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IN THE

NOETH YOEKSHIRE DIALECT,

BY THE LATE

JOHN CASTILLO,

JOUBNEYMAN StONEMASON AND WeSLBYAN EeVIVALIST.

Edited, with a Memoir and Glossary, by

GEORGE MARKHAM TWEDDELL,

FeUowof the Eoyal Society of Northern Antiquaries, Copenhagen; Cor-
responding Member of the Boyal Historical Society, London ; Author
of **Shakspere, his Times and Contemporaries," ''The Bards
and Authors of Cleveland and South Durham,'* ''The People*8
History of Cleveland and its Vicinage," " The Visitor's
Handbook to Bedcar, Coatham, and Saltbum-by-
the-Sca," " The History of the Stockton and
Darlington Bailway," &c , <fcc.

HOSE COTTAGE, STOKESLEY i

PUBLISHED BY THE EDITOB.

J. GOULD, PBINTEE, MIDDLESBEOUGH.

1878.

A

TO THE READEB.

Fersons having copies of Castillo's Poems in his own handwriting, w:
ve y much oblige the Editor by lending them to him for a time, that 1
may compare his own copy with them, and thus help to restore them
what Oastillo intended them to be. They will be carefully returned.

Bose Cottage, Stokesley.

I

TO

fHiv* S^O0f9J^ BnUf

YEOMAN,

OF DANBY HEAD.

One of that fast-disappearing class in our Knglish community —
• the farmers who cultivate their own land and their owti brains
— / Dedicate this humble attempt to do justice to the Memory
of his departed friend, John Castillo ; hoping soon to pub-
lish a correct edition of the Local Poems of the same Author,
uniform for binding with the present pieces in the Dialect of the
District,

George Markham Tweddell.
Rose Cottage, Stokesley, July, 1878.

TO CASTILLO.

Although our creeds might ym v f , Castillo,

And our nmwnomontn might not be the same,

(For thou wouldst look with horror on my love

For the fine dramos with which Sophocles,

Euripides, and Terence, moved the souls

Of Greeks and Bomans in the days of old ;

And those of Marlowe, Sbalrspere, and the rest

Of England's noblest dramatists; wonld s corn

To dance around the Maypole with a maid

Fair as the lily and as spotless too ;)

Yet as thou Jeved my Cleveland's bills and dales,

And Ju^ compassion for her people's souls,

A nd otr oT e to win them from all wicked ways ;' .

Though thou too oft mi^tMrin confusion blend

Mere innocent enjoyments with their abuse ;

I love thee, noble if mistaken soul !

And would much rather err with Puritans —

Earnest, though much too solenm—than deflle

My spirit In the brutalizing pools

Of sensual debasements. And I would fain

Pay thee such honour as thou merited,?/"

Among our Cleveland poets, though thy rank

Be not the highest : thou hast gain'd the hearts

Of cumbers whom no other bard has won ;

And as the vocal songsters of the grove

Vary in compass and in melody.

Yet all are welcome to the naturalist,

So in our poesy : not Homer's strains.

Nor Dante's visits to the nether realms.

Nor Milton's soaring to eternal day,

Are for all readers. Humble lays like thine

Solace the lab'ring dalesman in his toil.

Help him to bear the numerous ills of life.

And teach his soul to look from earth to heaven.

Feteb Fboletabiub.

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CONTENTS.

JjlL t7U&wl« ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• i

Aird Ahzaak, Pait Fost . . ... ... ... 17

yf „ Pait Second ... ... ... ... 29

„ „ Hiz Deein' Advice ... ... ... 32

T' Leealholm Chap's Lucky Dreeam ... ... ...36

T Beeldin' o' fHaisdill Brigg, Pait Fost ... ... ... 38

„ „ „ Pait Second ... ... 41

Pickerin' Steeple Chass ... ... ... ...42

Pooer Patch ... ... ... ... ... 50

Booasdill Bob an' Hartoft Tom... ... ... ... 61

Wesleyanism at Eeasby ... ... ... ... 66

Popery ... ... ... ... ... ... 56

T' Bace Cooars i' Ruins ... ... .. ...67

iTiOBsary ... ... ... ... ... i.. o^

Tailpieces by Bewick, pages 40, 49, 61 and 76.
„ by Linton, pages 16 and 50,

Preparing for Pdbucation, uniform for binding with the

present work, the

laOCAIa POEMS

OF THE LATE

JOHN CASTILLO.

Edited, with Historical and Topooraphical Notes,

BY

GfEOF^QE M/^T\KHJ^fA TWEDDEJLL,

And Illustrated \\dth several Engravings,

Price One Shilling to Subscnbers^ and One Shilling and
Sixpence to Non- Subscribers.

Persons anxious to secure copies at Subscribers* price, must
give in their names and addresses to the Editor, at Rose Cottage,
gtokesle^.

MEMOIR.

John Castillo was bom at Bathfarnum, three miles from Dub-
lin, in the year 1792 ; his parents, like the great m&jority of the
people of Ireland, being Koman Catholics; an obnoxious state
church doing more than anything else to retard the enlighten-
ment of the people. Ireland at that time nominally possessed
two houses of parliament of its own ; but as the so-called repre-
sentatives of the Irish people were exclusively elected by a hand-
ful of Protestants, and many of these members were in the pay
of the British government, which for centuries ruled the Emerald
Isle with a rod of iron, the entire extinction of that parliament
eight years later was no great loss to the country. Sir Hercules
Langrishe had, indeed, in the year of Castillo's birth, succeeded
in carrying a bill to allow Boman Catholics to practice the law,
and removing certain restrictions on education, trade, and inter-
marriages; but when the Dublin merchants petitioned for the
restoration of the elective franchise, and other civil rights, to
Boman Catholics, a Mr. Latouche moved that their request be
rejected, and his motion was carried by a large majority.

She mischievous interference of governments in theology has
in all ages caused immense crime and misery ; and until mankind
come to regard religion as a thing entirely between themselves
and their Heavenly Father, with which no human authority has
the least right to interfere, and mere speculative opinions as
matters for which no man is to be called to account by his fellow-
man, much less to be made to suffer pains and penalties, there
can be no real civil and religious liberty ; and without civil and
religious liberty no people can be truly happy. Under the cloak
of religion, spoliation and persecution, generation after generation,
were perpetrated on the poor population of that noble island,
whose savage kerns, under proper government, might have been
developed into one of the finest peoples on this planet.

" 'Tis well to cultivate each yard of soil
For com, and fruits, and flowers ; it is well
To probe the earth for minerals that may
Be fused to human use; bat it is vain
To prate of * wealth of nations * in our pride—*
Tea, bloated {grQorance — if we despise,

8 MEMOIR.

Neglect, or aoom, the meanost child that's born
Of meanest parents ; for there is a wealth
To b * developed by all nations yet,
In whose bright rays all other wealth will pale."

Peter Puolbtarius.

Under such misgovemmeiit, Irishmen could not entertain feel-
ings of friendship for England, and many of them had enlisted
into the armies of France, fighting against her for despotic kings,
whilst others were amongst the best soldiers in the army of
American Independence. And when Castillo was bom there was
a ferment thrc^ughout Europe. France, just risen, like a mighty
giant, from eight centuries of cruel oppression, was bravely defy-
ing the world for that liberty which, when gotten, she knew not
how best to use : so that in Ireland, as elsewhere, the oppressed
looked to her for succour; whilst timid reformers in England
were scared by some French excesses into bolstering up all the
rottenness and wrong-doing of their own government, some of
them, like Burke, becoming more rabid than those who had
always been opposed to all reform. The history of Ireland at
the time of Castillo's birth is a subject I would strongly recom-
mend my readers to study, as we even yet know far too little of
the sister kingdom. No wonder that Castillo's parents should
leave their oppressed country, where tortures on the one hand,
and secret conspiracies on ihe other, were the order of the day ;
a country of which an able Iiishman, GEOBaE Holmes,* a few

* Skktchbs in some of the southern Counties on Ireland, col-
lbctkd during a tour in the autuiin, 1797, in a series of let-
TERS, is a delightful octavo volume, published in London in 1801. The
worlc is illustrated with beautiful views of the interior of the Abbey of
Holy Cross, the cathedral-crowned Bock of Cashel, Cormac's Chapel on
the south side of the said cathedral, Boss Castle, Mucruss Lake, and Lis-
more Castle, etc.,, from his own pencil ; and the sixteen Letters of which
the volume is composed are not only most pleasant reading, but are full of
histories 1 and archeeological information, both his father and himself being
well versed in antiquities. The book was dedicated to the Duchess of
Devonshire, and was the means of procuring for him the patronage of the
Dukes of Leinster and of Devonshire, Viscount de Vescl, and others of the
nobility, in his profession as an artist, which he came to England to prac-
tice in 1802, though, I believe, the rightful heir to an Irish peerage and to
immense landed possessions. As a proof of Qeorge HoIme^s assertion,
quoted above, of the general ignorance of readers regarding Ireland, I may
mention that Sterne, who was bom at Clonmel, November 24, 1718, but
left the country in his boyhood, takes a Sentimental Journey to the foot
of Mount Taurira, i^i France, for a pleasin^r picture of a peasant's dance
after supper, which then, as I learn from good Qeorge Holmes's valuable
volume, he might have found in his native country, and which the artist-
author saw and described some thirty years after the body of Sterne had
been stolen from its grave in " the new bui^ng-ground near Tyburn," and
dissected by Professor Collignon at the university of Cambridge, and his
s':eleton strung together with wires for the instruction of students in
anatomy.

MEMOIR. 9

yeoiB later remarked : — " Strange to say, Ireland, which, for a
space of six hundred years and more, has been politically con-
nected with, and continues to be a powerful and valuable gem in,
the crown of Great Britain, is less known to the people of Eng-
land, in general, than the most remote regions."

On their voyage from Ireland to England, the Castillo family
were shipwrecked at the Isle-of-Man ; and, when the subject of
this memoir was in his second or third year, settled at the quiet
hamlet of Lealholm Bridge — ^nine miles from Whitby, thirteen
from Gisbro*, and eighteen from Stokesley. If, like Napper
Tandy, and others, he found it necessary to leave his country to
escape political prosecution, which is by no means unlikely, I do
not know how he could have chosen a safer or more sequestered
spot than the Lealholm of that day. Thus from his earliest re-
collections, thou^ by birth and parentage Irish, John Castillo
was a resident of Lealholm Bridge ; and, though often obliged to
leave his foster- valley, ^'to beg a brother of the earth to give
him leave to toil,** as Burns very pithily puts it, the principal
part of his life was spent in that rural hamlet, his residence bemg
the humble stone cottage adjoining the old papermill. Thus in
his << Lealholm Bridge — a Soliloquy during a Visit, after some
years' absence," we have : —

^* In distant lands my father's lot was cast,

And we were left to feel the bitter blast.

Death's fatal hand its victim did arrest,

And tore him from the darlings of his breast.

I, by a mother's care, when young, was led

Down by the river to yon primrose bed,

Where birds so sweetly sung the trees among,

I thought those days were happy, bright, and long.

Oft I, a boy, with others of my age.

Did eager here in youthful sports engage :

Oft in yon wood we roved when life was new.

The rocks, and trees, and rugged caves to view,

Where woodbines wild with sweets perfumed the air.

And all seem'd joyous, beautiful, and fair."

Glaisdale, in which Lealholm Bridge is situated, was until re-
cently a chapelry to Danby, but is now, by an order in council,
erected into a separate vicarage. Between there and Whitby is a
population amongst which Protestants say the light of the Be-
formation has never fairly penetrated, but which the Castillos
would regard as remaining loyal to the only true church. It was
wise of his mother to lead him forth in childhood to see the
beauty of the green fields, and golden whins, and purple ling, in
their seasons; to listen to the song of birds, to gather wild
flowers on the banks of the Esk — a river whose Celtic name
carries one back to the times of the ancient Britons ; and well

10 MEMOIR.

would it have been for poor Castillo if he had but possessed some
kind and intelligent friend capable of leading him to commune
with Nature, and of teaching him to despise that soul-blighting
Superstition which is sacrifice to in all quarters, but has i^ most
devoted worshippei^ in sequestered dales like the Danby* of Cas-
tillo's time. As it was, he had fearful dreams of ^'an ocean of
troubled liquid fire,'' at a time when such deleterious teaching
ought never to have reached his childish ears ; and he " saw a
number of tormented and tormenting beings, most of which were
in human shape, rolling about, tossed by those dismal and furious
waves, and as soon as some sunk, others arose, full of horror and
dismal wailings," in visions which ought to have been redolent
of the beauty and perfume of flowers, and the music of birds and
brooks. The humblest psychologist who glances through the
writings of poor Castillo will at once perceive the baleful effects
which the popular superstitions have had on what, under proper
culture, would have been a great intellect. Some day we may
discover, tbat the true development of our future men and women,
mentally, morally, and physically, is the only sound political
economy, and the surest way to augment ^* the wealth of nations."
For, as Sir William Jones has well sung, in his famous Ode in
imitation of Alcseus : —

*' What constitutes a state ?
Not high-rais*d battlement or laboured mound,

Thick wall or moated gate;
Not cities proud with spires and turrets crowned;

Not bays and broad-arm'd ports,
Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride ;

Not starred and spangled courts,
Where low-brow'd baseness wafts perfume to pride.

No : men, bigh-minded men.
With powers as far above dull brutes endued

In forest, brake, or den.
As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ;

Men who their duties know.
But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain,

I

* Thank God, we have at last got a railroad through the dale; and I
know of no pleasanter railway ride than on the line foolishly called North
Yorkshire and Cleveland,— just as though Cleveland was not a portion of
the North Biding. Danby and its neighbouring dales is a district rich in
the remains of Scandinavian folk-lore. The 'following communication,
from a late respected member for the North Biding, speaks for itself :—

" 11, Dean's Yard, Westminster, May 7, 1861.

** Sir, — I shall be happy to be a subscriber to your work on Cleveland as
described in your prospectus. I hope it may include the district of Danby-
dale, where I suspect the traditions must be curious, both in the way of
language, customs, and sports.— Your faithful servant,

"G. M. Tweddell, Esq." " E. S. OAYLEY."

MEMOIB. 11

Prevent the Iong-aim*d blow.
And erush the tyrant while they rend the chain :

These constitate a state.
And sovereign Law that state's collected will,

er thrones and globes elate
Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill/'

When about eleven or twelve years of age, he lost his father,
who had sent him to school, and taken him to hear mass (like a
good Catholic), and given him such training as he was capable
of giving. But the now fatherless lad must leave school, like
tens of thousands of lads in the present day, just when he is be-
ginning to imbibe a little book-learning, and (as the Cleveland
folks say) " he mun try te mak a bit scrat for hiz awn living I "
Castillo was what my Lancashire friends call *< punced up : ' we
must not wonder, then, if he is slightly intolerant to all who do
not see with his eyes. Leaving Lealholm Bridge on the death of
his father, he went, as servant boy, with a gentleman into Lin-
colnshire, where he spent two years, and then returned to his
adopted valley, where he learnt the art and mystery of a stone
masoo, and became converted amongst the Wesleyan Methodists;
being admitted into class, April 5, 1818, at the chapel at Danby
End, when he was some twenty-six years old : and to the end of
his life he was an energetic revivalist amongst that body, through
all his poverty and privations. Thus, in "A Farewell," he
sings : —

"From a land full of friends where he covets to stay,
Poor tost-about Castillo 's forced far away,
Into regions beyond, where his lot may be cast,
So he* leaves this small tribute, which may be his last.

How happy is he who has work to abide,

With his child on his knee, by his own fireside !

"Where he 's cheer'd with the counsel and charms of a wife,

To lessen or share in the troubles of life.

'T is but few who the ills of the traveller know
While to rivers and hills relating his woe.
Far away from his friends, and out of employ.
With no one to share in his trouble or joy.

While he sees some for wickedness highly extoird,
He is sharing the frowns of a hard-hearted world;
Ueceives for his good deeds a sad recompence,
A stranger, a lodger, and all on expense !

Yet there 's One who, if he will his follies control,
Will preserve both the health of hJs body and soul :
To the married or single, the husband or wife,
Religion can sweeten the bitters of life ! "

And in " The Lodger in Liverpool, or the Mason in Winter nipt
by the Frost, while a Card-party were enjoying themselves in an

12 MEMOIB.

adjoining Boom,** he looks back with longing love to dear old
Cleveland, which he had been forced to leave in the battle for
bread: —

" While sad I ait, oft musing over

Happy days for ever fled ;
A lonely lodger in a corner,

Like some hermit in his shed.

All around seems blithe and merry;

My light 's dim and heart 's unstrung,
"While memory turns to yonder valley,

On whose flowery banks I *ve sung.

Dirty, ragged, and down-hearted.
Far from country, friends, and home ;

And as far from kindness parted,
Doomed for work the world to roam.
* * *

But when time makes all surrender,

Nor permits the least excuse,
Happy they whom timers avenger

Charges not with its abuse."

Strange that nations professing the sublimest of all religions,
Christianity, and boasting of their superior civilization, cannot
see that there must be something radically wrong in the very
constitution of society where men, able and willing to work at
the most •asetvl employments, are doomed to starve, for no fault
of their own ; unable to make an honest livelihood with comfort,
even when, like poor Castillo, they have neither wife nor child to
maintain ; and, unless wanted for, and willing to do, the devil's
work of war, are blasphemously designated a ^^ surplus popula-
tion." As the gifted Eta Mawb sang, half a century ago, in her
excellent " Ode to Wealth " :—

" Oh, Poverty ! be thou my fate.
And the worst ills that on thee wait.
If e'er I raise my truant voice.
To call thee, though in jest, my choice !
Does Virtue shoot her trembling rays ?
Thy hand extinguishes the blaze.
Does Genius fire the peasant's soul ?
It withers at thy stem control ;
Or if it burst its kindling way,
As rends the cloud the light'ning's ray,
Ah ! how shall he, whose soul refined
Has roam'd the raptured heights of mind,
Descend from genms' lofty ken.
To herd him with his fellow-men ?
If courted in his humble sphere.
By those to fame and fortune dear,
What double wretchedness shall wait
The contrast of his adverse fate!
To see delights he must not share —
His evil with their good compare —

MBliOlB. Id

And from the castle's splendid walls,
And its gay mirth-resounding halls,
Back to his straw-bnilt shed to steal,
And feel— as only bards can feel ! "

In the months of January and February, 1837, Castillo caught
a succession of colds, which, added to previous hardships, brought
on influenza ; and he never afterwards was the strong man whose
brawny arm had hewn out and dressed the freestone of the Cleve-
land hills, happy if he could but earn daily bread by his hard
toil, and assist in the labours of the sect with which he had allied
himself. That year, on his partial recovery, he was invited during
the summer to Stockton-on-Tees, with a brother revivalist, " but,
says he, *^we carried rather too coarse metal for that refined
place," — ^methodism always changing its character when wealthy
folks join the society. In the dales, however, Castillo was a suc-
cessful revivalist. In February, 1838, he set out for the Pickering
circuit. " Finding," says he, " the channels at home (if I have
a home) in some measure blocked up, I went away, in the storm
of 1838, but not having my name on any plan as a preacher, I
occasionally got severe lashes on that account ; but endeavoured,
as much as possible, to keep out of the pulpits, by holding prayer
meetings, and giving exhortations out of the singing-pews, or
from the forms : " and, I presume, it is in allusion to some of
those revivalist doings that he remarks, in his '< Village
Preaching " : —

" Far over Cleveland's lofty hills,
Water'd by rividets and rills,
A lovely village doth appear,
And o'er the trees its chimneys rear.
A church there is without a steeple,
And several unconverted people ;
Though not much pious fruit appear,
The people still desire to hear :
To chapel oft they go and back,
In their old summer-beaten track.

