Bradford. It is based on the short Glossary appended to Mr Preston's poems, and only the commonest words are noticed. The general remarks are substantially from the Introductory pages to 'Dialect of Leeds,' and the article throughout has numerous points of error. The Original Illuminated Clock Almanack. By EDMUND HATTON. Crown 8vo, pp. 52. Bradford: 1873. There was a Bradford edition (printed at Halifax) of the Halifax Original,' &c. Almanac, noted on page 125. The one now noted followed in the same style, of prose and verse contributions, in the Bradford dialect. The Pudsey Almanack, and Historical Register. Compiled by Contains two or three dialect poems, as do successive numbers. Pudsey is an isolated clothing village, midway between Leeds and Bradford, having a mixed, but sturdy and proverbially uncouth phase of dialect, nearest in character to that of Bradford. Dewsbury. The Bome Miln Olmenac, an' T' West Riding Annual. Be Timothy Shoddygull. Cleckheaton: 16mo, pp. 16. Of this publication, but four numbers were issued, in 1855, 6, 7, and 8, and one of these was printed at Sheffield. The Dialect is that of Dewsbury, fairly rendered. They were written by Mr John Firth, of Cleckheaton. A Dictionary of the Dialect of Batley. (And twenty other neighbouring villages are specified on the title-page.) Anonymous. 16mo, pp. 16. Batley: 1860. Pretentious. The words of every kind number 115, and the explanations attached are mostly inaccurate. The Dewsbre Back at Mooin Olmenac. Crown 8vo, pp. 16. Dewsbury: 1863. The number for 1867 has 24 pp. T' Bag o' Shoddy Olmenac. 12mo, pp. 16. Batley: 1866. In the Dialect of the place. T'owd Original Coddy Miln Olmenack. 12mo, pp. 16. Heckmondwike: 1870. In the Dewsbury Dialect. Very poor. The Swashland Olmenac. 12mo, pp. 24. Heckmondwike: 1870. In the Dialect of Dewsbury. T' Laffable Adventurs i't' Militari Kareer a Tom Wallop. Rittan bi T' Authar. Full a Picturs. Price Three Hawpens. 18mo, pp. 16. Batley: 1870. . In the Dialect of the place (Dewsbury district). Halifax. The History and Antiquities of Halifax. By the Rev. JOHN WATSON, F.S.A. 4to. London: 1775. From pp. 529 to 548 are some Remarks on the Dialect of Halifax Parish,' together with a 'Vocabulary of Uncommon Words *** with Conjectures about their Derivations.' A second edition of this work, in folio, with additions and corrections by F. A. Leyland, and a considerable enlargement of the whole by extracts from the MS. Collections of J. Brearcliffe, and E. N. Alexander, appeared in parts, during 1869-70, and was printed at Halifax. Polly's Gaon, and other pieces in verse. By EZRA DOYLE. 32mo, pp. 50. Halifax: [n. d.] Professedly in the Halifax Dialect. Worthless, every way. This publication has been recently reprinted at Wakefield. Nancy o' Johnny's Visit to th' Thump. To which is added, Nancy's Wedding. By WILLIAM HEATON. 32mo, pp. 16. Halifax: 1866. Th' Ould Maid's Dream. To which is added, Ewer Tom An His Leather Britches. By WILLIAM HEATON. 32mo, pp. 16. 1d. Halifax: 1866. In the Halifax Dialect. The writer's project was to issue a dozen sketches from Yorkshire Life,' of which the above two were the first. The Halifax Original Illuminated Clock Almanack. In the York- 1871. Contains a proportion of songs in the Halifax Dialect; and generally consisting of those papers in the dialect which formed the Introductions' to the Months, in the Halifax Almanac. Yorkshire Songs. By J. H. ECCLES. 16mo, pp. 182. 2nd ed. Leeds: 1872. An enlarged reprint, with additions, collected from various local sources; together with a Glossary. The bulk of the pronunciations (those of the commonest words) belong to Halifax; but the mere ill-spellings attract most notice. They are really too many to be overlooked, and are without even the merit of system. In these Songs' the manufacture of 'dialect' is resorted to on a scale which calls for remark. Th' Beacon Almanack. 