Dialect of south Lancashire, or Tim Bobbin's Tummus and Meary, revised and corrected, with his rhymes, and an enlarged glossary, by S. Bamford1850 |
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abeawt afore agen aw think aw thought awll awst bake bakt bandyhewit Bobbin boggart boh aw brew brewd conha coom cou'd cudn cudno deawn dhog doth dule eawl eawt Eigh felley foke geet gooa greadly hadn hawve heaw heer howd i'th imeh IMPERFECT TENSE JAMES CLEGG John Collier Justice kawve Lancashire leath leet mayn Meary measter metn Milnrow MOOD moor myen neaw noather nowt o'er o'th Oamfrey PLUPERFECT TENSE Plural PRESENT TENSE reet rhymes Rochdale sed th seet Seroh shan shanha sholl shud shudha shudn Singular sitch SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD summut tell theaw theawst thee theer thing thoose thou thowt Tim Bobbin tother towd Tummus weel Whau wheer whooa whot worch wou'd wudn wurn yerd
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Página 51 - And force them, tho' it was in spite Of nature, and their stars, to write ; Who (as we find in sullen writs, And...
Página iv - ... males of the family, whilst the wife and daughters and maid-servants, if there were any of the latter, attended to the churning, cheese-making, and household work, and when that was finished, they busied themselves in carding, slubbing, and spinning of wool or cotton, as well as forming it into warps for the loom. The husband and sons would next, at times when farm labour did not call them abroad, size the warp, dry it and beam it in the loom, and either they or the females, whichever happened...
Página iv - A farmer would generally have three or four looms in his house, and then, what with the farming, easily and leisurely though it was performed, what with the house-work, and what with the carding, spinning, and weaving, there was ample employment for the family. If the rent was raised from the farm, so much the better ; if not, the deficiency was made up from the manufacturing profits.
Página 121 - Green, who arch has been, And drove a gainful trade With powerful Death, till out of breath, He threw away his spade. When Death beheld his comrade yield, He, like a cunning knave, Came, soft as wind, poor Joe behind, And pushed him into his grave.
Página iv - The farming was generally of that kind which was soonest and most easily performed, and it was done by the husband and other males of the family, whilst the wife and daughters and maid.servants, if there were any of the latter, attended to the churning, cheese-making, and household work, and when that was finished, they busied themselves in carding, slubbing, and spinning of wool or cotton, as well as forming it into warps for the loom.
Página 65 - Worral, order my funeral, as follows : I. I will that they invite to my funeral, sixty of my friends, or best acquaintance, and also five fiddlers; to be there exactly at two o'clock.
Página 68 - At the end of the codicil come sundry bequests, conceived in a still more openly satirical mood. One of these bequests is so goodhumouredly satirical that we may be pardoned for quoting it : — " Item, I give my forty-five minute sand-glass (on which is painted old Time sleeping) unto that clergyman living within three miles of my house who is most noted for preaching long-winded, tautologizing sermons, provided he never turn it twice at one heat.
Página 65 - BE it known unto all men by these presents, THAT I, James Clegg, of Broad-lane, within Castleton, in the parish of Rochdale, and County of Lancaster, conjurer ; having made my last will and testament, bearing date the 18th of February, 1749, do hereby codicil, confirm, and...
Página 67 - If my next relations think it worth their cost and pains to lay a stone over me, then I will, that John Collier of Milnrow cut the following epitaph on it. HERE...