* * *

The forms were set, and rostrum flxt.
The preacher went, and took his text.

* « *

Having, as he thought, clear'd his way,
They sang, and then began to pray.
He left his elevated station.
And went among his congregation.

* « •

But such unusual proceeding
They say completely spoil'd the meeting i
That preacher's conduct is unstable,
Who cannot keep behind the table '.

14 MEMOIB.

If I should go tluit way once more,
And find tho people as before.
They must have either chain or cable,
If they keep me behind the table."

Castillo died at Pickering, April 10, 1845, at the age of fiftj-
three. With all the vigour of an ancient Puritan, he was cramped
in mind by most of the nairowness that rendered Puritanism in-
tolerable to the people of England in the days of my illustrious
ancestor, the Lord Protector. Thus we have, as the title of one
of his rhyming dialogues, ^< The Music Band is all the go, but it
» a plansible and successful snare of the devil." In his verses on
"The Wedding," the <' bands of music, singing, dancing, and
drinking/ ore condemned as though bad in themselves ; jollity
b«uig a crime in his eyes, even though it was unaccompanied by
«s€«aB ; and in his *^ Broad and Narrow Way," he says : —

" With pleasant walks and cheerful company.
And taanulesH games— if harmless games there be."

** Morr Christmas, as kept in England," in the nineteenth cen-
nxr. was as great an abomination to poor Castillo as the old
Ki^iih May-games were to Philip Stubs in 1505, or to the Bev.
T^Sniis Hail, BJ).> of King's Norton, in 1660 ; neither of whom
ccdii have rctid llerrick's beautiful verses, <^ Corinna's goin^ a-

« li* wwqualled playt

i0Kn ^^ th* dav, were vile and accurst. Unlike the generality

^■fafftiis. wko generally make Good Friday a day for tea-
iimrin and rejoicings, Castillo had a peculiar veneration for the

^ MOSMit to commemorate the death of the Holy Jesus ; and
\ft mc vkieved that the two sinkers who were dragged out of a
A^ ittJ an* ^ *^®*** killed, and the other dreadfiUly wounded,

•'Tbe UbUe kicked, brim-full of splintered rock,"

^^ ^Y •• the just judgment of an angry God '* for

XWS wiA on that holy day.

"cLaWt Wrt popolar noem is " Awd AbzadL," which gives
uTinaihTC nWiw ^ * Sunday m the Dales at the commence-
«iiL drSif. WW* centmy. His style is evidently patterned
^S^iAmiibT BuTM, from Fergusson and the older Scot-

MEHOIB. 1^

Old Isaac Hobb, who used to live near Glaisdale Chapel (now
charch), is supposed to have been the la}Lfigare, so to speak, from
which Uastillo first delineated the picture he has painted for us, but
the sentiment of the piece is principally drawn from his own experi-
ence. Some will regard him as the true exponent of saving
grace; and others, iSie a literary correspondent of mine in Swit-
zerlimd (the late James Dixon, LL.D.), as ^^ a religious bigot ";
but all must admire his fearlessly honest expression of opinion,
and the ability he has displayed in depicting his rustic compeers.

The greatest merit of Castillo as a writer is his quiet humour :
with his theology I have nothing to do. Claiming the right to
think and speak freely for myself, I must allow the same privi-
lege to others. To talk of "tolerating" one from whom our
opinions may differ in speculative matters, is simply impertinent.
I have to do with my fellow man's morality, because it bears oh
my happiness and that of my neighbours and friends : what his
religious opinions are is no more my business, or that of others,
than his estimate of Wordsworth as a poet, or any other subject
on which we have a right to converse as friends, if we feel so in-
clined, but certainly not to seize each other as it were by the throat,
and demand of each other, as though we must be enemies if we
cannot both see with the same eyes.

I only met poor Castillo once, and that was during my appren-
ticeship. He had his poem of the "Pickerin' Steeple Chass"
in manuscript, which he read to me, with some other unpublished
pieces. I at once singled out the lines commencing

" To see 'em all seea blahth an* merry,"

as the best of all that he had read to me ; and, on going through
the printed poem, I still regard them as the most original and
vigorous in the piece ; and it was through my recommendation
that he retained them in the printed copies, when some Wesleyan
preacher whom he had consulted had got him persuaded to ex-
punge them. He was very much pleas^ with my criticism, but
the minister's opinio;i seemed to weigh with him. But when I
told him that probably his reverend friend knew more about
theology than poetry, and evidently, as a believer in a personal
devil, was taking literally what was merely figurative, he at
once agreed with me, and before parting promised that the lines
should stand. Castillo's great want through life was a friend
who was alike well versed in the art of poetry and master of the
North York Dialect. Those who *' improved " his pieces, as they
thought, by refining tbem, only made matters worse. It remindis
me of the editor of a newspaper to whom I once gave a Dialect
poem of Florence Cleveland's for insetlioii. ^^ Y\>S& ^ ^^i^^^^^^sRA^

16

MKMOtB.

h.% *" Imt we most rorrfct this ** — ^pointing to one of the
tmeel touches in it — *' for it is had gramznar ! " << If jou make
it gnmmatical,** was mj replj, " it will cease to be a trae speci-
men of the Dialect** Manr seem to think that thej illustrate a
Dbleet bj writing good English, and knocking out a few general
words here and there, and inserting local words instead. They
might as well think to build a Grecian temple by removing the
fretitoiie and inserting a few blocks of marble in the outside walls
oi a Qothic abbey. I have earnestly endeayoured to restore the
text of Castillo to its primitive purity— for every previous editor
lutf made it worse than before — and I have only made such altera-
tions as he would himself have approved of,— such, in fact, as I
thought absolutely necessary to give him a permanent niche in
that small tonple which is quite large enough to contain the few
true delineators of our Norti York Dialect, now fast going, as all
Dialects must go, but the memory of which ought not to be
buried with them. /

Rose Cottay€y Stokrsietf*

Tailpiece hy Linton.

AWD AHZAAK.

PAIT FOST.

Yah neet az Ah went heeam fra* wark,
A labile bit afooar 't waz dark,
Quite blabth an' cbeeiful az a lark

Ab tbowt me-sel' ;
An* sat mab down, te nst a bit, /> , .^ .

At top o' t' bill

Fooaks just wer tonnin* oot tber ky
A labtle plain awd man com by : —
" Cum sit ye doon, gud frinnd," sez I,

" An' rist yer legs " :
He 'd been a bit o' floor te buy,

An' tweea 'r tbree eggs.

Ah fand him varra gud te stop ; —
Hiz staff he set up as a prop ; —
Hiz hooary heead be lifted up.

An' thus cumpleean'd : —
(Sum fragments ov a gud-like f eeace,

Tber yit remeean'd.)

" Too see," sez be, " mab doer yung frinnd,
Mah travel 's ommost at an end ;
Wi' age me back begins te bend.

An' white 's me hair ;
Ov this warld's griefs, yoo may depend,

Ah 've had me share."

Hiz teeal, thoff simple, it wer grand,
An' varra gud te understand, —
Hiz stick steead up aboon hiz band

T' awd f ashin'd way ;
Hiz cooat an' hat wer weatber-tann'd,

A duflfil grey.

18 DIALECT POEMS.

« Ah think/' sez Ah, « 'at 't Scripter sea,
Grey hairs is honourable driss,
If tha be fund i' reeteousniss,

Be faith obtain'd ;
An' Ah think, be what yer leeaks express,

That prahz yoo 've gain'd.

Wi' age it izzent gud te joke.

An' 't 'z ommost owwer warm te woke ;

Sit doon, an' hev a bit o' toke,

0' things at 'z past ;
Awd men, like yoo, hev seeaf beeath heeard

An' seen a vast."

" A vast Ah hev beeath heeard an' seen,
An' felt misfotten's arrows keen,
Az yoo remark, whahl Ah hev been

On this life's stage ;
It 's sike a varra changin' scene,

Fra youth te age.

Hoo greeat, an' yet hoo feeble's man !
Hiz life at langest 's bud a span ; "
Hiz history he thus began,

Wi' tears te tell ;
An' if yer ears be owt like mahn,

'T will pleease ye weel.

" Lang sahn Ah lost me wife," sez he,
" Which was a heavy cross te me ;
An' then me sun teeak off tit sea,

A fahn young man, —
An' Ah neea mair hiz feeace mun see,

It 's ten te yan.

Ah happen'd te be off yah day,
A kahnd ov sweethart, az tha say.
Com in an' teeak me lass away,

Wiv howsin stuff ;
An' noo, poor thing, she 's deead, tha say,

A lang way off !

It 's noo neen year, an' gannin' i' ten.
Sen Ah at t' barkwood join'd sum men,
'T waz there Ah fell an leeam'd me-sen,

I' spite o' care :
An' fooast te give up ther an' then,

An' work neea mair.

AWD AHZAAE. 19

Bud t' nighbers hez been varra gad,
Or dse Img sahn Ah 'd stuck f t' mud,
An' seea throo them, an* t' help o' God,

Ah gits me breead ;
Ah howp they '11 be rewarded for 't

When Ah 'z loa laid :

Bud, seeing all me cumfots gone,
Ah diddent knaw what waj te ton ;
Then Ah began te sigh an' mon

Beeath neet an' day :
Ah bowt a Babble, an' began
Te read an' pray.

An' az Ah read, an' az Ah pray'd,

Ah thowt it thunner'd owwer me heead,

An* ofEens Ah wer sadly flay'd

Wi' dismal noises :
Sumtahms i' bed Ah thowt Ah heeard

Mysterious voices.

A preeacher chanced te cum this way, —
Ah 've koase te iwer bliss that day
Kahnd Providence led me that way

This man te hear :
Ah, like a sheep, had geean astray

Fer monny a year.

He sed 't waz luv o' Christ cumpell'd him, —

Bud seean az iwer Ah beheld him,

Ah thowt 'at sum kahnd f rinnd had teld him

All me hart ;
Fer iwery wod, like arrows pointed,

Meead it smart.

Ah thowt, tell then, 'at Ah waz reet,
Bud he set me sins all i' me seet ;
At last Ah fell doon at his feet,

Wi' solid grief ;
Ah thowt Ah sud hev deed afoor

Ah fund relief.

Ah reaHy thowt, if you'll believe ma,
'At hell waz oppen te receeave ma ;
Sum sed the Lord wad seean relieve ma.

He waz me keeper ;
Bud all they sed did nowt but greeve ma, —

It cut ma deeper. ^

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20 DIALECT POEMS.

Ah dreeaded the Almighty's f roon,
Ah wandered greetm' up an' doon,
Nowther i' cuntry nor i' toon

Neea rist Ah fand ;
Me sins, like stars, did me surroond,

Or heeaps o' sand.

At t' thowts o' ivverlasting pains,
An* being bun' iv endless cheeans.
Me bleead, like ice, ran ihmSt me yeins,

Wi' shivverin' dreead;
Ah cuddent^sleep, an' Ah fergat

Te eeat me breead.

Then varra seean t' repooat waz raized,
An' all round t' village it wer bleeazed,
Awd Ahzaak, he waz gannin' craized,

An' nowt seea seer ;
Mah cottage then, far days an' days,

Neea sowl com near.

At last this gud man com ageean,
Fer which me hart waz glad an' fain,
Just like a thosty land fer rain,

Ah sat quite near him,
Whahl ivv'ry organ ov me soul,

Waz bent te hear him.

But seean az Ah that sarmon heer'd,
A still small voice me sperits cheer'd,
An' Ah, that varra neet, waz meead,

A happy man ;
Te praise the Lord, wi' all me hart.

Ah then began.

Ah knew He had me sins forgeen,
Whahl Ah had in His prizence been.
An' that Hiz bleead cud wesh ma clean,

An' white az snaw.
An* mak ma fit wi' Him te raign,

Whahl here belaw.

Sen that, i' all me conflicts here.
Ah flees te Him wi' faith an' prayer,
An' He, i' marsy, lens an ear,

Thruff Hiz dear Son ;
An' this iz t' way, wi' howp an' fear,

Ah travils on.

AWD AHZAAE. 21

Oft, when Ah thus draws near te Him,
He maks me e'es wi' tears te swim,
Then fills me hart qnite up tit brim,

Wi' t' luv o' God ;
An* when Ah gits mair faitti i' Him,

Ah hods me hod I

Sumtahms ah \e had yon beck te swim,
An' monnj a tabm this hill te clim*,
Wi' heavy hart an' weary lim*.

An* sweeaty broo ;
Bnd all *at Ah can trust Him in.

He helps ma throo.

Iv all the straits o* life," sez he,
" Howiwer bare me cubbert be,
Wi' brown breead crusts, an' wormwood tea,

Or even gall ;
Wheriwer Ah finnds Christ te be.

He sweetens all.

Me nighbers all. Ah dearly luv 'em.
An' oft Ah 'z fooast fer te repruv 'em,
To seeak the Lord Ah tries te muv 'em,

Wi' hart sincere ;
Bud t' ansers oft 'at Ah gets frev 'em,

Iz quite severe.

Ah 've oft felt sorry te me-sel',

Beeath grieved an' shamm'd t' trewth te tell.

When Ah hev heeard our awd kirk bell

Ring in te prayer ;
Ah 's flay'd 'at sum el hear 't i' hell

Upbreead 'em there.

They'll sit or lig upon ther deead.
An' toke aboot all kahnds o' trade,
An' la£f, an lee, quite undismay'd.

Tell tha 've rung in ;
Sike fooaks, tit warld tha 're owther wed

Or near akin.

Sum sez ther priest 'z a stumlin'-block,

He niwer leads 'em on tit rock.

Like thooase 'at mends a threead-bare frock

Wi' a new piece ;
He cares bud lahtle fer hiz flock,

Xf he gits t' fleece^

22 DIALECT POEMS.

Bud oors, he iz a Ghristiaii breet,
He preeaches Christ wi' all his meet,
Fills eeach believer wiv deleet

'At gans te hear him ;
An' therefooar ov hiz people's bleead

The truth el clear him.

Ah 've heerd him tell 'em, pat an' plain,
'At they mun all be hooam ageearit
Or suffer iwerlastin' pain,

F t' warld te cum ;
Bud if they 11 flee te Christ i' tahm,

Fer all ther 's rooam.

I' t' pulpit, or i' conversashin,
Hez awlus on for t' soul's salvashin,
Wi' kahnd repreeaf or exhooatashin,

Or coonsil sweet ;
An' thooase 'at follow hiz perswashin,

They '11 be reet.

An' yit Ah 'z flay'd, if t' trewth waz knooan,
There 's monny a precious soul i' pawn,
Fer that gud seed 'at he hez sawn

Without effect ;
An' t' bleeam fer iwer iz ther awn,

Thruff sad neglect.

Thare 's sum 'at sez — (bud they 're misteean)
When tha 're baptahz'd tha're booan ageean;
Just here tha miss t' f oundashin steean,

An' builds i' t' sand ;
An' tha 've neea dreead, till t' house iz doon.

Bud it will stand.

Ah 've knawn yung men, an' wimmin too,
An' men wi' t' hair all off ther broo,
Afooar he 'z read hiz lessons throo

'Z been fast asleep ;
Whahl udders that far better knew,

'Z been seen te weep.

They 11 rock an' riggle like a ship.
Till sum kahnd frinnd giz them a nip.
Or wacken'd up wi' t' saxon's whip,

Or others koffin :
Then, mebby when tha 've rubb'd ther e'en,

Tha '11 start a laffin.

AWD AHZAAE. 28

Sum *z lived te three or fowwer skooar,
An' 'z lang tahm here had mlin' poor ;
Tha Ve wooan deep tracks across jon moor

Wi* constant gannin' ;
Bud still, all t' whahl, for this warld's geer

Ther harts wer langin*.

Thersels tha 'ye niwer fairly seen,
Tha 've niwer knooan ther sins fergeen,
Tho' monny a tahm ther pray'rs hev been

Az loud az t' dark ;
Fer all tha Ve had tweea pair oy een,

Tha Ve deed 1' t' dark.

Ther's sum 'at t' neeam o' Christian beers,
'An 'z had that neeam fer monny years,
'At 'z berried owwer heead an' ears

r wardly care ;
An' oft at kirk, we 've cause te fear

Tha markit there.

Ah wer at a sarten hoose yah day,
An' f awd man tiv hiz sun did say,
< If all be weel, thou mun away

Temooan tit kirk ;
An' try te git our reet next week,

Te cum te wark.

An' Tommy, he 'z i' sike a tackin',
That cooat al spoil for want o' mackin'.
If t' taylear 'z theer, thou mun be at him

Te cum an' all ;
That 'z weel contrahved, an' then yah thrang

Al deea fer all.

Thou need n't stop te gan' round t' fahm.
Thou 11 hea te be there i' reet gud tahm.
Or mebby, if tha dizzent mahnd,

Thou 11 loss the chance ;
There 'z sumtahms three or fowwer at him

All at yance.

It 'z owwer far te gan afeeat.

An' if 't be warm tiiou 's seer te sweeat.

The mudder, she H deea nowt bud freeat,

Seea tak awd Dragon ;
An* tell t' reet he mun cum next week,

Te mend our waggon/

24 DIALEOT POEMS.

Then if je chance, i' t' cooase o' t* weeak,
O' t' Sunday's subject fer te speeak,
Toull finnd awd memoiy seea weeak,

It 'z all fergitten;
Thus wounded souls 'at 'z been hawf heeal'd

T' awd sarpent 'z bitten.

That skull *at 'z mowlded green an' gray,
T' awd saxon dag up t' udder day,
Knaws varra neer az mitch az they,

0' t' Sunday's sannon ;
You may az weel o' t' subject toke

Te sum awd Garman.

That poor awd man 'z noo deead an' geean,
It 'z hard te say what way he *z teean,
'At use te stand ageean t' f unt steean,

Te tak f ooaks' watches ;
Whahl careless lads i' t' singing pew,

Wer cuttin natches.

Fer want o' proper cultivashin.

They shuffle on without salvashin,

A vast. Ah 'z flay'd, hez'this perswashin, .

Beeath yung an' awd, —
Te be fergeen they hev neea cashin

Tell deead and kawd !

Tha '11 finn'd it oot afoor 't be lang,
'At tha 've all t' tahm been sadly wrang,
Ther will's may then be owwer Strang

Te breeak or bend ;
An' noo tha say tha 're owwer thrang,

Tha can't attend.

I' Summer tahm tha '11 leeave t 'awd nest^
An' driss up i' ther varra best.
An' gallop off alang wi' t' rist,

Te t' fair or reeaces ;
A vast gits what tha niwer kest,

At sike like pleeaces.

Ther 's sum gits theer wi' wooden legs on,
Monny poor awd men wi' wigs on,
Sarves t' yung f ooaks te run ther rigs on,

A f ahn example ;
Whahl doon i' t' dust uier poor awd lims,

Sumtahmes tha trample I

AWD AHZAAK. 25

Ther *8 Bum can nowther sit nor lig,
Aboot t' elecshins, thej 're seea big ;
Tha saj they 're Britons rump an' rig,

But wheea can trist 'em,
When frev a Tory tiv a Whig

A glass al twist 'em.

