Transcriber’s Notes

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.

The table of contents has been added by the transcriber.

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.

BREAS—Beck edge. Where t’ fish dark anunder. Whitehead says:

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?]