N. S.

_Morley, near Leeds,_

_October 15, 1827._

[437] “To tack to,” a very common expression among the lower classes

hereabouts.

[438] It may be useful to note, that as the body is often called

hereabouts the “carcass,” so the skin is the “hide.”

[439] I presume a “peg tankerd,” a “wassail cup,” a “porringer” or

two, and a dozen “apostles’ spoons,” would seem a pretty “neast” in

these days. As to the silver salte “thereby hangs a tale,” and a

curious one too, as I have discovered since writing the above. See

Drake’s “Illustrations of Shakspeare, &c.” vol. i. p. 74.

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