Ther 's sum 'at 's rajder shooat o' seet,
Fer t' seeak o' tweea 'r three sov'rans breet,
Oiz in ther vooat, an' thinks it reet,

Fer t' Boman stranger ;
Udders plaisters up i' t' street, —

T Chetchisi Danger!

An* seea tha yan prevent annudder,

Wi' sike like poljtical bother,

Tho' t' best ov aU can't seeave his bmdder.

Nor ransom him ;
That spark 'at 's left they try te smudder

Wi' stratagem.

Az for thooase Metbodys, tha say,
Tha mak seea varra mitch te deea,
Ther's sum wad deea nowt else bud pray.

An' read, an' preeach,
Till tha git all meead Methodys

Within ther reeach I

Bud thare waz neean ov this amaze,
r neean ov oor fooarfayther's days,
Thoff ther gud deeds an' honest prayers.

An' pious readins,
Hez been, neea doot, az good az thayers,

Wi' all ther meetins.

Te see 'em doon o' beeath ther knees,
I* t' kirk, or t' field, or onder trees,
Wi' brokken harts an' teerf ul e'es,

Wer quite uncommon ;
An' if tha hewent deed i' t' faith.

Then what's cumm'd on em ?

Te preeach 'em all geean doon te hell,

It is a dreeadf ul teeal te t«ll.

An' we mun wi' oor kindred dwell,

Seea we, like them,
Will on life's ooashin tak wer chance,

An' sink or swim.

26 DIALEOT POEMS.

Tha mak sike wark amang t' ynng fooaks,
Tha breeak up all wer jooavil spooats,
Tha thin wer ranks, an' storm wer pooats,

Wi' strange conf ushin ;
Ther 'z nowt bud we mun cry't all doon,

A mere delushin.

Bud uz 'at seldom hev attendid,

Tha deea n't git uz seea eeasj mendid,

An awd stiff jack 's nut eeasj bendid,

That's varra trew ;
Bud thooase 'at weean't bend, 700 see,

Mun breeak enoo.

Sumtahmes, when pashin' let 'em in,
Wi' wods te sweerin' near akin,
Fer fear that t' sad effecks o' sin,

Ther harts sud hardin,.
Tha try te rub off ther an' then,

Wi' axin' pardin.

Tha trifle on fra' year te year.
Like watches wooan oot 0' repair,
Thoff if tha wad, it 's varra clear,

Tha mud be mendid ':
Bud they perceeav neea danger near,

Tell life is ended.

Awd Sattan seea pollutes ther mahnd.
They weea n't stoop tit means disahnd.
Till t' hairspring gits wi't'mainspring twahnd,

An' seea hard coll'd,
Tha 're fooast away te git refahnd,

I' t' udder wolld.

He leeads sum on like mountebanks,
Az stright az thoff tha ran 0' planks.
An' tells 'em, i' ther jooavil pranks.

He'll nut deceeave 'em ; —
Tell on awd Jordan's stormy banks,

Ther cumfots leeave 'em.

He leeads sum on annudder way,
An' whispers te them neet an' day,
'At they need nowder read nor pray.

They 've deean nowt wrang ;
Or if they hev, he'll set it reet,

Afooar 't be lang I

AWD AHZAAK. 27

Ther *s adders oft been iv alarm,

Bud, Felix like, when t' hart wer warm,

He's sed, Gun,' an' sum udder tahm

Ah '11 send f er thee ;
When tha that tahm, tha diddent knaw

Mud iwer see.

Tha rob ther sowls ov ther awn reet,
Tha really winnot cum te t' leet,
Lest o' ther sins tha git a seet,

An' sud be seeaved,
An' be ov all ther plishers sweet

At jance bereeaved.

Tell deep sunk down i' t' bonning lake,
Tha then begin te fear an' quake,
Where vengeance can neea pitty tak.

Which there hez sent 'em ;
Bud furious feeands i' horrid shap,

Mun there torment 'em !

Tha leeak fer sum yan te deliwer.

Bud there they '11 finnd neea comfot niwer,

There tha mun weep an' wail fer iwer,

The!" harvist's past;
Ther summer 's ended, refuge fails 'em.

An' tha 're lost.

Whahl life danced on her silver springs,
Tha lafft at Deeath an' seerous things, —
Scooan'd Heaven, itsproffits, priests an' kings,

An' felt neea sham :
That tha deean't noo wi' angils sing,

Thersels tha bleeam !

Ther dreeadful doom an' destiny

Let us git all we can te flee,

Be preeachin' Christ where'er we be,

I' deed an' wod ;
Tell all wer frinnds ther folly see,

An' ton te God.

Ah 've been i' t' way noo seeaven year,"

An' as he spak a brahny tear

Ban doon eeach cheeak, az crystal clear,

Fra owdeF 6*6 *
« Thenk God ! Ah feel,' whahl Ah sit here,

It's weel wi' me.

DIALECT POEUS.

Bnd t' neet u csmmin' on umun,
An' 't leenka az if 't was boon te nin.
Or else mah stooarj's nut havf deean,

'At Ah 've te teU ;
Bnd mebb? we maf meet ageean, —

Till then, Fareweel 1 "
Thoff he had all OiooaBe sorrows booan,
Camposer in eeach feeater shooan.
Thoff he 'd te walk an' live alooan,

Fra iaj te daj ;
Ah wish'd biz keaas had been me awn,

An' kom away.

B o' T* FoBT Pact.

Tat^itee b^ Baetck.

\

PAIT SECOND.

wiv HIS deein' advice.

Oft hev Ah lang'd yon hill te dim',
Te hev a bit mair pross wiv him,
Wheeas coonsil, like a pleeasin* dreeam,

Iz dear te me ;
Sen roond this warld sike chaps az him

Seea few ther be.

Corruptin' beeaks he did detest,

Fer hiz wer ov the varra best,

This meead him wahzer ner all t' rist,

0* t' nighbers roond ;
Thoff poor i' poss, wi' senses blist

An' judgment soond.

Afooar the silver neet ov age,
The precepts ov the sacred page
Hiz meditashin did engage,

That race te riu ;
Like thooas weeah, spite o' Sattan's rage,

The prahz hed won.

Bud noo hiz e'en 's geean dim i' deeath,
Neea mair a pilgram here on t' yeeath,
Hiz sowl flit fra' her shell beneeath^

Te realms o' day ;
Whare carpin' care, an pain, an' deeath,

Iz deean way.

Wivoot t' poor author's neeam or leeave,
Tha 've put hiz stooary thruff ther seeave,
An* roond hiz circuit set ther screeave

0' justice keean ;
Fra' crotshits, cramps, an' simmibreeaves

Te sift bioi cleeaxi.

80 DIALECT POEMS.

T' chaise 'at tha ageean him bring

Iz harpin' owwer mitch o' yah string, —

He triumphs like a lahtle king

Owwer f ashans gay :
He 's owwer relidjoits ! — ^that 's the thing

Tha meean te say.

Bud still Awd Ahzaak tells hiz teeal,
Owwer monny a pUssent hill an* deeal,
Will sumtahms inte citties steeal,

Ner sahlent be
Tell bairns strahv how te lisp hiz theeam

Across yon sea.

At oor last, bud lastin' interview,
Hiz fav'rite theeam he did renew,
Fra* which a paraphrase he drew.

An' thus began,
Convarsin' clear wi' frinndship trew,

Like man te man.

" Ah lahtle thowt, az weel thoo knaws,
Thoo tit t' pooblic wad expooas
Mah awd gray cooat, wi' all it's flaws,

An' staff an' all ;
Fer want ov which fooks prood when awd

Seea offens fall.

Ah varry leeatly gat a hint

Tha 'd put oor stooary inte prent.

An' copies all roond t' cuntry sent,

Beeath left an' reet :
Bud, if 't wer deean wi' gud intent,

Gud luck gan wi' 't.

Fer all Ah sed wer meant fer gud,

If it wer reetly ondersteead,

Te sum, neea doot, me langwish wad

Seeam quite abrupt ;
We *re all alike ov flesh an' bleead

An' harts corrupt.

Fooaks oft leeak mair at bleead an' breedin'
Then at t' soobject they are readin'.
An' thus awd Prejediz is feedin',

I' system narraw :
Fer want o' pains te crack t' hard beean,

They oft miss t' martaw.

i

AWD AHZAAK. 81

Men still, iv spite ov all oor coashio,

Hanker efter heegh promoshin,

Like Eyan*s pills, or Rowland's looashin,

Sahn'd be t' king ;
We 're seea inclahn'd te self-devooashin,

That is t' thing.

T' nashin still seeams discontent,
We Ve Strang debates i' parlejment,
Petishins on petishins sent

Ther, all implooarin' ;
An' sum i doonjin's deep lament,

Whahl they are snooarin ' !

An' still owwer t' land a cloud hings dull.
An' we ma' thrust, an' they may pool,
Wi' Ayes an' Noes, eeach paper 's full,

Wi' applause an' laf ter ;
An' all the gud for poor John Bull

'S te cum here-efter !

Still let us cawmly wait tell t' end, —
On God, an' nut on man, depend :
Oor nashin 's woond iz bad te mend —

Ommest imcurable !
Hiz Izrael He will still defend

Wiv kahndness durable.

Bud numbers strangely hev backslidden,
An' deean theease things 'at wer ferbidden,
An' caused Hiz feeace fer te be hidden

Be ackshins fool,
Tell scare a ray ov howp iz left

Te cheer yan's sowl.

The coonsil Ah wad recommend,
Iz all te strahve ther lives te mend,
An' persevere untel the end,

I' wod an' deed ;
An' thoas al nivver want a frinnd

1' t' tahm o' need 1

Bud Ah mun cut mah stooary shooat,
Or it may mak yer criticks spooat,
Oor soobject's ov owwer grave a sooat

Te dwell upon :
Af ooar ya ^preead yer next repooat,

Ah sail be geean.

d2 DlALEOT POEMS.

Fer tohn we met an' paited last,
Ah finnd mah strength iz gahin' fast,
Like floors aneeath a Nor'-Eeast hlast,

Tance fresh an* gay ;
Seea man iz doom'd te droop an* weeast,

An* fade away.

Ah wad, afooar Ah tak me leeave,
Te all, me deein' coonsil give,
An* if the trewth they deea helieve

Or apprehend, —
That trewth, wnahl Ah *ve a day te live,

Ah wiU defend.*'

i

When Eden*s flowory gardin smahl'd,
Ner t* sarpint hed poor Eve begahl'd,
Man steead npreet an' undefahl'd

I' mahnd an' f eeater.
An' mntnwal conversashin held

Wiv hiz Creator,

Bud when that deeadly monster, Sin,
Had yance gain'd an entrance in
Tit whahld, oor sorrows did begin.

An' Heeaven froon'd,
An* t' glitt'ring swoord ov justice gleeam'd

On aU aroond.

Sin spred destruckshin wahd, an' seean
Grim Deeath began hiz fearful reean,
Sattan wiv lees an' mallas keen

Went teea an' fro'.
All t* frail, thoff nowble, suns o* men

Te owwerthraw.

Bud the Almighty sent Hiz aid,

Enoch an* Abraham obey'd,

An* Noah, an* Job, an* Daniel pray*d.

An' Gideon teea ;
An* mighty foes thruff mighty faith

Tha did subdeea.

AWD AHZAAK. 3d

Then ancient Izraers aJtars bleeaz'd,
An* sollem congregashins gaz'd,
An* holy men tiier voices raiz'd,

An* tnunpits soonded ;
Then heeathen aimies steead amaz*d,

An' wer confoonded.

Then Joshua conker'd i* the deeal,
An* gnd Elijah did preveeal,
The wicked wershippers o* Baal

He owwerthrew,
An' show'd to them the livin* God,

An* only trew.

Then whahl the sacrifice waz pure,
Destructshin com nut neegh ther dour ;
I* moont er tent tha wer secure,

Be neet er day,
Whahl thravin* groops o* flocks an' heeards

All roond 'em lay.

Tha towt an' show'd ther childer hoo
Ther fayders kept ther sollem voo,
When the Almighty led 'em throo

The dessot land ;
An' hoo thooas fell 'at wad n't boo

Te Hiz command.

An' seea sud we wer childer teeach,
An' in thw ear^ gud doctrin preeach,
Afooar corrupt idees can reeach

Ther tender mahnd ;
Te finnd when tha te manhud reeach,

The gud disahn'd.

Ey, tell 'em wheea t' awd sarpant stang,
Hoo Moses towt an' Deborah sang,
An' hoo the holy Hebrews yung

Did woke thruff fire ;
An* try te teean ther infant tungs

Te David*s lyre.

Hemahnd 'em ov a Saviour's luv,
Lam 'em the ways God will appruv,
Te pray an' fix ther thowts abuv

Yeth's fleetin' joys ;
Whilk at ther best when tried al preeav

Bud empty toys.

84 DIALECT POBifS.

Consult the warthies ov eeach age,
Wheeas lives are doon i' t' sacred page,
Ner rist tell all the hart engage

Like them i' fight ;
Then we like them oor hostile fooas

Sail put te flight.

Tiv uz tha fer egzamples stand,
Lahk gahd-poste iv a weeary land,
Or lahk scea monnj beeacons grand

On mountains heegh,
Te show uz t* rooad Jehovah 'z planned,

Er danger neegh.

Bud men graw noo seea wahldly wahz,
Seea prooan te vanitee an' lees,
The best o' coonsil tha '11 dispahz,

Seea queer tha liv ;
Tha '11 scarce a propper queston ax,

Er anser giv.

Mankahnd i' general can spy
A mooat 'at \ in annudder's e'e ;
An' big an' bizzy az Paul Pry

Te mark it doon ; —
It helps fra' silly passers by

Te felt ther awn.

Ther 's numbers seeams o' t' better sooat,
'At round our chapils will rezooat.
An' o' convershin mak a spooat,

An' sins forgi'en ;
An* at the trewly pious shut

Ther arrows keen.

Bud the Almighty seez ther ways.
An', thoff he lengthens oot ther days.
An' His just wrath He now delays,

*T iz seer te cum ;
The stootest o' the human race

Mun meet ther doom.

ISi'j^ when ther jolly days ar spent,
If tha deea nut i' tahm repent,
Tha 11 seerly doon te Hell be sent

Te revil theer ;
Te koss, an' foam, an' pay ther rint

I' black dispair.

\

AWD AHZAAK.

Freeat uat tbeeul' when thoo diz see
T' wicked iv hiz proaperitee,
Tc florrish like a green buj tree,

Br cedu t&U j
Tha like a leeaf , be fiim decree,

Mun fsde an' fall.
Consider thoo wbitt bez been sed,
An' o' ther tbreeats be niTver flaj'd,
Beware lest thoo snd be belraj'd,

Be ther dissut ;
Gi'e t' Lord thee hart, an' deea n't dispahz,

Hiz Sperrit 's leet

T' cnntree seeams ill anxietj
Te fcnaw Awd Ahiaak's pedigree,
An'sumrooaroot,— "/('s ail a lee I

A meead up chini/ ! "
Te.aike we think it nut worth whahl

Wer preeafs te bring,
Fer all 'at wish te knaw, mah read
Ihe enin an' soobstance ov hiz creed, —
Mah catch an' saw the labtleseed,

Wiv greeat euocesa :
Bnt whare he lived, on' whare he deed,

Iz left te guesB.

Awd AaziiK'e Stooaby's Ehdid.

C LEEALHOLM CHAP'S LUCKY

DREEAM,

OB, AV AWD THINa BENEW*D.

Yah Kessenmas neet, or then aboot,
When meeasons all wor frozzen oot,
Ah went te see a cuntiy frinnd,
An hospitubbel hoor te spinnd.
Fer gains Ah cut across o' t' moor,
Whoor t' snaw seea furosly did stour.
T* hoos Ah geeand, an' enter'd in,
An' wer az welcome az a king.
T' storm ageean t' awd winder patter'd,
An' t' hailsteeans doon t' chimler clatter'd ;
All hands wer in, an' seeam'd content,
An' neean did frost er snaw lament.
T* lasses all wer at ther sewin',
Ther cheeaks wi' hilth an' beauty glowin'.
Aroond t' looa heearth, i' cheerful chat,
Tweea 'r three frinndly nighbers sat ;
Ther travils tellin', — ^wJiare tha 'd been.
An' what tha hed beeath heeard an' seen ;
Tell yan uz all did mitch amuse,
An' thus a stooary introduce.

" Ah rickollect lang salm," sez he,
" A stooary 'at wer telt te me,
'At seeams seea strange i* this cor day,
That trew or f ause Ah cannut say.

A man liv'd i' this nighberhud,
Neea doot ov reputashin gnd,
An' lang tahm straahve, wi' stiddy care,
Te keep hiz hooshod i' repair.
At length he hed a euros dreeam,
(Fer three neets runnin' 't wer all t'seeam,)
'At if on Lunnon Brigg he stud,
He'd hear sum news wad deea hiim gud.

LEEALHOLM CHAPES LUCKY DREEAM. 87

He laber'd hard, beeath neet an' daj,
Tryin' te drahve thooas thowts away,
Bud daily grew mair discontent,
Tell he at last te Lunnon went.
Bein* quite a stranger te that toon,
Lang tahm he wanner'd oop an' doon,
Tell led biv sum mysterous hand.
On Lunnon Brigg he teeak hiz stand ;
An' theer he waited day be day.
An' just wer boon te cum away,
Seea mitch he thowt he wer te bleeam,
Te gan' seea far aboot a dreeam,
When thus a chap, as he drew near,
Did ax, ' Good friend, what seek you' here,
Where I have seen you soon and late ? '

Hiz dreeam tiv him he did relate. «
< Dreams,' sez the man, < are empty things,
Mere thoughts that flit on silver'd wings ;
Unheeded we should let them pass,
I 'Te had a dream, and thus it was :
That somewhere round this peopled ball,
There 'z such a place as Lealholm Hall.
Yet whether such a place theie be,
Or not, is all unknown to me.
There, 'neath a cellar dark and deep.
Where slimy creatures nightly creep,
And human footsteps never tread,
There is a store of treasure hid.
If it be so, I have no doubt
Some lucky wight will find it out :
Yet true or false is nought to me.
For I shall ne'er go there to see ! *

Oor Leealholm frinnd did twice er thrice
Thenk t' cockney chap fer hiz advice ;
Then heeam ageean, withoot delay,
He cheerfully did tak hiz way.

Settin' aboot hiz wark he sped —
Fund iwery thing az t' man hed sed ;
Wer iwor efter seen te florrish,
T' fahnest gentleman i' t' parish.
Fooaks wunner'd sair, an' weel tha meet,
Whare he gat all hiz ginnees breet !

If it wer trew, i' spite o' feeam.
It wer te him a lucky dreeaxaX"

T BEELDTN' 0' GLAISDILL BRIGG.

A BUFF JOB FEB BEEATH MAISTEB AN* MEN lY 1828.

PAIT FOST.

Whkrivvbr yan gans te tak a woak,
This brigg iz all the common toak ;
Fer wedder it be leeat er seean,
Ther cry iz, " Har n't ya ommeast deean ? "

A nighber sed te Matty Hall,
He thowt this brigg wad kill nz all :
Bud hoo this prophecee ma muv,
Seean tahm er Providence will pruv.

Bud seer t' experimental pait.
Wad ding a hero oot o' hairt,
"When we reflect on what iz past.
An' gannin' on f ra f ost te last.

Geoorge Tinker com when t' job began,
Bud acted like a cunnin' man ;
Fer t' hill wer owwer hard te dim.
An' seean the gam waz up wiv him.

