THE

DIALECT OF CRAVEN,

IN THE

West-Riding of the County of York,

WITH

A COPIOUS GLOSSARY,

ILLUSTRATED BY AUTHORITIES FROM ANCIENT
ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH WRITERS,

"What a feaful girt gauvison mun he be, at frames to larn'th' talk of
another country, afoar he parfitly knaws his awn."

O little booke, thou art so unconning,

ANON.

How darst thou put thyself in prees for drede ?
It is wonder that thou wexest not rede!
Sith that thou wort full lite, who shall behold
Thy rude langage, full boistously unfold?

CHAUCER.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR WM. CROFTS, 59, CAREY-STREET,
LINCOLN'S INN;

AND ROBINSON AND HERNAMAN, LEEDS.

THE

DIALECT OF CRAVEN,

WITH A

COPIOUS GLOSSARY.