A Glossary of Words Used in the Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham, LincolnshireEnglish dialect society, 1877 - 281 pàgines |
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Pàgina 5
... iron tie in a building ; ( 2 ) the tongue of a buckle . ' Well , old ancient , what did Adam say when you last seed him ? ' Ancientry , antiquities . Andparcy , i . e . and per se ; the contraction & . From A to and- parcy ' is ...
... iron tie in a building ; ( 2 ) the tongue of a buckle . ' Well , old ancient , what did Adam say when you last seed him ? ' Ancientry , antiquities . Andparcy , i . e . and per se ; the contraction & . From A to and- parcy ' is ...
Pàgina 13
... iron plate with an iron bow to hang by to bake muffins on.— Cf. Atkinson's Cleveland Glossary , 25 . Balderdash , silly talk . Bald - faced , white - faced , said of horses . Balk . See Bauk . Ball , the palm of the hand , or the sole ...
... iron plate with an iron bow to hang by to bake muffins on.— Cf. Atkinson's Cleveland Glossary , 25 . Balderdash , silly talk . Bald - faced , white - faced , said of horses . Balk . See Bauk . Ball , the palm of the hand , or the sole ...
Pàgina 14
... iron work on a door to which the hinges or sockets are fastened . See Bands . Band - end , v . to beat . ' If you don't giv ' ower I'll band - end yer . ' Band - maker , a woman or child who makes bands with which to tie sheaves in ...
... iron work on a door to which the hinges or sockets are fastened . See Bands . Band - end , v . to beat . ' If you don't giv ' ower I'll band - end yer . ' Band - maker , a woman or child who makes bands with which to tie sheaves in ...
Pàgina 15
... iron hoops or tiers obsolescent ) . Before the great enclosures at the end of the last century , most of the highways were unstoned , and carts and waggons frequently had not their wheels protected by iron . En- tries like the following ...
... iron hoops or tiers obsolescent ) . Before the great enclosures at the end of the last century , most of the highways were unstoned , and carts and waggons frequently had not their wheels protected by iron . En- tries like the following ...
Pàgina 21
... iron , some- members having held this post . what like a flat - topped bell , with a handle at the top , used for baking cakes . The hearth where the wood or turf fire had burnt was swept clean , the cakes laid upon the sole , ' the ...
... iron , some- members having held this post . what like a flat - topped bell , with a handle at the top , used for baking cakes . The hearth where the wood or turf fire had burnt was swept clean , the cakes laid upon the sole , ' the ...
Frases i termes més freqüents
aboot animal applied beat become better bird blow body called cattle child church clothes comes common corn dialect door dress drink fall field fire formerly give given Glossary grass grow hand hard He's head hold Holderness horse iron It's John keep kind land light live look manner Manor means milk never nivver nowt obsolete ower parish person piece plant play plough rain road round seed sheep short side sometimes stick stone strange talk term thee thing thoo thou tion tree turn walk weather wind woman wood wooden young
Passatges populars
Pàgina 53 - The canker-blooms have full as deep a dye As the perfumed tincture of the roses, Hang on such thorns and play as wantonly When summer's breath their masked buds discloses; But, for their virtue only is their show, They live unwoo'd and unrespected fade, Die to themselves. Sweet roses do not so; Of their sweet deaths are sweetest odours made.
Pàgina 170 - One for sorrow, Two for mirth, Three for a wedding, Four for a birth.
Pàgina 92 - HERE'S a health unto our master, The founder of the feast ! I wish, with all my heart and soul, In heaven he may find rest. I hope all things may prosper, That ever he takes in hand; For we are all his servants, And all at his command. Drink, boys, drink, and see you do not spill, For if you do, you must drink two, — it is your master's will. Now our harvest is ended, And supper is past ; Here's our mistress' good health, In a full flowing glass!
Pàgina 10 - And rearing Lindis, backward pressed, Shook all her trembling bankes amaine; Then madly at the eygre's breast Flung uppe her weltering walls again. Then bankes came downe with ruin and rout, Then beaten foam flew round about, — Then all the mighty floods were out.
Pàgina 8 - NODAL. 4s. 6d. 19. An Outline of the Grammar of West Somerset. By FT ELWORTHY, Esa. 5s. 1878. 20. A Glossary of Cumberland Words and Phrases. By WILLIAM DICKINSON, FLS 6s. 21. Tusser's Five Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie. Edited with Introduction, Notes and Glossary, by W. PAINE and SIDNEY J.
Pàgina 27 - If a swarm of bees alight on a dead tree, or on the dead bough of a living tree, there will be a death in the family of the owner during the year.
Pàgina 16 - Notes and Queries. Mr. J. Eglington Bailey, FSA, has undertaken to arrange and edit the Index to the list of Provincialisms mentioned in Notes and Queries. The index to the twelve •volumes of the First Series has been completed by Mr. Satchell ; and that to the Fourth Series by Mrs. Gutch. Mr. Bailey will himself compile the index to the Fifth Series, which may as well now be included in the volume.
Pàgina 18 - May inst. (1786) ; immediately after which the bride and bridegroom with their attendants will proceed to Lonefoot, in the said parish, where the nuptials will be celebrated by a variety of rural entertainments. Then come one and all, At Hymen's soft call. From Whitehaven, Workington, Harington, Dean, Hail, Ponsonby, Blaing, and all places between; From Egremont, Cockermouth, Barton, St.
Pàgina 58 - I'll be deyand if I doant laay thee a quart o' that Will. Done ! and I'll ax meyastur to night when 1 goos whooam, bee't how Ч wool. (Accordingly ttejastur was applied to by Will, who made his decision known to Jan the next morning.) Will. I zay, Jan ! I axed meyastur about that are last night. Jan. Well ! what ded 'ur zay Î Will.
Pàgina 101 - To play at ducks and drakes is to throw a flat stone and any such-like thing over the water so as to make it glance along the surface. When this is done the following jingle is said : ' A duck and a drake, And a penny white cake And a skew-ball.