Then Pritty com i' t' heat o' t' thrang,
An' prommist fair fer stoppin' lang ;
Bud he be chance gat strange an' leeam.
An' we had him te carry heeam.

An' Silversahd hez left i' det.
An' Johnson 'z teean away i' t' pet ;
Fletcher wad neea laugher stay,
An' Gibson sez he '11 run away.

Pearson toaks ov weary beeans, —
He 'z ommest kill'd wi' cuttin' steeans ;
An' Castillo he 'z lang been seek, —
He seldom gits f ahve days i' t' week.

BEELDIN O OLAISDILL BRIOG. 89

An' Cruddaz cums nbbbul now an' then,
An 'z reckont yan ov oor heead men ;
An' Breckon, he 'z nut lang been wiv uz,
An' riddy onny day te leeav uz.

Oor maister *z hed ruff rooad te pass, —
Tha 've straitened him f er want o' brass ;
An' t' men wad hev ther wages raized, —
'T z aneeaf te set a maister craized.

Seea opposishin greeat an' small
Had dampt the sperrits ov uz all !
We fondly thowt oor trade wad florrish,
Suppooated be a wealthy parish.

Bud awkard fields, an' narrow riggs,
Tha 've spoilt uz quite fer beeldin' briggs ;
Ner iz it common i' this nashin
Te beeld 'em on a dry foundashin.

Wiv all ther petty plans an' prices, •
Tha teear a workman all to pieces ;
An' if tha git ther ends aboot,
Oor meeasons seean ma worhk fer nowt.

Ther 'z yan 'at aims he 'z i' famus graith, —
He laffs an' maks a spooat o' faith ;
A tahm ma cum, wiv visage grim.
When he ma wish hiz lamp te trim.

Noo sike a man sad f ost be seen
Te git all t' sceeals teean off hiz een ;
An' try te beeld a brigg at yance
Across t' wahd gulf ov ignorance.*

Annudder wheea disarves a stripe.
He 'z rayder reeasty iv hiz pipe,
He awluz had a deal te say.
Bud scarce a penny will he pay !

We hev sum condescendin' men,
Ther ma neea doot be yan i* ten.
That ken the legal tahm o' day.
An' help uz on withoot delay.

We 've yan 'at lens a helpin' hand

At yance possesst beeath hoos an' land ;

?tae Inscription on the Bridge is, " Ponder thy path, for (fennine faith
mild a bridge across the gulf of death."

DULEOX PORUB.

He 'k ommtat eeghtj jear ot age,

ile brings hiz meeot, an' taka neaa mga !

Wir fmTOw'd cheeaks an' hooary hain,.

Ue "i gi'en uz monny raitbfnl dftjs;

He leeakg t hruff hardabips, creettk'd an' coll'd,

Tit hii reward i' t' udder woll'd.

We he' annuddw royal meeaBOn,

Tbat diz n't put acnuddei feeace on ;

Bud freelj cums te help uz throe,

An' brings a liuty pieDtis too.

Had Wallis cum, uriv all his brags,

a soabscripshin.
Maj ui 'at 'z left, like tr8B--dra»rin' ho
Tak np wiv all oor rubs an' crossM ;
f er efter all this toil an' pain.
We howp 'at t' sun 'U sbahn ageean !

PAIT SECOND

Tha tell uz oft, when we 're away,
Bad meeastly oy a Sabbath day,
Oor brigg is crooded wiv inspecters,
'At rahze aboot it queer conjecters.

Smn grit men, wi' judishns sarch,
Hev spied a crack o* tweea i' t' arch,
An* sends t' alarm fra toon te toon
'At seer aneeaf 't 11 tummel doon.

Somboddy raist a dreeadful teeal,
Hoo it hed freeten'd Jooasuff Deeal ;
He com te see 't yah Sabbath day.
An' just leeakt up, an' ran away.

He thowt he heer'd sumboddy say,
Tha thowt tha seed it givin' way I
He ran seea fast that nowt cud tonn him,
Fer fear 'at t' brigg sad tummel on him.

It wor neea joke, fer far aboon.
He ommest ran a woman doon ; *
An' if sheea owwer t' bows had geean.
He *d kill'd er leeam'd her, ten te yan.

Bud efter all 'at 'z deean an' sed,
Ther iz neea cayshin te be flay'd :
Whahl t' prisent fahmers hods ther land,
Thet iz neea fear bud t' brigg 11 stand.

Bud ther iz sum unlucky lads

'At wants correctin' be ther dads ;

Tha might be iv sum better pleeace

Ner thrawin' steeans 'at t' awd man's f eeace.t

Sheea wor readin' t' inscripshin !

T feeace on t' kyghsteean o' t' brigg wer damisht viV V lads thrawta!

ans at it.

PICKEllIN' STEEPLE CHASS.

k

Job.
Weel, Jim, hoo deea lad ? What iz t* news ?
What sahd is thoo on ? — Pinks er Blews ?
Here 'z sike a mighty stir i* t' nashin,
It 'z worth a lahUe conversashin.
Ah want te knaw, iz *t reet er wrang ?
Unless thah narves iz varra Strang,
Ah hev a paper i' me pockit
'LI lift the hart oot ov its sockit !

Jim.
A paper, Joe ! what iz 't aboot ?
Sum monney matter tha 'z neea doot I
Sum Mettody er Ranter bodder,
Er sum Teetotal thing er udder.
Yan scarce can pass dang a street.
Bud sum sike like yan 'z seer te meet,
Wheea 'd ommest sweer 'at black iz white,
Te gain annudder prosselite.

Joe.
A monney matter 't iz ov cooas,
Fra quite an opposisshin sooas,
Fer, be tha Liverpool Recooader,
*T iz mair like ov t' Succeshin Ooader ;
Althoff 't iz sed, be snug repooat.
Religious fooak hev gi'en 't suppooat.
That 'at Ah noo te nooatis bring
Iz t' Steeple Chass at Pickerin'.

Jim.
Whyah, Joe, thoo 'z neean o' t' warst o' f ellaz,
Seea squat tha doon a bit an' tell uz.
If thoo sud think it neea disgrass,
Aboot thiz meeghty Steeple Chass ; —
Ov hoo, an' when, an' whare tha run,
Fer honnor, monney, er fer fun.

PIOKEBIN* STEEPLE OHASS. 48

Thoo 'z just gi'en ma an itchin' ear, —
It 'z t* varra thing Ah wish te hear.

Job.
Thoo seez, upon a sartin day,
Ah hennut seen, bud heeard 'em say,
Grit gentilmen hev hosses train'd,
Fra lofty pedigree obtained,
Seea fuU o* bleead, an' queerlj towt,
Te gallop thruff er owwer owt.
All muster at a sartin pleeace,
An' this tha call ther Steeple Ghass.
A poss o' gowld tha then prisent,
An' wod iz thruff all t' cuntrey sent.
Fer fowwer mahl, Ah think, tha run,
An' he 'at beeats, the steeaks 'z hiz awn.
Sum breeak ther necks wi' missin' bridges,
An' sum gits stuck wi' jumpin' hedges !
Ay, te confirm 'at trewth Ah sing,
Tha kilt a boss at Fickerin'.

Jim.
Whyah, Joe I thoo quite supprahzes me,
Te think 'at men ov heegh degree
Sud reallie hev neea mair rispecks
Fer nowder t' men ner t' bosses' necks.

Joe.
A boss iz nowt i' sike a keease !
Bairn, sowls iz nowt at t' Steeple Chass I
Tha fer a trifle swap an' sell 'em ;
An' t' pahsons hez n't sense te tell *em
That t' Steeple Chass iz suited quite
Te glut ther carnal appetite.
Thooas 'at ther Babbles luv an' preear,
'LI finnd bud bareish pickin' theer.

Jim.
Mahnd, Joe, thoo iz n't owwer severe,
An' 'at thah coonsil be sincere ;
Fer t' law hez monny kuros links, —
Man mooant speeak awluz az he thinks.
Thoff Ah mesel' feel shockt te think
Men sud seea push te ruin's brink,
Mitch mair te be inkorridged in
What mun be a presump\,eo\]A %\Ti.

44 DIALECT POEMS.

Job.
Man, mair Ah see this standart reeazt,
An' mair an' mair Ah stand ameeazt,
Te think 'at pahsons sud n't see 't,
An' tell 'em plain it iz n't reet :
'At men sike docktrin sud procleeam,
An' thooas 'at beer t' Christian neeam,
I' spite ov all divine advice,
Sad sankshin sike a sweepin' vice.

Jm.
Whatiwer be ther settisfackshin,
It hez a wonnerful attrackshin,
An' maks 'em freely stir ther shanks,
'Specially them o' t' heegher ranks.
Frev Scarbro', Malton, York, an' Leeds,
Tha cum on lofty-moonted steeds,
Owwer dazzelin' ommost te behowl'd,
Wiv silvert whips an' cheeans o* gowld.
Theer 'z bans o' music, cullers fleein',
Hams an' legs o' mutton freyin' ;
NinMnel waiters upon t' wing
Te sell 'em drink an' hear 'em sing ;
Theer 'z ^ammelin' teeabels, orringe stalls,
Spice, an nuts, an' dancin' dolls :
All things te suit ther carnal teeast
May just be fund at t' Steeple Chass.

Joe.
Thooas men hev getten 't i' ther poower
Carin' nowt fer t' starvin' poor,
Te gallop owwer hedge an' dyke,
An' deea an' say just what tha like ;
An' all t' tahm tha run thooas rigs,
An' sing, an' drink, an' dance ther jigs,
They 11 booast ov nowbel ancestry,
An' meeghty steeple pedigree.
If onny wish tha cause te knaw,
Hoo tha are yabbel te deea so,
" 'T iz monney m^s the meer te gang,"
Maks wrang seeam reet an' reet seeam wrang.

Jim.
Bud t' thing sud be te them meead knawn,
'At t' gowld an' silver 'z nut ther awn ;
'At t' cattle tha abuse an' kill

PIGEEBIN* STEEPLE OHASS. 45

Belangs tiv t' Lord o' Zioii*s hill.

Tha sud be wahn*d i' iwery pleeace

Te giv up all sike wickid ways ;

Er seer az ther 'z a God aboon,

Tha 11 pool ther awn destmckshin doon.

Job.
Tha hev been wahn'd, an' hev refused,
Whahl thooas gud things tha hev abused ;
Be which abuse tha breeak God's law,
An* that He 11 sum day let 'em knaw.
This maks 'em breeathe pemishous breeath,
An' swagger on tit varge o' deeath ;
Whahl udders, rayder then controwl,
Til breeak ther necks, an' loss ther sowl.

Jim.
A chap telt me, be way o' crack,
Bud kahnd o' trimmel'd az he spak,
Tha 'd docters pleeact, wivin a shoot,
Te slip necks in 'at gat slipt oot. *

Joe.
It 'z awful booastin' this indeed, —
Bad sample ov beeath fruit an' seed I
bike ma upbraid the warld wi' sizm.
This iz next dooher te soshalizm.
Sike booastin' tha will sum day rue,
If we admit wer Bahbel trew.
All thooas mun pass a meeghty change
Afooar on t' happy hills tha range.
Bud tiv oor teeal — let uz tonn back.
Lest wa git farder frev oor track.
T' greeat day arrahves, an' t' smahlin' sun
Proclaims ther Steeple Ghass begun.
On eeager lugs then t' tumult steeals,
Ov prancin' steeds an' rummellin' wheels.
It wer a day ov winks an' nods,
Ov lofty deeds an' lofty wods ;
Az thoff tha hed f er ther defense
All t' thunner ov Omnipotence.
Then fooaks com rowlin' in be skooars,
Frev nighb'rin' toons, an' off o' t' mooats ;
Like cloods o' locusts in tha hale,
Fra Gooadland, Sleights, an' Harwood-deeal.

7an o* ther foRt-rate rahders sed *at he carried a lQw«AT\fi.ck.\.n Vidian
Kit, V keeas owt bappent biz awn.

48 DIALECT POEMS.

T iz seerlie sum inchantit string
'At diz sike croods tegidder bring.
Like beez tha roond ther Steeple swann,
Iv that tha lahklee see neea hahm.

Jm.
Neea hahm ! — what hahm, Joe, can ther be
Iv seein' sike a raritee
Ov men an* bosses heeghlj feead,
Wi' preeasts an' squires at ther heead ?
Ov gentilmen an' ladies gay,
Az bonny az the flowers o' May ?
Thare riches, yuth, an' beauty shahn,
Array'd i' silk an' superfahn.
An' fahmer maidens, yung an* fair,
Yan wonners boo tha 've tahm te spare ;
Wi' lads o' manners rufE an' rude.
All mixin' i' yah multitude.
An' poor awd men 'at scarce can blaw,
Wi' beeards an' whiskers white az snaw ;
Sad sample ov oor fallen race,
All roUin' up tit Steeple Chass.
An' fahmer sarvants leeave ther plew,
Callin' ther maisters black an' blew,
Wheeah fer ther creedit an' gud n.eeam
Hed coonsilt 'em te stop at heeam.
Ah met 'em az Ah com alang,
(Tha wonnert whyah Ah wad n't gang)
Wi' rooasy cheeaks an' shooders breead,
Bettin' wagers upon t' rooad.
Ther leeaks an' wods at yance declare
Ther trizher an' ther harts iz theer.
If yah contrary sentence drop.
That mouth at yance tha try te stop.
Bud when roond t' splendid stand tha meet,
'T wad deea a blinnd man gud te see 't !
Besahdes thooaz men 'z seea fahnly drisst
A Steeple Chass! whyah weeah wad miss'*'t?

Joe.
Frev fost te last, it iz desahn'd
Te pleease, te fascinate the mahnd ;
Te lift it, az on eeagil's wings.
An' drahve off thowts ov better things.
T' Btewhads, full o' warldly wit,

bickebin' steeple chass. 47

Pronounce 'at all things noo ar fit,

When thoosans then rowl'd up te see,

Az drawn be steeple witchery.

Ther 'z joiners, meeasons, bricklays, carters,

Careless o' ther futer quarters,

Leeave the scaffold, rooad, er shop,

Ner waits te lap ther happrons up ;

All i' sike a mighty strather,

Fit te treead o* yan annudder.

Mudders careless o' ther sun,

Callin* t' bairns *at weea n't cum on.

Fra whence tha cum, er whoor tha dwell.

If yoo 've a paper it 11 tell.

You ken the bosses wheeas tha ar

Be t' cullers 'at ther rahders weear.

Thus wedder i' the rooad er no,

Wi* whip an' spoor, away tha goa !

wwer hedge an' dyke,ther's nowt can stop'm,

Unless an angry God unprop 'em.

Thus rahdin' owwer gess er kooan

'At 'z growin' er 'at 'z leeatly sawn,

Thare 'z neean dahr lift a hand, er say,

" Whathevyadeean?" er " Wheea'z tepay?"

Whahl oaths profane an' laf ter lood

Ar utter'd be the geeapin' crood : —

Be sum wheea yance religion luv'd, —

Nut nobbut sangshinn'd, bud appruv'di

If iwery wod an' seeacrit thowt

Mun yah day be te judgment browt;

0, hoo unlike sike wark az this

Iz that 'at leads te gloaryas bliss I

Te see 'em all seea blahth an' merry

Waz famus pastahm fer Awd Herry I

If owt te him cud be deleeghtin',

'T wad be te see 'em drunk an' f eeghtin'.

He popt aboot amang the people.

At last he popt up on tit steeple,

Oppen'd a pair ov dizmal jaws,

Flapt hiz black wings, an' yawn'd applause.

Like sum prood emperor ov awd.

Upon the weddercock he rade ;

Whoor he mud all at yance sorvay

The grand proceedins ov that day.

A flag-staff fer a whip he seeaz'd,

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An' s^ort the spire, he wor seea pleeaz'd
Te think it snd hiz cause diffend,
An' that hiz hait hed ansert t' end.

Jim.
It 'z nnt f er thoo te critesahz
On men seea greeat, seea rich, seea wahz.
Tha aim, neea doot, az weel az thee,
Te gan' te Heeaven when tha dee.
What, thoff ther munney be bud lent,
Thoo knaws 'at munnej mnn be spent :
Besahdes, tha hev example teea, —
If t' pahson 'z theer, what 'z that te theea ?

Joe.
If thooas sud miss ther passidge heeam,
A careless priesthud tha ma bleeam ;
Blinnd guides tha ar, an' t' kirk'z ther mudder,
An' tha weea n't gang te hear annudder.
We Christians run a difTrent race,
Te what ya call yer Steqple Chass ;
Besahdes, we finnd i' Holy Writ,
Ther 'z neean cums theer 'at ar nut fit

Jm.
Thoo means te preev be argiment,
Thooas 'at cum theer mun lost repent.
An' be thruff Jesus Christ f ergiven
Afooar tha 're i' the rooad te Heeaven.
Keea carnal plizher tha mun share.
Bud liv a life ov faith an' pray'r.
If thooaz aleean hev savin grace,
Doon gans at yance tiie Steeple Chass !

Joe.
Seea lejins fell frev leet te dark, —
Seea Dagon fell afooar the ark, —
Seea Gtod prood Pharoah owwerthrew,
Wiv Sisera, an' Gtoliah teea, —
Seea fell the lords i' sad serprahz
Wheeaz hands hed put oot Samson's eyes.
Thooaz meeghty men wer tonn'd te dust,—
An' seean thooaz Steeple Ghassers must
Whyah, Joe, it cap ma fair te ken,
Hoc thooaz heegh-fleeing' gentilmen
Can, frev ther chassin' gan te t' kirk.

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PICEBRIH STEEFIJ! OHAsa.

An' join i' I' blissid Sonda'B imrk,
Singin' wi¥ sll ther meeght an' main,
This Heeaven-inspired, this halj strain : —
" Ijet aU thj converse be sincere,
Thy consoiencfl as the noon-day clair ;
FcpT God's all-seeing eye sarre^
Thy secret thoughts, thj words and waya."
An' then frev t' kirk tit Steeple Chass, -
An' set at nowt God's luv an' grace,
Call t' dissenters all thiuS t' nashin
Per Apostolicat Saccessliin I

Te bring oor soobject tiv a clooas, —
Oor aim is nobbut te expooas
Tlie thing Almighty God dii hate—
Hut te prove oak unkahnd debate.
The day 'z nut far 'at will reveeal
The trewth, an' fix the Snal seeal.
Sum ma, when it 'i owwet leeat te rew,
Finnd what tba howp'd wer fauae, iz trew,
Conaamin' ivverlaBtin' woe I

POOHER PATCH.

PooHEB Patch waz browt up tit scratch,
An' markt oot f er bein' a glutton ;
Wiv hiz neck iv a string,
He war sentenced te swing,
'Koas he 'd grown sike a laddie f er mutton.

A bit ov a leg he happent te beg,
Az doon Jack-sled-gate he wer trudgin' ;

Be carrjin' on 't heeam,

He gat all the bleeam,
An' he wer te be hang'd wivoot judgin'.

He seeam'd f er te say, at the clooas o* t' daj
Te t' dogs 'at he happent te see : —

" Tak wamin' be me,

When yer oot on the spree,
Er ya 11 hing on a gallas az heegh !

Ther'z monny mairlef t 'at ar laddies fer theft,
A vast mair fer takkin' then giyin' ;

Sheep 11 be worried,

Thoff Ah 'm seea hurry*d
Away frev tha land o' the living*.*

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Tai^iece hy Linton,

OOASDILL BOB AN' HARTOFT

JOHN.