12mo, pp. 56. Halifax: 1873. In the Dialect of Halifax. Remarkable for the use of refined terms which have no existence in the people's speech. Th' Beacon Christmas Annual, in the Yorkshire Twang. Ha Dooady In the Dialect of Halifax. Remarkable for over-refinement. 12mo. Rural South-west. (From between Wakefield and Barnsley to near Huddersfield.) The Rev. Jabez Bunting, or, Begging. With other Poems. By a Lady. 12mo, pp. 14. Leeds: 1833. The first-named poem, one of 6 pages, is in the Dialect of the rural southwest-a phase I have never known appreciated, save by this accidental writer. Rural West. Local Topography.-The Washburn. By WILLIAM GRAINGE. A large broadside, containing an article reprinted from the Harrogate Herald of December 28, 1864, and including a lengthy narration in the dialect. This printed example is useful in showing the currency of the th' form of the definite article at a very extreme limit, edging the rural west. The form is, of course, an interchangeable one, t' being also in use there. The locality indicated lays in a line running from Skipton to Harrogate, in an easterly direction. Huddersfield. Jim o' th' Pan's Journey to London, with the New Poor Law to mend. By a Collector. 12mo, pp. 45. Huddersfield: 1842. Sold also by the Relieving Officers and Assistants of the Huddersfield Union. Partly in the Dialect of Huddersfield. It is the only existing publication illustrating this interesting phase of dialect, and is very faithful. A Glossary of Words in use in the neighbourhood of Huddersfield. By the Rev. A. EASTHER. In course of preparation for the E. D. S. Keighley. Bill oth' Hoylhus End's Vizit t' th' Glory Band, wi' a full and pertic'ler accaant of an owd man's story. By Bill hissel. (Wm. WRIGHT, of Keighley.) 12mo, pp. 16. Enlarged ed. Keighley: 1867. Bill oth' Hoylus End's second visit to t' Glory Band. 12mo, pp. 12. Keighley: 1867. Prose and verse. Bill oth' Hoylus End's vizit to t' City o' Howarth, an' his recepshun among t'natives. By Bill Hiz Sel. 12mo, pp. 15. Keighley: 1867. Prose and verse. A 'Part Two' appeared immediately afterwards, with the same title. Th' History o' Haworth Railway, fro' t' beginin' t' th' end. By W. WRIGHT. 12mo, pp. 16. 3rd ed. Keighley: 1867. Prose and verse. John o' Sham Wutherin's akcaant o' th' oppenin' o' Haworth Railway; in a letter to his brother Jamie, i̇' Wibsey. 12mo, pp. 15. Keighley: 1867. Verse. In the Dialect of Keighley., Written by a native of Haworth. T' Stoary o' th' pudding macking un eiting; a Defence fer Howarth. Be Sammy Slyman, o' Wuthering Heights. 12mo, pp. 16. Culling worth: 1867. Prose and verse. In the Dialect of Keighley. Lund's Excursion to Windermere. By W. WRIGHT. 24mo, pp. 16. Keighley: 1867. Prose and verse. In the Dialect of Keighley. Bill at Hoylus End's Haworth, Gowenheead, an' Bogthorn Almanack. 16mo, pp. 16. Keighley: 1873. In the Dialect of Keighley. The Rustic Wreath. Barnsley. Poems, Moral, Descriptive, and Miscellaneous. By THOMAS LISTER. 16mo, pp. 207. Leeds: 1834. Contains a composition of seven pages, entitled 'The Yorkshire Hirings, partly in the dialect of Barnsley. The Bairnsla Foak's Annual an Pogmoor Olmenack. Be TOM TREDDLEHOYLE. 8vo. Leeds. Has appeared for upwards of thirty years, in the Barnsley Dialect. It has been increased from 40 to 60 pages, and enlarged in size recently to Crown 8vo. To the No. for 1847 was appended a Glossary of one and a half pages, double columns. The writer was the late Mr C. Rogers, of Barnsley. A Conversation between Peter Pickinpeg, Jack Shuttle, and Harry Emtybobbin, carefully reported. By Sally Bobbinwinder. (Tom Treddlehoyle.') 8vo, pp. 28. Barnsley: 1838. In the Dialect of the place. Sum Thowts abaght Ben Bunt's Weddin', an' ther jont to Stainbur' Cassal, to look at Pictas; allsoa Will Weft's Descripshan at Grand Bazzarr at tha hed tuthar da' it nashnal skool like. Be Tom Treddlehoyle. 8vo, pp. 20. Barnsley: 1838. Barnsley Dialect. Sum Thowts abaght t' Doin's e Bairnsla on t' Crawnashan Da'. Be Tom Treddlehoyle. 