Horæ Momenta Cravenæ: Or, The Craven Dialect, Exemplified in Two Dialogues, Between Farmer Giles and His Neighbour Bridget. To which is Annexed a Copious Glossary |
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... hard day's wark , I sall be feaful fain on't . Bud sud onny outcumlins ivver awn this outside , staany plat , it may happen gee ' em some inseet into awyer plain mack o ' talk ; at they may larn , at awyer discowerse hez a meanin in't ...
... hard day's wark , I sall be feaful fain on't . Bud sud onny outcumlins ivver awn this outside , staany plat , it may happen gee ' em some inseet into awyer plain mack o ' talk ; at they may larn , at awyer discowerse hez a meanin in't ...
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... hard efter her.- When shoe'd clum to't ' top stavv , they begins a fratchin an rockin th ' stee ; out , thou minds , it sherls at foote , an down t'lad drops . As stee wer rosseled , fram gor an masker'd , it brack aw to smash . I'd ...
... hard efter her.- When shoe'd clum to't ' top stavv , they begins a fratchin an rockin th ' stee ; out , thou minds , it sherls at foote , an down t'lad drops . As stee wer rosseled , fram gor an masker'd , it brack aw to smash . I'd ...
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... hard times , we mun teugh an addle summat , an as t'weather hez just taan up , we mun lig too't . Giles . Wha , wha , as t'weather hez been seea unsartin , an t'rain hez fawn seea mich i ' planets , titter and better . Brid . Thou hezn ...
... hard times , we mun teugh an addle summat , an as t'weather hez just taan up , we mun lig too't . Giles . Wha , wha , as t'weather hez been seea unsartin , an t'rain hez fawn seea mich i ' planets , titter and better . Brid . Thou hezn ...
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... hard by t ' midden steead , here's yan on ' em , what want ye wi ' him ? At that he began to snert an laugh me feafully to scorn , an I thowt , for sure , he wad a brosten his sell fore he gave ower . I war then so hotterin mad at I cud ...
... hard by t ' midden steead , here's yan on ' em , what want ye wi ' him ? At that he began to snert an laugh me feafully to scorn , an I thowt , for sure , he wad a brosten his sell fore he gave ower . I war then so hotterin mad at I cud ...
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... ás farmers . Giles . I think i ' my heart , ( low be it spokken ) at gentlefoak , for maist what , ken less ner onny body . Brid . Whisht , Whisht , Giles ! leeast said soon- est mended . Giles . Isn't it a vara hard caas , pray 18.
... ás farmers . Giles . I think i ' my heart , ( low be it spokken ) at gentlefoak , for maist what , ken less ner onny body . Brid . Whisht , Whisht , Giles ! leeast said soon- est mended . Giles . Isn't it a vara hard caas , pray 18.
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afore ageean baath barns beat BELG Blaaned bout Brid Bridget cattle convarsion Craven doon Dule dunnot enif etymon feaful feafully finnd flaid foak fray gait gang gangin geen GERM Giles gitten GOTH gwawl haam hauf heart heeard hees hissel hoaly hoap horse I'se i'th iv'ry JAMIESON kirk leet lile maad maar mack meetins Methodies milk MINSHEW NARES nayther neet nivver nobbud o'th ollas on't onny ower parfitly person poor prayer preacher reight saam says scapped seea seea mitch seur sheep shoe shoe's sike SKINNER Skipton tack talk tell tell'd TEUT theear ther there's thou knaws thou minds Thou's thouz thowte thro thur TODD Tom Simpson toth vara wadn't wark weel WELSH wheea word yower yunce
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Page 56 - They kindle a fire, and dress a repast of eggs and milk in the consistence of a custard. They knead a cake of oatmeal, which is toasted at the embers against a stone. After the custard is eaten up, they divide the cake...
Page 47 - I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh. . . . Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord.
Page 56 - Every one, blindfold, draws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore, in rendering the year productive of the sustenance of man and beast. There is little doubt of these inhuman sacrifices having been once offered in this country, as well as in the east, although they now pass from the act of sacrificing, and only compel the devoted person to leap three times...
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Page 56 - Beltan or 2&/-&2#-day, all the boys in a township or hamlet meet in the moors. They cut a table in the green sod, of a round figure, by casting a trench in the ground of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They kindle a fire, and dress a repast of eggs and milk in the consistence of a custard. They knead a cake of oatmeal, which is toasted at the embers against a stone. After the custard is eaten up, they divide the...
Page 47 - thoughte o' that meat, which endureth unto ever" lasting life. Oh, then, my dear barns, tak warnin " by me, lest ye also come into this place of torment.
Page 56 - They put all the bits of cake into a bonnet. Every one, blindfold, draws out a portion. He who holds the bonnet is entitled to the last bit. Whoever draws the black bit is the devoted person who is to be sacrificed to Baal, whose favour they mean to implore, in rendering the year productive of the sustenance of man and beast.
Page 55 - There is another word of the same signification, and probably more antient than this, mentioned by Verstegan, though I do not recollect to have heard it in Craven. " The syd teeth, he remarks, are called wang teeth. Before the use of seals was in England, divers writings had the wax of them bitten with the r,'nng laoth of him that passed them...
Page 113 - ... left hand over the right shoulder, aiming at the face of the bridegroom. This was done first by all the females in rotation; and afterwards the young men took the bride's stocking, and in the same manner threw it at her face. As the best marksman was to be married first, it is easy to conceive with what eagerness and anxiety this odd ceremony was performed by each party, as they doubtless supposed that the happiness of their future lives depended on the issue. It...
Page 56 - Bal-tein signifies the Fire of Baal. Baal or Ball is the only word in Gaelic for a globe. This festival was probably in honour of the sun, whose return, in his apparent annual course, they celebrated, on account of his having such a visible influence by his genial warmth on the productions of the earth.