John.
What cheer, awd stock ? — saj what*z ther been te doo,
'At maks ya leeak seea dark aboot yer broo ?
Ya leeak az thoff yer parleyment petishin,
Hed met wi' sum rooamantic opposisshin.
Er mebby yoo hev met wi' smn abuse,
Er f rev sum quahter heeard sum hewy news.
Mebby the trial ma cum clooaser still,
Yer wahf er chUder ma be takken ill.

Bob.
Alas I the news Ah hev te tell 'z seea bad
'At t' f eeldz an' f orrists seeam i' monnin' clad I
Be men nnawthorahz'd an' unahdeean'd
Oor new-erictet temple iz profeean'd.
The cushins an' the tasshils all ar soilt,
The bell 'z inchantit, an' oor warshop 'z spoilt.
Tha 've held iv it— what 'z cawzt this desecrayshin ? —
A meetin' fer the Bahbel's sirkalayshin !

John.
If that be all, whyah t' thing 'z az leet az kaff !
The f eeldz an' fleeads ma clap ther bans an' laff ;
Sen' better sense iz teeachin' greeat an' small
Te send Hiz gloryez leet f ra powl te powl.
'T iz yan o' Jesus Christ's last greeat commands
Te send this leet te dark an' heeathen lands.
Let 'z howp the profit '11 ootweygh the loss ;
If t' parson beea n't, whyah t' chetch 11 beneeawaise.

Bob.
Whyah, Ah 'z neea scholard, nowder wiU pertend
Te say hoo far this mischief ma extend.
Oor greeat DivtOin, afooar He lett t\i^ ^\<^«^<^«^
He te/t uz posativ it wer the iLeeas *.

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Hi^; argiment did rahz te that amoont,
The chetch wer ruint on this seeam account.
When sike like wark the chetch's pillahs shak,
Hiz Maister's honner fooast him f er te speeak.

John.
Wedder Divahn, M.A., er LL.D.,
'■ T* h lahtel matter wheea er what he he ;

Fer t' thing 'z reveealt tiv uz az weel az him, —
What God appreeavs, man owt nut te condemn.
Whatiwer ma he hiz sahserdooatal geeans,
Whyah t' poohlic ma weel thenk him fer hiz peeans,
'At he seea fahn a sampel sad dispense
Ov collidge-eddicated impedense.

Bob.
Kud it he heeard an' ondersteead areet,
Daft Hannah's speeach wad he quite full o' leet.
Sheea thinks t' awd man sud nut ha' heen seea vext.
Bud tonn'd hiz leeaf, an' teean annudder text.
AH t' had iffecks hez hin, sheea hez neea doot,
Wi' hrush an' heezom, swept an' carried oot :
Tha teeak trew pains te mak all clean an' clivyer,
An' t' chetch iz noo az gud an' weel az iwer.

John.
Bud leeaks thoo heer, this iz the thing tha dreead, —
If yance the Bahhel an' the trewth we spreead,
The veil '11 fall fra off the peepel's e'es,
An' t' commons then will az ther lords he wahz ;
Tha then '11 graw seea howld i' disposhisshin,
Te heegher poohcrs tha will disdain suhmisshin ;
An' will, te men ov honeruhhel neeam.
Refuse that honunidge 'at ther titles claim I

Bob.
Then chapils will iv all dereckshins rahz,
Wiv saucy steepels moontin' te the skaihs ;
An* preeachers run, er rahd wiv hoss er gig,
Az rank az sheep 'at travil Blaky Bigg.
If sike prosseedins fodder be allood,
Awd Inglin's sun '11 set behint a clood ;
Ner sud wa wunner tha alood procleeam,
Thooas men sal speeak neea laugher iv His neeam.

John.
*Ai sike a'^neetin' sud be held V V chetcb,

BOOASDILL BOB AN* HABTOFT TOM. %8

Be men 'at scarse wer fit te stan' V t' pooatch,
Wer sike an a stain upon itz consecrayshin
Az roozt his rivference's indignajshin.
Fer what cud thooaz expect az ther reward,
Bud frev sike bowld attimpts te be debarr'd ?
Noo nivver mair mun tha cum theer a|2;eean,
Whahl he biz sacrid office diz susteean.
If sike Hke doctrins spreead an' sud prevail,
Then bishop*s ordinajshin treead ']1 fail ;
Then grace '11 mair then larnin' be admired,
An' preeasts stan' i' the markit-pleeace onhired ;
Men will frev ivvery seeacrit kooaner creeap,
An' oot o' kooalpits in tit poolpit leeap ;
Whahl wi' ther jesters an' ther insinewayshins
Tha '11 rob t' awd chetches u' ther congregayshins.

Bob.
Then fooaks '11 tonn, lahk beez 'at 'z left ther hahv,
Seea stupid 'at tha '11 nowder leead ner drahv,
Ner draw be gifts, ner binnd doon be oppresshin,
Ner scar be Apostolecal Suckshesshin.
I' vain a man ma then hiz feeace dizgahz,
An' lonlords owwer ther tenants tyrannahz.
Neea patchwark then 11 anser az afooar,
Ner goous, ner blankits buy er sell the pooher.
That parson then ma chance te loss hiz pleeace
Wheea hunts, er gallops i' a Steepel Chass ;
Wheea i' the ring appears a jovial fella,
Sits be hiz wahn er grog tell he iz mella ;
Wheea wiv hiz dogs persews the grooz er gam,
Mair then the cottidge o' the pooher er leeam ;
Er, if hiz gun sud chance te miss her mark,
Will rap an' sweear, an' lie all t' bleeam on t' dark.

John.
Deea n't wunner thoo 'at t* vinerubbel man
Sud be seea feearful ov hiz treead an' clan ;
If better leet wa spreead owwer Ian' an' sea,
Oor heeam-bun slaves H seeak fer liberty.
Tha 11 finnd ther 'z neean seea fit te show the way
Az thooaz 'at woaks therein beeath neet an' day.
But God Hizsel' hez teean the thing i' hand.
An' Bahbel meetins yit '11 bliss the land.
Oor God 11 rahz up men ov nowbel sowl,
An' He the sleepy chetches 'wiU. cou\xQi7i\.\

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Will send Hiz sahvants, wheea His judgments knaw,
Te thuimer oot the terrors ov Hiz law ;
Whahl Jesus will Hiz meeghtj ame mak bare,
An' tak the flocks Hizsel' iativ Hiz care.

Bob.
Sike laws amang oor heegh-up chaps exist
Az lajberin* men finnd hard fer te resist.
0* t* Sabbath dajs tha rob beeath God an' man, —
That scrahb ma preeav this statement fause 'at can.
All bans mun hurrey seean az tha beer t' bell,
Tit steepel-hooz, lit t' preeast be what he will ;
An' thooaz 'at iz n't settisfied wi' t' kirk,
Mun owder quit ther fahm er loss ther wark.

John.
Thooaz ]aws mitch differ fra tha laws ov Heeaven,
Era God te man fer hooallj parpos given ;
Peeace te promooat, an' poot an' end te strife,
Te regilate hiz hooshod an' hiz life.
Iv hooallj days, afooar the chetches fell,
Neea music soonded lahk the sabbath bell.
The ministers wer thowtful, hooally men,
Ner threeats wer needed, ner kumpulshin then.

Bob.
Yan wad be fain sike days ageean te see,
An' hear fooaks sing wi' luv an' melody,
Az yan hez read i' beeaks ov hooally men,
'At nowder kared fer fire ner lion's den ;
Bud dreeaded sin wi' all itz scorpion stings,
Mair ner the wrawth ov heeathen preeasts an' kings.
All wheea te God i' meek submisshin boo,
Thoff t' rooad be dark, He '11 awluz bring 'em throe.

John.
Jist wait a whahl, tell Tahm revarse the scene.
An' Anti-Christ hez bed hiz pumpos reean ;
When Parsekushin, wiv her tooach an' fark.
Sets carnal men an' ministers te wark,
Te help the Beeast te mak hiz proselites,
Te purge hiz fleear, an' bon the hypocrites.
Then thooaz wheea live an' hev the trewth maintain'd,
I' clearer leet 11 hev the thing egsplain'd.

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^ESLEYANISM AT EEASBY,

l' ST0W8LA SIBKIT.

Tea *bb wakkeh'd at Eeasby ! the Lord iz amang 'em,
Thoff tonn'd oot o' t' temple 'at youst te belang 'em ;
Annudder we howp afooar lang 11 be beelt,
Whoor sinners thruff Christ ma hev pardin fer gnilt
T* Lord seeams te oppen a waj oot uooar 'em,
Thoff nighberin' lions hev aim'd te devoor 'em,
When t' awd maister mariner failt at the helm,
Tha thowt it wad all the consam owwerwhelm ;
An' whein tha appear'd ov all succour bereft,
Tha endeeavour'd te freeten t' few 'at wer left.
Bud the Lord wer detarmin'd te be ther proteckshin,
Te send 'em supppoat, an' gi'e 'em dereckshin ;
If nobbut, like monnej, tha wad n't betray Him,
Bud stick te that text, beeath te luv an' obey Him.

Tha can't be content wi' ther steeple opinions,
Bud tha mun mak inrooads on uddei^s dominions ;
Thoff theer's be i' gen'ral the fat an' the wilthy,
Fer t' want o' gud physic, tha seldom ar hilthy.
Hoo strange 'at tha sud sike fair temples erect,
Te modder the sowls in ther swooan te protect I
Bud strangher tha '11 finnd it o' you sahd the fleead,
Wi' ther hands an' ther g^rmints sdl stain'd i' ther bleead.
We need n't te wxmder tha mak sike a fuss, —
Ther craft is i' danger fra rebels like uz :
Fer Gk)d can mi^ preeachers — hoo fearful the thowt —
Fra cobblers, er meeasons, er blacksmiths, er owt I
yis I Doctor Pusey ma whet hiz awd grunders,
An' put on hiz captivz ther fetters an' blinnders ;
Ther 'z pooher men iv Eeasby 'at ken hiz awd sang.
An' see the defect ov beeath him an' hiz gang.
He may scare 'em wi' taxes, wi' rates, an' oppresshin,
All thooaz wheea 're oot o' the lahn o' Successhin ;
Thoff te preeav he 'z in 't, he 'z a vany poor chance.
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Then t' Romans wad help him, an' think it all reet,
Te modder Dissenters, an* poot oot ther leet ;
Te cut *em i* pieces, te butcher an' bon 'em, —
Bud tell that iz the keeas, tha can't owwerton 'em.
Ner Stowsla, ner Yatton, ther frinnds will invite,
Ner Skelton, ner Brotton, ther effots unite ;
Tha hi finnd, te ther mottificashin an' pain,
Tha hev fowt wi' t' winnd, an' hev layber'd i' vain.

POPEKY.

FoPERT iz what it waz, an' iz lahkly te be !

We 've hed a few sampels on 't owwer t' sea :

That when 'i ther pooher, on a sudden tha 'U tak 7a,

An' if ya deea n't render submisshin, tha '11 mak ya.

Then, Prodistans, what will ya think o' yer suns,

Te see 'em be Friars, yer dowters all Nuns ?

When the Pope ligs hiz han' on t' chetch an' t' peepel,

Wiv lahtel steean crosses neegh iwery steepel,

I' vain will the sleepers then seeak fer redress, —

The meeghty invenshin iz seear 0' success.

When yance Parsekushin leets up her awd smiddy,

(Fer monny ar better hawf Roman awlriddy)

Tha '11 darken ther dayleet 'at thus kondesends.

An' bon all ther Bahbels, te mak 'em amends I

It hez bin diskuvver'd, hut offens owwer leeat.

An enimy's kisses ar full o' desait.

Then, warrihers, be wakken ! — ther'z thoosans asleep ;

T' awd enimy iz soobtel, an' numeres, an' deep.

Then pray mitch, an' think mitch, yer Bahbels attind,

Whilk, next tiv itz Awthor, will preeav yer bast frinnd.

An' dinnot be freeten'd I — yer Maister iz Strang !

Jist deea az He bids ya, an' ya '11 nut git far wranjg :

A bowshot ma leet iv the harness atweean.

If He ^uide the arrow — Jehovah Ah meean.

r' RACE COOAES Y RUINS.

THOWTS GETHEB*D ON t' SPOT.

Nebgh f otty years hev wing*d ther fleet,

Sahn heer we met wi' fond deleet,

When days wer fahn, an* hilth shooan breet,

Te see the race, —
An' fondly fancied all wer reet,

An' neea dis^ace !

All ages f rev the countrec roond

Wer iv that livin' sahkel fund,

Az seean az tha hed heeard the soond

Seea fain te see
T stall o' spice spred upon t' grund,

An* hev a spree.

Awd Memmy, on her profits bent,
Her barrils an* her bottles sent,
An' lusty men ther sarvice lent.

An* maidens fair,
Te fix her steeaks an' pitch her tent,

Er waiters theer.

Seean manners vulgar an' refahn'd.
Was i' yah hummel-jummel join*d,
An* sum wheea seeam'd az brudders kahnd,

Afooar *t wer neet
Waz wiv her awd Jameeaca lahn'd,

An* stript te f eeght.

Ther winnin' post waz ralized up.
An* t* ginnees inte t' pot wer poot ;
(T* races wer beeath f er boss an* feeat)

Seea prood that day.
We seean beheld the champions strut

An* clear ther way.

Ah saw fer yan, an' saw weel pleeast.
The tomult an* the crood mweeasX.,

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Whahl eeach the eeager moment seeazt,

Te hev ther fill ;
An' few wer wiv the qnesten teeazt,

"Waz'tguderill?"

Then men gav uz te drink ther jail —
Tha sad.'t wad mak oor hair te coll,
An' help uz Fotton's wheel te whohl,

An* win a prahze ;
Bud sahn, we fond tha jan an' all

Hed telt us lees !

Awd men wer theer, wi' nuts an' spice,
An' wimmen fierce wi' hex an' dice,
An' udder gams ov heegher price :

'T waz all ther cry, —
Cum, lads an' lasses, deea n't be nice I

Cum, toss er buy !

Fra Bunsick tha hed cum, an' Steers,
Wi' apples, orringes, an' peehers,
Wi' crabs an' lobsters i' ther geers.

Fresh oot o' t' seas ;
An' buyers buzz'd aboot ther ears,

Lahk swarms o' bees.

The swains wer trimm'd up i' ther best.
The maidens sum i' white wer drisst,
W' silken sashes roond the weeast,

Seea meeghty fahn,
That sum wer led beyond the test

Ov prudence lahn.

Heer gowld leeact hats an' silver cups
Hev glittert upon t' lang powl tops,
Whi& sarvt f er winndin' stops, an' props

Te hod up t' riggin' ;
Whahl ondemeeath ther smeeaky props

The lads wer swigg^n'.

Heer hez the jockey crackt hiz whip,
Callt fer hiz grog, an' gi'en 'em t' slip.
Just teean 'em in az nice az nip.

Be sleeght ov hand, —
Then callt hiz hoes a base awd rip,

'At wad n't stand I

Awd Memmy, wiv her R— 's an' G — 's,
Appeart az queen amang the bees.

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Yit hed te mahndiher Q—'s an' P— 's,

Te keep all reet, —
Te call the jungsters be degrees

Te t* dance at neet.

Whahl tipsy luvers went off linkt,
Iv her awd pooch ther money chinkt ;
Sheea tiv her tristy sarvant winkt,

Seea full o' glee ;
Then on the modist maiden blinkt

Wi' t' ndder e'e.

Prood sat sheea on her lahtel hill,

The bumper er the glass te fill,

An' poot the ynngsters throff the drill

Oy dice er kade ;
Her fahn-formt limbs hev lang ligg'd still

I' yon chetchyade !

Her coffin tire hez geean te rust,

T' yance livin' form hez tonn*d te dust ;

Seea if the warld bahd, we seean must

All lig beneeath.
An' wait wer fahnal sentence just

Ov life er deeath.

Bud few f rev sike a pleeace er state

Wad lahk te share poor H son's fate,

Er hev ther doonfall thus te date

Amang the deead, —
Afooar he reacht hiz pastur gate

Hiz sperrit fleead.

That crood, alas ! whare ar tha noo ?
Sum lahk the gess hev hed te boo, —
The lygh o' Deeath hez lip:g'd 'em law ;

Tha 've hed ther day ;
Udders, wheea hev iskeeapt his blaw,

Ar growin' gray.

Heer solitude an' sahlance reign,
An' t' ling graws lang upon the plain.
Then scampert be beeatli nymph an' swain,

The spooats te see :
Sum furlooan sandy heeaps remain

Whare t' youzt te be !

All ages, sexes, heegh an' law.
That crood hez meltit off lahk sc^^ "^

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An' sum, alas ! fer owt we knaw,
'At then steead viewin*,

Fra sike things, iy etarnal woe,
Ma trace ther rain !

Sum few hey meead attempts oy leeat

The former days te imitate,

An* rahz thersels te heegher state

Wi* warldlj ointment ;
Bud hetter leet hez markh ther fate

Wi' disappointment.

Thooaz few remarks deea show uz clear
The quick decay oy all things heer,
An* speeak lood wods i* iyvery ear

Ov meanin' vast, —
Sike nohbut az obtain God*s fear

Ther joy shall last.

Heer ma we lam a lesson greeat,
The wahz an' gud te immitate, —
Be udder's folly shun ther fate,

An' count the cost, —
Loeast we repent when it *z owwer leeat,

An* all iz lost.

Fer Jesus offers noo Hiz grace
Te all oor wretched hewnian race,
Te" better ther depraved keeas.

An' liv te Ilira, —
Te breeten up eeach gloomy feeace,

A n' vision dim.

Hiz sperrit will Hiz leet affod
Te show the majesty ov God,
An* t* rooad be all Hiz sahvants trod.

An' marcy free,
Te all wheea sarch Hiz blissid wod,
An' wish te see.

Wheea tonn ther f peat intiv Hiz ways,
The willin' soobjecks ov Hiz grace,
When tha hev run ther Christian race,

Wiv Him sail be, —
Secure wivin Hiz hooally pleeace

Hiz glooary see.

He calls Hiz weary wand*rers heeam,
An* censhers thooase wheea winnot cum,

i

T RACK COOABS I BUINB.

An' threeatena wiv & fearsome doom

All wheea rebel, —
Tliat like mun feel the wi&th te cnm

Ad' fire ov HoU !
Ma we f etseeak Dor wickid deeds.
An' melt whahl still Hiz mircy pleesds,
QiT ap all fame an' fennal creeds

Hiz wod coademnB, —
Be fand, vhen He t« judge nz cams,

Amaag Hii geios !

GLOSSARY.