8vo, pp. 17. Barnsley: 1838. Barnsley Dialect. Sum Thowts abaght Nan Bunt's Chresmas Tea-Party; Bairnsla Barnsley Dialect. Tom Treddlehoyle's Thowts, Joakes, an' Smiles, for Midsummer Day; settin' foarth his jont ta Lunnan, ta see t' League Bazaar. pp. 48. Leeds: 1845. Barnsley Dialect. 8vo, Tom Treddlehoyle's Trip ta Lunnan, ta see Paxton's Great Glass Lantern. 8vo, pp. 56. Leeds: 1851. Barnsley Dialect. A Visit ta t' Great French Exhibition. Be Tom Treddlehoyle. 8vo, pp. 56. Leeds: 1855. Barnsley Dialect. A Peep at t' Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition. Be Tom Treddlehoyle. 8vo, pp. 36. Leeds: 1857. Barnsley Dialect. The Song of Solomon, in the West Riding of Yorkshire Dialect. By C. ROGERS, Author of the Bairnsla Foaks' Annual an' Pogmoor Olmenac. Square 32mo. London: 1860. Printed for H. H. Prince L. L. Bonaparte, for private circulation. The orthography of the text is fairly commendable, but, from first to last, the writer is unfortunate in generalisation. The designation of the example, ‘The West Riding of Yorkshire Dialect,' is a misnomer. Sheffield. An Essay on the Peculiarities of Pronunciation of the Dialect of Sheffield and its Neighbourhood. By the Rev. H. H. PIPER (of Norton). 12mo, pp. 24. Sheffield: 1825. Read as a paper before the Sheffield Literary Society, and originally printed in the ‘Sheffield Independent.' The Hallamshire Glossary. By the Rev. JOSEPH HUNTER, F.S.A. Post 8vo, pp. 164 (pp. xxviii. and Glos. pp. 1-99). London: 1829. The Appendix contains Thoresby's list of West Riding words (pp. 103—129), collected about 1703, and reprinted for the E. D. S. as Glos. B. 17; also the Rev. Mr Watson's list (pp. 131-164), from his History of Halifax. T' Shevvilder No. 1, dedicated wethaght permission to all wot thinks it worth the whoil to buy it and read it. 12mo. Sheffield [n. d.] 16mo (pp. 24). Sheffield The Gossips, &c. Be a Shevvild Chap. The Sheffield Dialect (in Conversations uppa are Hull Arston.' With a Glossary, &c.). Be a Shevvild Chap. 16mo, pp. 108. Sheffield: 1834. This is a collection of six selected numbers, which were issued separately between 1830-4. There is what is called 'an Introductory Note on the sound of the letters A and O.' This matter is not genuine. It is very crude, and misleading. The Wheels warf Chronicle; (being a Continuation of the Conversations, 'uppa are Hull Arston.') Be a Sheffield Chap. 16mo, pp. 24. 3rd ed. Sheffield: 1832. At the end of this volume the author indulges in some remarks of comparison with respect to the Sheffield and York Dialects. A 2nd edition is dated 1831. Dickey Otley's Speech on the Wickedness of Taiching th' Doctrines of Human Depravity. As reported by Mr Hardcastle' (says the Shevvild Chap, in allusion to it). 16mo. Sheffield: 1835. This speech of Mr Otley's appears to have been directed against the Wesleyan Conference, then sitting at Sheffield. A Review of Mr Otley's Speech, as reported by Mr Hardcastle. By a Shevvild Chap. 16mo, pp. 12. Sheffield: 1835. The Shevvild Chap's Temperance Chronicle, &c. 16mo. Sheffield : 1835. Appeared during the year, in four Nos., of 16 pages each. A few more of a Shevvild Chap's Opinions on Drunkenness. 16mo, pp. 12. Sheffield: 1835. The Shevvild Chap's Annual. By ABEL BYWATER. 12mo, pp. 24. This publication, in the Dialect of Sheffield, was first issued in 1836 (for 1837). Of this issue four editions were published, and several later years' issues had more than one edition. The last No. was published in 1860. There were, too, supplements,' published occasionally, the last in 1861, since which time the author tells me he has not written a line in the Dialect.' Supplement to the Shevvild Chap's Annual for 1836. 16mo, pp. 18. Sheffield: 1836. The Sheffield Chap's Fairin'; (being a Continuation of the Conversations uppa are Hull Arston.') 16mo, pp. 18. Sheffield: 1836. The Shevvild Chap's Chronicle. To be continued when he's a moind; containing cogitations concerning Owenism, Popery, Phrenology, &c., &c. No. 1. 16mo. Sheffield: 1839. |