The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York, Volume 1W. Crofts, 1828 |
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The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York, Volume 1 William Carr Affichage du livre entier - 1828 |
The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York, Volume 1 William Carr Affichage du livre entier - 1828 |
The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York, Volume 1 William Carr Affichage du livre entier - 1828 |
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2d vol Allan Ramsay Antiq applied Bartas Battle of Otterburne beat BELG Ben Jonson Brand's Pop Brockett Burns called cattle Chauc Chaucer Cheshire clam common corn corruption Cotgrave Craven derives Dialect doth Doug Douglas Virg drink Du Bartas dung English etymon expression fair Fairfax Tasso feaful fellow fire frae frequently gang Gentle Shepherd Glossary GOTH hath hence horse Idem iron Jamieson Johnson King kittle KNAA Lancashire language LEET Linn Lord loup mell Miege milk Minshew Minst Moor Nares nivver obsolete person Piers Plou Plou Poems Præt probably Quentin Durward Richmondshire Ronan's Saxon says Scotland Scottish sense Shaks Shakspeare sheep Shoe's signifies Skinner Spenser stone substantive supposed synonymous Tale TEUT thee thing thou Tim Bobbin Todd Todd's second edition Tusser verb Verstegan Vide weel WELSH Wiclif word
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Page 14 - day, all the boys in a township or hamlet meet on the moors. They cut a table in the green sod, of a round figure, by casting a trench on the ground, of such circumference as to hold the whole company. They kindle a fire, and
Page 303 - St. Swithin's day if thou dost rain For forty days it will remain, St. Swithin's day if thou be fair For forty days t'will rain na
Page 130 - And the complexion of the element It favours like the work we have in hand Most bloody, fiery and most terrible.
Page 209 - market, which many superstitious people will spit on, either to render it tenacious that it may remain with them, and not vanish away like a fairy gift, or else to render it propitious and lucky, that it may draw more money to it.
Page 244 - Let their heads be sleekly combed, their blue coats brushed, and their garters of an indifferent knit." " What is the sense of this I know not,
Page 256 - Yestreen I met you on the moor, Ye spak na, but gaed by like stoure : Ye geek at me because I'm poor, But fient a hair care I.
Page 45 - Her andirons (I had forgot them) were two winking cupids Of silver, each on one foot standing, nicely Depending on their brands.
Page 14 - Callander, Perth?, have two customs, which are fast wearing out, not only here, but all over the Highlands, and therefore, ought to be taken notice of while they remain. Upon the first day of May, which is called Baltan or
Page 15 - a visible influence, by his genial warmth, on the productions of the earth. That the Caledonians paid a superstitious respect to the Sun, as was the practice among other nations, is evident, not only by the sacrifice at
Page 257 - Adown my beard the slavers trickle ! I throw the wee stools o'er the mickle, As round the fire the giglets keckle To see me loup.