Obvious typographical errors in the plain English of this text have
been silently corrected. In the main the dialect sections they remain
as printed including the variation in the use of apostrophe and hyphen.
In particular no attempt has been made to resolve how many of the many
yan and yah are typos for each other.
The words are only in approximate alphabetical order, this has not been
changed.
Italics are represented thus,
The following changes have been made.
AH-WOOA-GE-HEDDER-COME-UP—A nag ’at doesn’t understand its orders
is apt ta git t’ whup. We yance watched a chap plewin, an’ he said,
“Ah-wooa-ge-hedder-come-up” [was An] till he was stalled, then he let
flee wi a clot, coad t’ nag a fiual, an’ telt it ta liuk an see what
seck wark it was makkin.
BLODDER—To cry in an effusive way—blodder [was bodder] an’ rooar.
What’s ta blodderin aboot?
BRAUN—A wild boar.
“A braun [was braan] ’at hed boddert ’em neet an’ day,
At last, by a butcher, was boldly shot.”—_Bowness._
BREAS—Beck edge. Where t’ fish dark anunder. Whitehead says:
Howks grubs an’ worms fra under t’ breas,
To feed t’ lal [was la] hungry troot.
WIASTRY—Waistfulness. Seck wiastry [was waistry] as yan niver dud see
barn; it’s fair shocken.
The following have not been corrected due to ambiguity.
BOTTOM—To get to the origin or foundation. Ah’ll boddum that drain oot
first. Boddum that teeal.
[Not clear if all bottom or all boddum.]
KIRMAS-GIFT—Summat fer t’ barns. Varra oft a paper o’ pins ta laik wi’.
KIRSMAS-GLASS—This is fer up-grown ’uns they tak’t warm, wi’ a bit o’
sugar tull ’t.
[Probably identical, but which is correct?]