(Abridged from " The People* s History of Cleveland and its
Vicinage" hy George Maskham Tweddell, now publish-
ing in 32 parts at 6d, each, or by Bookpost 7rf., supplied to
Subscribers only,)

Aboon, above ; common in the old English and Scottish ballads,
and too fine a word to be allowed to die out. Aboot, or abowt,
about. Abuvy above ; a more modern word in the Dialect than
aboon, Ackshins, actions. Afeeat, afoot, on foot. Affod, afford.
Afooar, before ; in its more polished form, afore, commonly
used hy the Elizabethan writers ; Ben Jonson, for instance,
was partial to it. Afooar 'f, before it. Afooar t\ before the.
Ageean, again, or against. Ah, I. Ah % I had. Ah 7/, I will.
AJi *m, I am. Ah s\ I shall. Ah 're, I have. Ah *«, I am.
Ahzaak, Isaac. Aimies, armies. Al, or 7/, will. Alang, along.
Aleean, and alooan, alone. Allood, allowed. All t\ all the.
Althoff, although. Amang, among, and amongst; Chaucer's
emang and omang, Ame, arm. Ameeaz'd and ameeazt, amazed.
Amoont, amount. An\ and. An *z, and is, or and have. An
is often used unnecessarily in the Dialect; as, for instance,
^^sike an a leeak oot," for such a look out. Angils, angels.
An* % and it. An* t*, and the. An* *t 's, and it is. Aneeaf
enough. Aneeath, beneath. Annudder, or annuther, another.
Annudder*s, or annuther*s, belonging to another. Anser, answer.
Anserd, answered. Ansers, answers. Appeart, appeared. Ap-
preav, or appruv, approve ; the latter being rather a provincial
pronunciation than true Dialect. Appreav*d, or appruv*d, ap-
proved. Appreaves, approves. Ar, are. Areet, aright. Argi-
ment, argument. Aroond, around, round about, encircling.
Arrahves, arrives. *At, that. *At 'z, that is, that are, or that
have. Attimps, attempts. Attindid, attended. Attrackshin,
attraction. Awd, old. Avm, own : Tyndale, in both his trans-
lations of the New Testament (1625-6 and 1634) uses the word.
iwkardy awkward, clumsy, unfavourable, unaccommodating,
"tc^c/y, already. -4ii?/tw, always, yl^wecw, between. Awthor,
Ax, ask. Ax'd, or axt, asked : thus Tyndale uses the

GLOSSARY. 6d

word axed for asked in both editions of his translation of the
New Testament. Axin\ asking ; particularly applied to axing
tit f chetch'y or " asking to the cnurch," — that is, publishing the
banns of matrimony. Thus I have known a man go to the late
Mr. Cole, who for thirty-four years was the respected parish
clerk of Stokesley, and say to him : — " Ah, say, Mister Kooal,
Ah want t* axins put oop atween me an' a yung wumman." Az,
as. Avj yes.

Bahbel, Bible. Bakbels, Bibles. Bahd, bide, remain, con-
tain oneself. Bain, or hairn, child ; oftener applied at birth to
a boy, but generally used for either sex. Bains, or haims,
children of either sex. Baptahz^d, baptized. Barrils, barrels.
Be, by ; thus in Tyndale's first edition of his New Testament
(1626-6) we have, " which is, as moche to saye he interpreta-
cion, as God with vs," altered in the second edition (1634) to,
"which is hy interpretacion God with vs." Beck, brook, a
natural stream of water less than a river. Beeaks, books.
Beeards, beards. Beeast, beast. Beeath, both. Beeats, beats.
Beeld, build. Beeldin\ building. Beelt, built. Beer, bear.
Beers, bears. Beez, bees. Beezovi, and bizzoni, a broom. Be-
hint, behind. Behowld, behold. Bein\ being. Belang, belong.
Belongs, belongs. Bendid, bended. Besahdes, besides. Bin,
been. Binnd, bind. Blahth, blithe, joyous, gay, cheerful.
Blaky Rig, one of the North Yorkshire moors. Blankits,
blankets. Blatc, blow. Bleead, blood. Bleeam, blame. Blew,
blue, one of the seven primary colours. Blews, Blues, the
wearers of blue favours in the parliamentary election, so fool-
ishly chosen that blue is the conservative colour in one place,
and the liberal colour in the adjoining one. BlivJct, blinked,
gave a shy look. Blinnd, blind. Blinnders, blinders. Bliss,
bless. BItssid, blessed. Blist, blest. Boh, Robert. Bon, bum.
Bonnin\ burning. Boo, bow. Booan, or booam, bom, also borne.
BooasthC, boasting. Boon, going. Bowld, bold. Bowt, bought.
Brass, money. Breead, bread. Breeak, break. Breeath,
breath. Breeathe,hrea.the, Breeefm', breeding, training. Breet^
bright. Breeten, brighten. Bricklays, bricklayers. Brigg,
bridge. Brokken, broken. Broo, brow. Browt, brought.
Brudder, brother. Britdders, brothers, brethren. Bud, but.
Bun, bound.

Callin, calling, shouting for, speaking ill of. Callt, called.
Can*t, cahi't, and cannut, can not. Captivs, captives, slaves.
Carin\ heeding. Carjnn\ carping, captious, bad to please.
Carryin', carrying, conveying. Vashin, or cayshin, occasion,
opportunity, necessity. Cawinly, calmly, gently, quietly. Cawzt^
caused^ occasioned. Censhers, censures. Chalge, ^st c\va^^<5.^

64 GLOSSABY.

aharge. Changing changing. Chap, man. Chapil, chapel,
meeting-house. Chass^ chase, hunt. Chassers, chasers, hunters.
Chassin\ chasing, hunting. Cheeak, cheek, Cheeans, chains.
Cheer, — " What cheer ? " is the common mode of salutation, and
means, " How are you, and how are you getting on." Chetck,
church. Chetch-garth, or chetch-yade, church-yard. Ckilckr,
children, the true Dialect word being bainis. Chimla, chinmey.
Chinkt, chinked, the sound made by one coin hitting another.
Clark, the parish clerk. Cfatter^d, rattled, made more noise
than usual Cleean, clean. Clim, climb. Clivver, or clewery
clever, proper. C/ooa^"?, or c/eeas, clothes. CVooaser, closer. Cloods,
clouds. Coaxhin, caution. ColFd, Curled. Collidge-edicatedy
educated at college. Com, came. Condfiscendin\ condescend-
ing, submitting to inferiors. Confoondid, confounded. Confu-
shin, confushin. Congregay shins, congregations. ConjecferSy
conjectures, guesses. Conker*d, conquered, overcome, subdued,
defeated. Consarn, concern. Consamin*, concerning. Conse-
crayshin, consecration, rather understood in the superstitious
sense of making holy by the priest than of setting apart for
sacred purposes. Contrahv'd, contrived. Controwl, controL
Conversayshin, conversation. Convarshin, conversion. Cooaner,
comer. Cooars, course. Cooat, coat, also court. Coonsily
council, counsel. Coonsih, counselled, advised. Correctin\
correcting, punishing, teaching aright. Cottidge, cottage. Crack,
conversation, chat, gossip, boast. Crnckf, boasted, insane.
Creed kt, crooked. Creedit, credit. CritistiJiz, criticise. Crood,
crowd. Croodid, crowded. Crotshit, crotchet, a musical term
for " a note or character, equal in time to half a minim, and
the double of a quaver." Cubbert, or Cubbof, the cupboard, at
firvSt a board or shelf for the cups, now applied to the closet ii
which crockery ware and pro^'isions are kept. Cud, could.
Cnddenf, or cud nt, could not. Cullers, colours, banners, flap;s.
Cnlfivayshin, cultivation. Cum, come. Cinns^ comes. CumnCd,
couied, become. Cummin, coming. Cumfots, comforts. Cum-
])elPd, compelled. Cumpleeand, complained. Cumpooaser, com-
posure. Cunnin\ cunning. Cuntrey, or cuntree, country. Curos,
or kuros, curious. Curruptin\ corrupting. Cut, a shorter road.
Cuttin*, cutting.

Dad and daddy, childish words for father; but not more
childish than the pa and ma of full grown people, who ought to
be ashamed of eschewing the good old English words, " father "
and " mother." Daft, foolish, silly, stupid, unwise. Dag, dug.
Dahr, dare. Dampt, damped, cooled. Dancin*, dancing, a
lively, healthy, and innocent recreation, which, although always
mentioned with approval in the Bible, modern fanatics denounce

GLOSSARY. 65

as though it were a most damnable sin. Dayleet, daylight, clear
vision. Dazzdin% dazzling, overpowering by a strong light.
Deceeave, deceive, impose on. Dee, die; common in the old
ballads. Deea, do. Deead, dead. Deeadly, deadly, . destruc-
tive. Deeal, dale. Deean, done. Deea n*t, do not. Deeath,
death. Deeid, died. Deer, dear. Deein\ dying. Delect, delight,
great pleasure. Deleetin\ delightsome, delightful, very pleas-
ing. Delushin, or delewshin, delusion, deception. Ddivver,
deliver, set free. Dea-eckshins, directions. • Desalt, dissait, and
diseeat, deceit, deception, hypocrisy. Dessot, desert; a wild,
barren, uncultivated, and uninhabited district. Destruckahin,
or distruckshin, destruction. Det, debt ; the true mode of pro-
nouncing the word, and why not of spelling it ? . Detannin'd,
determined. Devoor, devour, worry, eat up. Diddent, or
did n% did not. Diffend, defend, bing, knock. Dinnot, do
not, same as deea n't. Disahti'd, designed, delineated, intended
for. Diskuvver^d, discovered, found out. Dispahz, despise.
Dispair, despair, which Eta Mawr calls " the last, the worst
of errors ! " Disposhission, disposition. Divahn, divine. Diz,
does. Dizgahz, disguise. Dizinal, dismal, horrible. Dizzent,
or diz iCt, does not. Doctrin, doctrine. Doolier, and dour, door.
Doon, down. Doonfall, downfall. Doonjins, dungeons. Doot,
doubt. Dowters, daughters. Dragon, a common name for a
cart horse, same as Farmer, Jolly, Captain, Drahv, drive.
Drauve, drove. Dreead, dread, great fear. Di-eeaded, dreaded,
much feared. Dreeadful, full of dread, fearful. Dreeam,
dream. Driss, dress. Drisst, dressed. Duffil, duffel, which
NuTTALL defines as ''a thick, coarse kind of wollen cloth,
having a thick nap or frieze;" and which I take to be hero
meant for the self-coloured yam, formerly spun from the
wool of the mountain sheep in Cleveland, and wove into
cloth in the district, when domestic manufacturers were
more common, and luxury comparatively unknown, but
when industrious people found it less difficult to make a living
than t^eir descendents do in this year of our Lord 1878.
Dyke, ditch.

Eddicated, educated. E'e, eye ; common in the old ballads,
which are not sufficiently read. Eeach, each. Eeager, eager.
EeagiPs, belonging to an eagle. Eeasby, Easby. Eeast, east.
Eeasy, easy. Eeat, eat. Een, and ees, eyes. Een *«, eyes are.
Eeghty, eighty. Effecks, or iffecks, effects. Efter, after ; a
real old Scandinavian word, like many others in our Dialect.
Egzamples, examples. El, the same as 7/, will. E(e.cfcalw(^»^ '
elections. ^Em, them ; the hem of ^^ucet, Sue. E^^dA>«».•vlouT«.^^
endeavoured, ^Ipioo, before long, very aooiu Ev,ot« E»v<i^^>'^-»

66 GLOSSABY.

erected. Ktamcil, eternal. Exkooatushin, exhortation. Ex-
jmoas, exix)8e. Kij, ay, yes.

Fadder, fayder^ or jfat/ther, father. Fahm, farm. FcJuner^
farmer, alHO belonging to afahmer. Fahmers, farmers. Fahn,
iinc. Fahnfi/f finely. Fahnal, final. Fahve, five. Failf, failed.
Ffiinus, famous, celebrated. Fand, found ; Chaucer's fande.
Farder^ further. Fareweef, farewell. Farkj and fohrJc, fork.
Fashansy fashions. Fashind, fashioned. Fause, false, deceit-
ful, untrue. Fearsomej fearful, frightful. Feeace, face. Feead,
fed. Feeam, fame. Feeandsy fiends, personifications of ctII
l)assions. Feeat, foot, feet, also feat. Feeater, feature. Feedin\
feeding. Feeghty fight. Fee(jhtin\ fighting. Feeldz, fields.
i'W/a, fellow, man ; Chaucer's /f^Z/aw; theye/a^andye/by of the
old ballads. Felluz, fellows, men. Felt, hide, conceal, keep
secret ; also hid, &c. i'er, for. Ferhidden, forbidden. Fergat,
forgot. Fergeen, or fergt'en, forgiven. Fergetten, forgotten.
Fermttl, formal, ceremonious. Ferseeak^ forsake. ' Finnd, find.
Finnds, finds. Flapt^ flapped. F/ag^d, afraid, frightened.
FkCf fly. F/eeud, fled, also flood. F/eead*i, floods. Fleear,
floor. Fleein\ flying. F/eeas, flies. Fleefin\ fleeting, passing
quickly* i-Voor, flour; also flower. i'Voor/?, flowers. Florrisli,
flourish, blossom, thrive. Fodder, further ; also food for cattle,
and giving cattle their food. Fooak, and fooaks, folks, people.
/'boar/ay^Ae^w, forefathers, i'boai", foes, /ooasf, forced. J'or-
gpoij or foj-gien, forgiven. Formt, formed. FoiTtsts, forests.
Fost, first. Fosf-rafey first-rate. FottorCs, fortune's. Fotty,
forty. Foundashhij foundation. Fowt, fought. Fowwer, four.
Fr(i\ as in Chaucer, and /r«e, as in the old ballads, are both
commonly used in the Cleveland district for " from," as is also
the Dialect word /rev. Freeat, fret, mourn. Freeatin\ fret-
ting, mouniiug. Freeten, frighten. FreeterCd, frightened.
Fregin\ frying. Frlnndj friend. Frinnds, friends. Frinndly,
friendly. Frinndship, friendship. Froon, frown. Frozzeiiy
frozen." Fund, found. Funt, font. Furlooan, forlorn. Fur-
osh/, furiously. Futur, future.

(jahd-])ostSf guide-posts ; posts which ought to be erected at
the forks of every road to direct travellers the way, but for the
want of a broken one being repaired, between Yearsley and
Easingwold, Castillo lost his way, and was glad to shelter all
night in a cow-shed, —

'' And there on strawy pavement try to sleep ;
Or, like a thief, to watch the morning light.
And keep himself conceal'd from human sight ;
Then snugly slip away." — See his Local Poems,

GLOSSABT. 67

Gahin\ or gannin\ going. Gains, distance tfaved in travelling
by taking a shorter road than ordinary. Gallas, gallows : gal'
lasses is also a Dialect word for the braces worn by men to keep
up their trousers. Gam, game. Gammelin\ gambUng. Gamsj
games. Gan, go : the gang of the old ballads, which Castillo
also occasionally uses. Gannin\ going. Gans, goes. Gardin,
garden. Garman, German. Gai-mints, garments, clothing. ,
Gat, got. Gav, gave. Gear, or geer. worldly goods, furniture,
raiment ; used by Spenser, Shakspere, the old ballad writers,
&c. Geean, gone; the gane of the old ballads. Geean^d,
gained, won, saved, arrived at. Geeans, gains. Geeapin% gap-
ing. Geen, or gi'en, given. Geeorge, George. Geers, traces,
or straps used in yoking horses. General, general. Gentilmen,
gentlemen ; in this district, as elsewhere, generally mis-applied
to any rich man. Gess, grass. Getherd, or gedder'd, gathered.
Getten, got. GCes, or giz, gives. Ginnees, guineas ; English
gold coins, so called from being at first coined from gold brought
from the coast of Guinea, in Africa, in 1673, and which for
several years rose to be of thirty shillings value, but from 1717
to 1817, when the issue of sovereigns caused them to cease to
circulate, were fixed by parliament at their original value,
twenty-one shillings. Git, get, obtain, procure, arrive. Gits,
gets. Giv, give. Givin\ giving. GlaisdiU, Glaisdale. Gleeam^d,
gleamed. Glittert, glittered. Glooary, glory. Glooaryas,
or ghryaz, glorious. Glowin\ glowing. Goa, or gooa, go.
Goadland, Goadland, or Goathland, in Pickering-L3rthe.
Goons, gowns. Gowld, gold. Graith, condition. Graw, or
growh, grow. Grawz, or groiohz, grows. Greeat, and grit,
great. Greetin\ fretting, mourning, making lamentation. Grog
(defined in English dictionaries as "a mixture of spirit and
water not sweetened,") is in Cleveland applied to any spirit
mixed with hot water and sugar, but originally meant that of
rum only. Groops, groups. Grooz, grouse, the heath-cock, or
moor game. Growhin\ growing. Grund, ground. Grunders,
grinders, the molar teeth. Gud, good. Gud-like, good-looking.-
Ha\ ha'e, and hev, have. Hahm, ham. Hahv, hive. Hail-
steeans, hailstones. Hale, come from. Han*, hand. Hans,
hands. Happent, happened. Happrons, aprons. Hardin'',
harden. Harness, armour, as in Spenser, Shakspere, Dryden,
&c. Har n% are not. Haipin, harping, playing too much on
one string. Hart, and hairt, heart. Hartoft, a hamlet between
Rosedale Abbey and Pickering. Harvisfs, harvest is. Hawf,
half. Hed, had. He *d, he had. Heead, head. HeeaPd,
healed. Heeam, and yam, home. Heeam-burC, home-bound^
tied to home. Heeaps, heaps. Heeard, oit Ke6Yd^\L^«£^0^C)S^^&!^

1&2

68 GLOSSABY.

to. Heeards, herds. Heearth, hearth. Heeathm^ heathen,
pagan. Heeaveny heaven. Heeghy high. Heeghetf higher.
Heegh'fleeirCy high-flying, hard-riding. Heegh up, high up,
Heer, and heher, here. He U, he will. Helpin\ nelping, aid-
ing, assisting. Ilennetj ha'e n*f, hevvent, and hev nV, nave not.
Here-efter, hereafter. lievvif, heavy. Hez, has. He % he
has, he is. Hez rCt, has not. Hilthj health. Hilthyy healthy.
Hingy hang. Hings, hangs. Hiz, his. Hiz seT, or hisseTy him-
self. Hod, hold. Hods, holds. Hommidge, homage, fformor,
honour. Honnoruhhet, honourable Hoo, how. HooaUy, holy,
sacred, religious. Hooar, hoar. Hooary, hoary. Hoos, honse.
Hooshod, household. Hospituhhd, hospitable. Hoss, horse.
Hosses, horses. Howivver, howevver. Howp, hope. Howp'dj
hoped. Howsin', or hoosiiC, household. Hummel-jummel, jam-
bled together, a motley mixture. Hmreg, hurry.

J\ in. Idees, ideas, ff^t, if it. Ift\ if the. linpedencc,
impudence. ImnlooarirC, imploaring, beseeching. Inchantit,
enchanted.. Jnctahn'd, inclined. Increeast, increased, multi-
j>lied. Indignagshin, indignation. Inkorridged, encouraged.
Jnglans, or Inglins, England's. Inrooads, inroads. Inscrip"
shin, inscription. Insinewashins, insinuations. In V, in it. In t\
in the. Inte, or iniiv, into. Invenshin, invention. Is, often
used for are. Iskeeapt, escaped. Itchin\ itching, longing for
something novel. It ^11, it will. Itz, its. It '«, it is. It *z t\
it is the. /y, in. /yrcr, or ervor, ever. Ivverg, every, Ivver^
lastin, everlasting.

Jamaica, rum, so called from the island from which it is im-
fMjrted. Jesters, gestures. Jim, James. Jigs, tricks, pranks,
Jist, just. Joe, and Jooasiiff, Joseph. Jooavil, jovial. JudU
shns, judicious. Judgin*, being judged, fair trial. JumpitCj
jumping, leaping. Jtii-isdickshin, jurisdiction.

