Sentence:  The very homely pastime of <WSD>cockle-bread</WSD> may, or may not, have been named from this foreign cake, but need not here be further alluded to. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A form of bread used as a love charm, variously described as being kneaded with the knees or buttocks, or simply shaped to look like buttocks.