as “Cracky Nut” – so meaningless in French that they needed a “subtitle” of “petales de maïs au miel et cacahuètes…” (or whatever)

attack of the colon? 2005

If I wasn't watching TV or outside, I'd be reading the encyclopedia or comic books or "Jokes by Cracky".

Summer at age 8 -- 1972 - BatesLine 2005

"Cracky! that's tough on poor old Cragan, with his wife sick abed!" groaned the sympathetic Elephant, as he strained his eyes to watch.

The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck John Luther Langworthy

"Cracky!" murmured the fleshy girl, who couldn't help seeing the ridiculous side of it.

Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers Alice B. Emerson