Kade, card. Kaff, chaff. Kahnd, kind, affectionate, sort.
Kahnds, kinds, sorts, varieties. Kakndness, kindness. Kawd,
cold. Keean, keen. Keeas, or keease, case. Ken, know.
Kessenmas, Kessamas, or Kessmas, Christmas ; the ancient Yule-
tide. Kest, cast. Kilt, killed. Kirk, church. Knawy know.
Knaivn, or hwoan, known, ascertained. Knaws, knows. Koase,
or kaws, cause, occasion. Koffin\ coughing. Kom, came.
Kooalpits, coalpits. Kooan, corn. Koss, curse. Kud, could.
Kwnptdskin, compulsion. Kuros, curious. Kg, or kye, cows.
Kyqiisieean, keystone, the middle stone of an arch.

Laher'^d, laboured. Laddie, boy, one keen of anjrthing. Laffy
laugh. Liaffin\ laughing. Laffs, laughs. Lafft, laughed.
Ijc^ler, laughter. Laldc, like. Lahkly, or Iwddee, likely.
Lahn, line. LahrCd, lined. Lahtle, or lahte/eU^ little. IjOLn\

GLOSSABT. 69

land. Lang, long. Lang'd, longed. Langest, or langist,
longest. Langher, longer. Langin% longing. Languish, or
langwish, language. Lanlords, landlords. Imp, wrap, enfold ;
as in Spenser, Shakspere, Milton, Dryden, &c. Lai-n, learn.
Lamin\ learning. Lastin\ lasting, enduring, continuing. Lay-
her*d, laboured. Layherin\ labouring. Lee, lie, falsehood,
also to tell a lie. Leeact, laced. Leead, lead. Leeads, leads.
Leeaff leaf. Leeak, look. Leeaks, looks. Leeakt, looked.
Leealholm, Lealholm Bridge, where Castillo resided, formerly
a chapelry in the parish of Danby, now a separate parish.
Leeam, lame. LeeanCd, lamed. Leeap, leap, jump. Leeast,
least. Leeat, late. Leeatly, lately. Leeav, or leeave, leave.
Lejins, legions. LenSy lends. Leet, light ; Chaucer's leite :
thus, for instance, he has thnnder-Ieite for lightning. Leets,
lights. Lig, lie, lay. Ligg% laid. Ligs, lays. Lim, limb.
Ling, heather ; principally applied to the Calluna wlgaris,
Linlct, linked, arm-in-arm. Lit, let, also lighted. Liv, live.
Livin\ living. Looaf or law, low. Looashin, lotion. Load,
loud. Loss, lose. Lowse, loose. Lugs, ears. Lunnon, London.
Luv, love. Luv^dy loved, beloved. Luvers, lovers. Lygh,
scythe.

Ma (pronounced short), me ; also a cqrmmon abbreviation of
may. Mali, my. Mahl, mile, also used for miles. Malm,
mine, my own. Mahnd, mind. Maivj more, as in the old bal-
lads. Maister, the old form of master, common in Chaucer,
&c. Mak, make. Maks, makes. Makkin\ or mackin\ making.
Mallas, malice. Manhud, manhood. Mankahnd, mankind.
Marcy, or marsy, mercy. Markit, market, also to bargain.
Markit-pleeace, market-place. Markt, marked. Marraw,
marrow, pith. Mat, and Matty, Matthew. Me, my. Mehhy,
may be, perhaps, perchance. Meditashin, or meditayshin, medi-
tation, deep thought, contemplation. Meead, made. Meean,
mean, also applied to the moon. Meeanin\ meaning. Meeason,
mason. Meeasons, masons. Meenstly, mostly, meeat, meat,
food, but esj)ecially applied to flesh from the butcher. Meeght,
or meet, might, power. Meeghty, mighty, powerful. Meetins,
meetings, especially gatherings for worship. Mella, mellow;
not drunk, but mellowed down with intoxicating drinks, — ^what
Burns terms "nae that fou, but just a drappie in our e*e."
Meltity meltttd, dissolved. Mendid, mended, repaired. MeseP,
and me'sen\ mvself. Methody, or Mettardy, Methodist, Wes-
leyan. Methoays, or Mettodys, Methodists, followers of John
Wesley. Misfotten\ misfortune's. Missin\ missing. Mis-
teean, mistaken. Mitch, much ; Chaucer's myche. Mixin\
mixing. Modder, murder. Modist, or moddisty modest. Mqv.^

70 OLOSSABT.

mourn, also men. M(mnin\ mourning. Monny, many. Mon-
neuy or munney, money. Mooant, must not. Mooars, moors,
hillis covered with ling. Mooat, mote, also moat. Moontf
mount. Moonted, or moontid, mounted. Moontin\ mounting,
ascending, climbing ; also the local pronunciation of mountain.
Mottifacashin, or mottlfacaynhin, mortification. Mowlded,
moulded, ^fvd, might. Mudder, or nmdker, mother. Mvdders,
or mvdherSf mothers. Mun, must, as in the old ballads, where
it also appears as maun, Mutuwal, mutual. Muv, move.

Narraw, or narra, narrow. Narves, nerves. Nashin, or
nayshtny nation. Natches, notches, nicks. Neea, or neecth,
no. Neeaniy name. Neean, none ; the nane of the old ballads :
it is also used for noon. Need n't, need not. Neeghy nigh.
Neen, nine. Neefy or neeght, night. Neets, nights. iVer, nor,
also sometimes used for than. Nighhers, neighbours. Nigh-
herhud, neighbourhood. Nighherin\ neighbouring. Nimmel,
nimble. Nivver, never. Nohhutj only. Noo, now. Nooatts,
or nooatice, notice. Nor-eeast, North-east, the winds from
which are very keen on the Cleveland coast. Noiohh, or now-
hely noble. Nowdei-y or nowther, neither ; Chaucer's nwither,
Nowt, nothing ; the nout and nocht of the old ballads. Numere.%
numerous, in great numbers. Niit^ not.

0\ used as a contraction both for of and on. Offen, and
offens, often, oft-times. Ommesty almost. On, sometimes used
for of. Onder, under. Ondei-neeath, underneath. Ondersteead,
understood. Onny, any ; the ony of the old ballads. Ooader,
order. Ooashin, ocean. Oop, up. Go?-, our. Oors, ours.
Oot, out. Oppen, open. Oppen\l, opened. Opposishin, or
opposiss/iiny opposition. Oppj'e.sshtn, oppression. Ootioeyh, or
ootweygh, outweigh. Ordinayshin, ordination. Orringe, orange.
Orringes, or orn'ngiz, oranges. Or, of. Ou>f, anything. Ow-
ther, or oivder, either ; Chaucer's outher, Ower, or owwer,
over ; the ower and otV7'e of the old ballads. Oivwerw/ielm,
OA'erwhelm. Owwej-ton, overturn. Owwerthraic, overthrow.
OwwerthreWf overthrew.

Palison, parson, clergyman. Pahsons, parsons, clergymen.
Pahsonsy belonging to the clergy. Patty part. Patted, or
pat t id, parted. Par din, pardon. Parley ment, parliament.
Parpos, purpose. Parsecution, persecution. Passtdge, passage.
Pastahm, pastime. Pastur, pasture; a field' in grass where
cattle are fed, not a meadow, — a distinction Dr. Watts has not
borne in mind, or he never would have written "Abroad in the
meadows to see the young lambs." Pat, ready, off-hand, not to
seek when wanted. Patch, the name of a dog. Patchwark,
patchwork. Peeans, pains. Peehers, pears, favourite fruit with

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the Greeks before Homer's time, and probably first introdnced
into Cleveland by the Romans, though the monks were after-
wards our greatest horticulturalists. PeepeJ, people. PeepeV.^
belonging to the people. Perceeav, perceive, discern. Pei'-
nishousy pemishasy and pahnishasy jpeTvioxows, very injurious.
Persews, and parsews, pursues. Perswashin, or perswa^shin,
and parswaysnin, persuasion. Pertend, and partendy pretend.
Petishin\ petition. PetishinSy petitions. Piclcerin'y Pickering.
Picking picking. Pilgraniy pilgrim. Pillahsy pillars, also
pillows. Pipe, windpipe. Plaiiiy common looking, ordinary.
Plaistersy the old English name for plasters. Pkeaccy place.
Pleeacesy j^laces. Pleeacfy placed. Pleeadsy pleads. PJeeasCy
or pleeazy please. Pleeasin\ pleasing. Pleaz^d, pleased. Plew,
plough. Pliskery or plizhevy and pleeazhevy pleasure. PHssent,
or plizenty and pleeazenty pleasant. PocJdty pocket. Polyticaly
political. Pooatchy porch, also poach. PooatSy ports. Pooh-
licky public. Poochy pouch. Pooer, pooher, or pooioevy poor,
also power. Pooly pull. Poolpity pulpit. Poot, put. Popty
popped. Posativy or possativ, positive. Poss, purse. Powly
pole, also poll. Prahzy or prahzey prize. Prancin% prancing.
Preeach, preach. Preeacher, preacher. Preeachers, preachers.
Preeachesy preeaches. Preeachin\ preaching. Preeafsy proofs.
Preeavy prayer. PreeastSy priests. Preeasthudy priesthood.
PreeaVy or preeVy prove. Prejudizy prejudice. Prentis, appren-
tice. PresiimpteonSy presumptious. Preveealy prevail. Prissent
present. Pi-itty, pretty. Prizence, presence. Proceedinsy or
prosseedinsy proceedings. Procleeaniy proclaim. Prodistansy
Protestants. ProfeearCdy profaned. Proffits, prophets. Prom-
misty promised. Promooat, promote. Promooasniny or promo-
shiny promotion. Prooan, prone, inclined. Proody proud.
PropheceCy or profficecy prophecy. Proppery proper, fit, correct.
Proppertee, property. Propsy posts to support a tent, supports.
Press, chat, talk, conversation. ProsperiteCy or prossperiteey
prosperity. ProsselitCy proselyte, a new convert. Proteckshiny
protection ; some years ago fearfully misapplied to the bread-
tax, which the farmers of the district were so deluded into the
belief that it was necessary for the very existence of English
agriculture, that they refused to trade with the writer of this
Glossary because he had been able to penetrate the mental fog
in which he had been bred, and was publicly advocating what
proved to be their best interests. Provooak, provoke. Pruv,
prove ; rather a provincial pronunciation than anything else, —
the true Dialect word being preeav, Piimposy pompous.
Quahtej-y quarter. Questorif question.
Hadey rode. Rahd, ride. Rahders, riders. Rahdin\ tidrnj^.

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RaJiz, or rahze, rise, also raise. Raist, or raiz% rose, raised,
elevated. Rajik^ thick, numerous, near together ; also stmk-
in<;. Rautfr, Primitive Methodist. Rap, carse, iise bad
language. Raritee, uncommon sight, something unnsnal. Rnf"
der, rather. Reckmt, reckoned, calculated, accounted. &-
cooader, recorder. Reeares^ races. Reeach, reach. Reeaeht^
reached. Reeadin\ reading. Readins, readings, things read.
Reeaih'e^ and reeallee, really, truly. Reean, rein, reign, and
rain. Reecuifi/^ rusty, hoarse. Reeazt, raised, elevated, lifted
up. Reet. right, also ctirtwright. ReeteousnisSj righteouaneas.
Reetly, rightly, correctly. Re/alm*dj refined. Regilatej regu-
late. Relidjous, religious. Remahnd, remind. Jiemeean'dj re-
moined. Repetashin, or repelayshin, reputation. R/qpooat^
report. Repreeaf, reproof. Rejyreeav, reprove, also reprieve.
Revarse, reverse. Reveeaf, reveal. ReveaJf, revealed, made
known. Revil, or revvil, revel. Rew, rue. Rezooat, resort.
Rickollect, recollect, remember. Riddy, ready. Rig, ridge.
Rigghj or riggel, wriggle. Riggin\ the roof of the house : thus
Burns, in the opening of his fine poem, " The Vision,** des-
cribes himself seated by the ingle of his " auld clay biggin',"
and hearing "the restless rattons squeak about the riggirC.^
Rigs, or nggs, pranks, also ridges. Rint, rent ; probably this
word may be a comparatively modern importation. Rispecks,
respects. Rlst, rest. Riverence's, belonging to the clergyman.
Romans, Roman Catholiics. Rooad, road. Rooam, room.
Ruoamantic, romantic. Rooar, roar. Rooasdill, Rosedale.
Raoasy, rosy. Roond, round. Roozf, roused. Rowling rolling.
Roivrd, rolled. R^'ff, rough. Rvint, ruined. Rulin\ ruling.
RnmmellhC, rumbling. R7innin\ running. Rvnsick, Runswick,
u beautiful bay on the Cleveland coast.

Sahd, side. SahkeL circle. SaManre, silence. Sahknf,
silent. Sahn, since ; Chaucer's syji, Sahti'd, signed. Sahser^
dooatal, sacerdotal, priestly. Sair., sore. Sal, or sail, shall, as
in Chaucer and the old ballads. Salvashlu, or salvayshin, sal-
vation. ASWyW, sample. ASV/?«;)e/.s', samples. Sang, 'mug, Bwng.
Sam f shin, or sankshin, sanction. Sangshinn'd, or sankskinn\i,
sanctioned. Sarrh, search. Sarc.ht, searched. Sannon, or
salimon, sermon. Saipant, sahpent, and sarpint, serpent; his
Satanic Majesty. Sarten, or sartin, certain. Sat'vant, or sah-
vant, servant. Sarvants, or sahvants, servants. Sarves, or
sahves, serves. Sarvice, or sahvis, service. Sarvt, served.
Sat tan, or Sutton, the old English name of Saton ; the personi-
fication of evil. Suttan^s, belonging to the devil. Savin\ the
true Dialect being seeavin\ saving. Saw, sow, to scatter seed
for growth. Sawn, sown. Saxon, sexton. Saxon* s, belonging

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to the sexton. Scamperty scampered. Scar, scare, frighten.
Sceeals^ or skeeals, scales. ^holard, or schollard, scholar.
Scooan'df scorned. Scrakhy scribe. Scripter, scripture, Bible.
Seilj said. Seea, or seeak, so ; the sa and sae of the old ballads.
Seeacritj secrit. Seeaf, safe. Seeak, seek, also sake. Seeal,
seal, also sale. Seeam^ seem, appear, also seam. Seeams,
seems, appears, also seams. Seean^ soon. Seeav, or seeave,
save, also sieve, and the rash Q'unters). Seeaven, seven.
Seeaz^d, and seeazt, seized. Seed^ saw. Seetn\ seeing. SeP,
self, AS in the old ballads. Seer, and sewer, sure. SeeHy, seer-
lie, and sewerlie, surely. Seerons, or seeros, serious. Seet, sight.
Seez, sees. Self-devooashtn, self-devotion. Sen, since, as in
Chancer and the old ballads. Serprahz, and supprahz, surprise.
Settisfaclcshin, satisfaction. SetUsJied, satisfied. SettiiC, set-
ting. Semn\ sewing, pronounced as spelled, as all words ought
to be. Shalin, shine. ShQ7n, shame. Shammed, shamed, as-
hamed, also acted the hypocrite. Shanks, legs. Shop, shape.
Sheea, she. Shiwerin\ shivering, trembling. Shockt, shocked.
Shooan, shone. Shooat, short. Shooders, shoulders. Sike,
such. Silversahd, silverside. Silvert, silvered. Simmibreeaves,
semibreves, notes in music, equal to two minims, to four crot-
chets, and to eight quavers. Stn^in', singing. Sirkalaskin, or
Sirkalayshin, circulation. Sirktt, circuit. Skaihs, sides.
Skooars, scores. Sleeght, slight. Slipt, slipped. SmahVd,
smiled. Smahlin\ smiling. Smeeahf, smoky, omiddy, smithy.
Snaw, snow. Snooarin\ snoring. Sockit, socket. Soilt, soiled^
Sollem, solemn. Sooas, source. Sooat, sort. Soohjeck, sub-
ject. Soobjeck *s, subject is. Soohjecks, subjects. Soobscripshin^
subscriptson. Soobstance, substance. Soobtel, subtle, ooond,
sound. Soonded, and soondid, sounded. Sorvay, survey.
Soshaltstn, socialism, which Castillo, like many more, errone-
ously associates with heterodoxy in religion. Sov^rans, sove-
reigns, pounds sterling. Sow!, soul. Sowls, souls. Spak,
spoke, the old .spaA:e. /SpeeacA, speech. Speeak, speak, Spents,
or sperrits, spirits. Sperrit '.•?, belonging to the soul. Spice,
gingerbread. Spinnd, spend. Spooat, sport, fun, merriment.
Spooats,s^Ti&, Spoor, sp\M, <S/?oor^, spurred. Spoilt, s^Wod.,
Spreed, and spreead, spread. Staff, a walking stick, standing
up, like Awd Ahzaak^ ^< aboon hiz hand, t' awd fashin'd way."
iS^on', stand. Standart, standard. Stang, stung. Starvm*,
starving, perishing for want of the necessaries of Ufe. Steead,
stood. Steeaks, stakes. Steeal, steal, also stool. Steean, stone ;
the stean of Spenser, the stanc and stean of the old ballads, &c.
Steeans, stones. Steejtei-chass, steeple-chase, defined by Nut-
tall as ** a race between a number of horsemen, to see which

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can first reach some distant object in a straight conrse," and
however objectionable, having no connection with the chnrch,
ns Castillo seems to have imagined. Steepel-hoosy ** steeple-
house," the name applied to churches by George Fox, bat not
a Cleveland expression. Steers, Staithes, a large and most
romantic fishing village cm the Cleveland coast Sfewhads,
stewards. Sfiddi/, steady. Stock, father of a family. Stooarj/f
story. Stooary *z, story is. Stootest, or sTootist, stontest,
strongest. Stop, stay. Stoj)jnn\ staying, residing. Stonr, dust
blowing about. Stowshi, Stokesley. Straave, or straj/ve, strove.
Stro/ir, strive. Strang, strong. Stramjher, stronger. Strather,
fuss, commotion. Stright, straight, right, not crooked. Stript,
stripped, undressed. Sufwiisshin, or submishin, submission.
Stir.ceshin, or suckshesshin, succession. Sud, should, ought to
do. Sum, some ; as in the old ballads, &c. Sumboddy, some-
body, some person. Svmtahms, sometimes, occasionally.
Smidas, Sunday's, belonging to the Christian Sabbath. Suns,
sons. Svppoat, support. Svpprakzes, surprises. Svrroond,
surround. Swap, exchange, barter. Sweear, or sweer, swear.
Siveean'n*, or sweerirC, swearing. Sweeat, sweat, perspire, per-
spiration. Sweeaty, sweaty, perspiring, wet with perspiration.
Sweethart, sweetheart, lover, an old English term of endear-
ment. Swiqgin\ drinking copiously. Swooan, sworn.

'Z*. it. It, or th\ the ; a very common contraction of the
definite article, which is never fully pronounced by those who
speak the dialect ; thus, the apple is, t* hoppel ; the children, /*
hdirns ; the church, f chetch, &c. (In Chaucer we have, tham-
Inissiatovrs, for the ambaji^adors ; thexeaicion, for the execu-
tion ; thwiteJ, for the whittle or knife, &c.) T(tckin\ or talckin\
taking, agitated state of mind. Tahm, time. Tak, take: also
used for ill flavour. Taks, takes. Tasshih, tassels. Te, to.
Teea, or teeah, too. Teeahela. tables. Teearh, teach. Teeak,
took ; the tuik and tuke of the old ballads. Tee^tf, tale. Teean,
taken, tune, the one ; the context will always show in which of
these various meanings it is used. Teid, and felt, told. Tha,
they, thee, thou. Tha Ve, they are. Tha 've, they have.
Thare, thee?-, and ther, are often used indiscriminatelv for there
and for their. The, and de, thv. Theeam, theme. Theerfooar,
and therefooar, therefore. Theense, and deea^e, these, those.
Thenk, thank. Ther, their, as in the old ballads ; also there,
and they are. Thoff, though. Thoo, and doo, thou. Tkoocu,
thooaz, and dooaz, those. Thoosans, thousands. Thosty, thirsty.
Thotct, thought. Thoirts, thoughts. Thowtful, thoughtful.
Thrarw, thriving. Thrawin\ throwing. Thre^ad-bare, thread-
bare. Threentens^ threatens. Thfeeats, threats. Tkroo, and

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thmff, through. Thunner, thunder. Thunner*d, thundered.
TiU, and tell, until. Ti '/, to it, to the. Tire, the metal orna-
ments of a coffin, which, according to a foolish old Cleveland
superstition, when procured from a grave and made into finger-
rings, are a certain cure for the cramp to all who wear them :
for some amusing anecdotes anent which delusion see the
People* s History of Cleveland, and also the Noi-th of England
Illustrated Annual, Tiv, to. Toke, or taivk, talk, converse,
conversation. Tom, and Tommy, Thomas. Ton, or tonn, turn.
Tonn^d, turned. Tonnin*, turning ; also the turn or bend in a
road or highway. Tooach, torch. Towt, taught. Ti-avil,
travel. Treead, tread, also trade. Treio, true. TV-ew drawin\
pulling equally. Trewhj, truly. Trewth, truth. Trist, trust.
Tristy, trusty. Trizher, treasure. Trumpits, trumpets. 7ryin\
trying. Tiimmel, tumble. Twahnd, twined, entwined. Tweea,
two; the tway of Spenser, and the twa of the old ballads,
Twist, turn.

Udders, or udhers, others ; the uthers of the old ballads. Unah-
deean^d, not ordained. Unkahnd, unkind. Uphreead, upbraid.
Uz, us,

Vanitee, vanity. Var7'a, and varry, very. Fas^ great deal,
large quantity, great number. Vext, vexed. Vinnerubbel,
venerable. Vooat, vote.

Wa, or wah (pronounced short), we. Wacken, or wakken,
waken, awake. Wacken% or wakken'd, wakened, awakened.
Wad, would, as in the old ballads, &c. Wad n*t, would not.
Wahd, wide. Wahn^d, warned. Wa'hnin*, or ivamin\ warning.
Wahse, or wahz, wise. Wahser, or wahzer, wiser. Wanner^d,
wandered. Wark, work, also ache. Warld, world. Warldly,
worldly. Warld's, world's, belonging to the world. Warshop,
worship. Wartkies, worthies. Warrihers, warriors. Waz,
was; often used for were. Wedder, whether, also weather.
Weddercock, weathercock. Weea, weeah, wheea, or wheeah, who ;
the wha of the old ballads. Weeak, week, also, weak. Weean*t,
will not. Weeary, weary. Weeast, waste, also waist. Weel,
well, as in the old ballads, &c. Wer, were, our. Wershoppers,
or wosshoppers, worshippers. WhM, "wile, whilst, until; the
whiles of Shakspere. Whativver, whatever. Wheea^, or
wheeaz, whose. Wherivver, wherever. Whilk, which. Whohl,
whirl. Whoor, where. Whyah, very well, I am willing. Wi\
with, as in the old ballads. Wickid, wicked, sinful. Wilthy,
wealthy. Wimmin, women. Winda, and winder, ^vindow.
Wlnnd, wind. Winnot, will not. Wii'', with. Wivoot, Avithout.
Woak, or woke, walk. Woaks, or wokes, walks. W^d, word.
Wolld, world. Wonner, and icwnner, woxv^et. "Wotvucf ^^mowv-

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na-l, WKnner'd, tm3 mmnert, irondered. Worhk, work. Wra»g,

Ya (Bounded short), ye, jon. Ya

oak. Yah, one, Ya!, or vail, alo. ... - ,

Yan't, belonging to one. Yatlon, Ajton. Yer, yoor. Yett,
earth. Yelh't, earth's, beton^ng to thu ptuiet. Yu, jee. Yil,
yet; nsed liy Edmund Spenger, not merely "fortherhjr
■a his cnmmentfltors have ignorantly gnesaed, who have n
taken tiie trouble lo ascertain if there was really eneb a word
in existence. Yuo, yon. Yoo 'ce, yon have. Youil, and yoiur,
used, nsed In. Yant/, young.

Tailpiect by Ileavitide.

Such is Castillo's illustration of the North York Dialect. Should
the sale be sufficient to encourage the continued publication of ,
other works in the Dialect, the Editor hopes to follow it up with
reprints of works now become scarce, as well as with original
matter. Being, too intimately connected with the Authoress of

Bhymes and Sketclies to Illustrate
the Cleveland Dialect

for his testimony to the fidelity of the work to be regarded as
altogether impartial, he may be pardpned for quoting the fol-
lowing, culled from among many other

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

" A most interesting little work." — Masonic Magazine,

*' Capital songs and stories." — Iron.

*^ Quite apart from the peculiarity of language they display,
her verses are worth reading. Some of them have patho6« others

have humour. Nor are they difficult to understand Mrs.

Tweddell has done for the Cleveland Dialect what the Bev.
William Barnes has done for that of Dorset ; she has clad its
peculiarities in very pleasant verse." — Pictorial World,

" A clever little volume." — Lloyd^s Weekly London Newspaper,

*< A little work of considerable merit, the pieces it contams all
having a tendency for good." — City Press,

** "hSn, Tweddell has done her work well, and the result is a
bright little book, without a dry line from the beginning to the
end." — Westminster Chronicle,

*^ We have read, with singular pleasure, a little book, published
by Tweddell and Sons, of Stokesley, Yorkshire, and composed by
the wife of our well-known Bro. Gt, M. Twedd^, entitled Ehumes
andlSketches to Illustrate the Cleveland IHakct. Being, from long
residence, always ready to say, < I'se Yorkshire,* we &ve perused
the tiny volume with the deepest interest and pleasure, ^oth the
rhymes and the prose are equally effective and true, as we can
assert from a long residence in Yorkshire. We feel sure that
were several of the extracts of Mrs. Tweddell's zealous labour of
love read out to a Yorkshire audience, (and this is the best of all
tests as to truthfulness and effect,) great would be the applause^
heartily expressed would be the ad^a^ion. Oii!^\xL<sGL\Ql<2SQ3&^

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

of many years, we hear even now, whose rendering of either the
humorous or pathetic pieces, whether of * P0II7 Biyers visit te
Stowslay Cattle Show,' or * The Poor Mother's Lament for her
Little Bairn/ would have drawn alike smiles and tears from a
warm-hearted Yorkshire gathering. Even his own inimitahle
story of the amiahle < Beer and the couragous Yorkshire ' Yonng
Wumman,* would pall in comparison hefore Polly's vivid des-
cription of the * two loving doves ' and their * coo, coo, cooing.'
We hope that a large circulation may encourage Mrs. Tweddell
to persevere in similar efforts, as we feel sure that, like the iron-
stone of pleasant Cleveland, she has struck happily on a vein of
sterling < metal,' not yet, by a great deal, exhausted, and capahle
of being further worked out with pleasure and with profit. We
conmiend the'Ithi/mes and Sketches to illustrate the Cleveland
Dialect to the notice of all our Yorkshire readers, nay, and for
the matter of that, of our ' Southerners ' too." — The (London)
Freemason.

" It is a genuine little production, marked by truth and ability,
by reality and humour, by sound teaching and a good moral ;
and we are very glad in these days of dubious literary productions,
and hesitating utterances of a higher excellence, to claim for it
the approval and encouragement of all who wish the literature of
the hour to fulfil its true end, the intellectual amusement and the
moral edification of all classes." — The Freemason (second notice),

" We have quoted the above beautiful lyric [* Twea Match
Lads '] from a newly published and neatly bound little volume,
written by Mrs. G. M. Tweddell, of Stokesley, under the title of
Bhymes and Sketches to Illustrate the Cleveland Dialect, Prose
and verse are mixed with a master hand ; each one is good, either
for its humour, its pathos, or the light it throws upon such bits of
country life as only well written dialect sketches can illustrate ;
and we have only selected the above on account of its shortness.
A Glossary, written by her husband (the Yorkshire Massey),
illustrates the meaning of the dialect words, some of which are
puzzling even to a West Biding reader. We have no doubt that
the sale will be such as will satisfy the publisher and the author
that both of tbem have made their mark upon the literature of
their county, and that both have earned the respect of that many
they have for more than a quarter of a century written to and
about." — Wakefield Free Press.

<< In the little volume before us, we have a pleasant collection
of homely sayings, poetic thoughts, and wholesome sketches,
strung together by no mean hand and brain, in the Dialect of
Cleveland, as that part of the old county of York which abuts on
Durham is called Its sons have described its attractions,

OPINIONS OF THE PBESS.

— and it has remained for one of the daughters of this fair land,
under the nom de plume of Flobengb Cleveland, to embalm
the prattle of its children, and the strong, homely sense of their
fathers, in the vernacular Dialect of the fireside hearths. Mrs.
Tweddell appropriately opens her volume with a description of

* T Awd Cleveland Custums * In * Jim's Wife' and « Sly

Sally ' we have other glimpses of the ideas of what the home life
of these workers must be ; and, if they are not temperate people,
the admonition to * Keep Sowber,* to ' Keep Stright,* and * Cum,
Stop at Yam te Neet, Bob,' would make them so, more than a
score of teetotal lectures. The prose sketches are as healthy and
ai pleasant as the poetic pieces. Few who care for homely
English thoughts put into homely verse, will be without this
little work ; whilst those who know the wolds of Yorkshire and
the dales of Durham will welcome it as breathing the home tones
in the home time, and will treasure it as a breath from Bosebury
Topping over the country round." — Royal Leamington Spa
Courier,

<* As preserving the forms, and giving an idea of the pronun-
ciation of many words which are becoming — some of which have
already become — obsolete, and as showing the influence on the
local Dialect of the Scandinavian element which once prevailed
in the North-Eastem provinces, Mrs. Tweddell's compositions
will be of some value in an archseological sense, while the various
Bhvmes and Sketches, looking at them as a whole, are readable
and in excellent tone." — Yorkshire Post,

*< We have been much pleased with these Rhymes, There is
something more than jingle in them, — for they are as remarkable
for their dry wit and homely philosophy as they are for their
dialect and constructive skill. The fair authoress has succeeded
in a task that must have been to her a labour of love. Her
poetical sketches are as skilful as bits of biography, as her more
serious poems are noticeable for their healthy morality. The
prose pieces are quite as good as the poetry. The Sunday School
Lad and the Angels is worth quoting." — York Herald,

<< Mrs. Tweddell is the Poet Laureat of Cleveland, an<f her
husband is an untiring local historian of no small antiquarian
research, who takes a keen interest in everything that takea place
in the * Land of hills, and woods, and streams,' so eloquently
apostrophised by his enthusiastic wife. The Tweddell printing
press is seldom still, and although Mr. Tweddell sometimes

projects more than he can accomplish, this is a venial

error of judgement, which bears testimony to the earnestness
with which he endeavours to make Stokesley the Athens of
Cleveland. Li the neat bttle vo)nme before us^ Mrs. Tv«d^\L

OPINIONS OF THB PBBSS.

has sought to rescue from oblivion some of the salient features of

the Clerehmd Dialect Few places in the North have

been subjected to such inroads from other districts. The develop-
ment of the iron mines has transformed the character of her
population, and attracted to the North Riding men from almost
every shire in England. Hence the Cleveland Dialecc is fast
becoming ol^olete. To rescue it from oblivion is the object of
this little book, and we need hardly say that the production has
been a labour of love to the talented lady who seems to make

Cleveland-worship a kind of religion From the extracts

which we have given of the Bhymes, the reader will be able to
judge of the faithfulness with which the author has rendered the
Cleveland Dialect. Even those who cannot appreciate the fidelity
of the rendering will yet find much to amuse and tn interest in
the RJi^mes and the Sketches of this little volume. Mrs. Tweddell
writes with freedom and ease, many of her Bhymes are charming
little poems, and in all there is a natural grace and truthfulness
which make them well worth reading for their own sake. The
Sketches are mostly humorous, and, although not so attractive to
the general reader as the Bhmes, may likely enough be even
more popular in Cleveland. It only needs to be added that a
Glossary, abridged from Mr. Tweddell's People's History of
Cleveland^ completes the value of this unassuming little work.** —
Northern Echo,

'< Mrs. Tweddell has rendered good service in preparing and
bringing out those Rhymes and Sketches, which so well illustrate
not only the Dialect but the population of Cleveland before its
invasion by the ironstone miners." — Yorkshire Gazette.

*• We know not whether more to commend the intention or the
execution of this little work. The iron horse is running down
our local dialects. Fusing and interfusing, it makes war on the
confusion of tongues, and threatens to melt them all into one ; and
it is a good work to give the speech of a district to the keeping of
print, ere it has passed away from the local tongue. ' The only
merit that is claimed' by Mrs. Tweddell for her Bhymes and
f^ketches ' is the stringing together of a good many Cleveland
words and expressions that are fast becoming obsolete.* But this
is a great merit, and her pages have also more. They are not
only good for their purpose, but good in themselves. Prose and
verse are alike good, and especifdly commend themselves to the
approval of all who were ' to the dialect bom,* some of whom
Knew < awd Stowslay Toon * before the snort of the locomotive
mgine was heard in Cleveland, and when the iron ore still
•lumbered in the deep recesses of the Yorkshire hills.** — New'
^th Daibf Chronicle,

TESTIMONIAL

TO

GEORGE MAEKHAM TWEDDELL.

It has long beea the wiah of many of the friends and admirers of this well
known Author and Publio Speaker, to present him with some substantial
Testimonial of esteem, for his life-long Labours for the Mental and Moral
Elevation of the People. There has scarcely been a movement In the path
of Progress which he has not aided, publicly and privately, by his tongue
and pen, from his youth up to the present time ; often at a great pecuniary
loss to himself; so that many, who may have differed widely from him In
opinion, have not hesitated to express their admiration of the enthusiastio
and unflinching manner in which he has always devoted his abllitleB in
striving to promote whatever appeared to him to be for the good of huma-
nity, whether popular or otherwise. The present Testimonial will consist
of a PUBSE OF GOLD, to help him through heavy losses and family
afBdction, over which he has no control, and to aid him to complete those
Literary Labours in which he is known to have been so long engaged;
whilst to preserve an enduring record of Its presentation, the names of all
the Subscribers, whether of pounds or of pence, will be printed In book
form, and copies deposited in all the principal publio libraries, as well as
distributed among the Subscribers. The Testimonial will not be of a Seo.
tarian. Party, or even Local character; and Subscriptions for the same
will be gladly received, and duly acknowledged, by

Wm. Andrews, P.B.H.S., No. 10, Colonial Street, HuU.

Charles Bell, Draper, I, Sussex-street, Middlesbrough, and High-
street, Bedcar.

Isaac Binns, F.B.H.S., Borough Accountant, Batley.

B. Broadbridge, Minister of the Unsectarian Church, Wilnecote,
near Tamworth.

A. J. Broadbridge, Overseer's OffiiCQ) ^V^^o^x^'o^.

/. Tom BurgesSf F.S.A., GraBsbiooVe^'LeBsmsi^Tu

W. H. Burnett, Editor of the Daify Exchange, MiddleBbroofrh.

F. B. Oooire, Manager of the National Provincial Bank of Eng-
land, Stokeslej.

T. W. Craster, M.B., Linthorpe Boad, Middlesbrough.

L. F. Grommey, M.R.G.S., Manor House, Great Ajton.

John Dixon, Merchant, Skelton, via Marske-bj-the-Sea.

John Banning, £x- Mayor, Southfield Villas, fifiddlesbrongh.

J. F. Elgee, Manager of Backhouse and Go's Bank, Middlesbro*.

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lows), 33, High-street, Skelton, Gleveland.

Joseph Gould, Printer, ^4, South-street, Middlesbrough.

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London ; 2, Monument Place, Liverpool ; and 9. West
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Stamp Office, Gisbrough.

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John Ryley Robinson, LL.D., Westgate, Dewsbury.

John Sutherst, Cleveland Ironworks, Gisbrough.

Fred. Wake (Sec. to Friendly Dividend Society), Carlton-in^
Cleveland.

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Persons wishing to be added to the above List, are requested
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WILLIAM ANDREWS, F.R.H.S.,

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November, 1877.

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She Jblors of Count ttlasiti; Slurelta^ or iheAtfteH^
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By eta MAWR.

Authoress of *'Far and Near,** ^'A Tour of Times Gone By,** ^.

COMMENDATIONS OF ETA MAWB'S POEMS.

" An eloquent volume. ... I find much to admire in *■ Oonnt Ulaski *
and 'Aurelia,* especially the latter, and the Translations appear to me
composed with rare ease and felicity. They introduce me to many poems
with which I was before unacquainted."— Lord Lytton.

'*A very pleasing and delightful volume- . . . The charm of metre
goes a good way with me, and I like to pause and linger over flowing and

graceful verse, and that yours most assuredly is But to return to

those two tales, * Ulaski* and ' Aurelia,* they are full of interest, the one
of active, the other of sedentary interest, or, as the Qermans would distin-
guish them, of objective and subjective interest. ... I have read the
minor poems also with a great deal of enjoyment. The * Sonnet to Handel *
struck me as particularly good. 'The Stocking Knitter* is a gem.**— Sir
J. Herschel.

" I like your ' Aurelia * exceedingly, and your ' Gk)lden Mean.* Tour
verses are loaded with thought.**— Be v. Qeorge Qilflllan.

** In the volume before us there are a thousand beauties. . . . We
really think that no fruits of the modem muse contain finer passages, or
show deeper knowledge of the human heart than * Ulaski * and * Aurelia.'
. . . The minor poems, both original and from the Qerman, have genu-
ine force and sweetness. . . . The *Poet of Ooila* has never been
greeted with a more just, a more eloquent, or a more charming euloj^um.
. . . The noblest efforts of Bums*s genius, and the finest qualities in
those efforts, are referred to with equal warmth of admiration, and sound-
ness of critical judgment. The tributes entitled 'GibsonJana* are warm,
genial, graceful, eloquent, and well deserved, for undoubtedly Qibson
stands on the highest roll of British sculptors.'*— Durham Advertiser.

" Her translations of Qerman poetry are excellent and well selected, and,
taking her book altogether, ft is decidedly an honour to the head and
heart of the authoress/'— Illustrated Times.

" Here we have in a small compass a great deal of very good poetry.
. . . The present volume fully sustains, and, we think, adds in no small
degree to the reputation achieved by its predecessor.**— w. T. Eime, Esq.,
Barrister-at-Law, J.P., Editor of "Albert the Good,** Ac.

" In reviving the memory of i)Oor Poland youTa&N^ %\.-ras3B.\stfi^Vs'w2Mc<i
the chords ot my heart, for from a very oaiiy age Wia.^^ \^\.\<aT Nsa^ ^oaKt-
inga a ainoere sympathy.**— M. Q. SoUing^ «k Qeimwa. wstswk^'^^'Q^*

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NORTH OP ENGLAND TRACTATES.

Under the above title, the Publishers purpose to print, from
time to time, a collection of small Treatises, in prose and verse,
relating to the North of England, offering them to the general
public at the lowest possible prices which will<clear the neces-
sary expenses of publication. The following are now ready, at
One Fenny Each.

No. 1. — Cleveland, a Poem, in Blank Verse, by John Bbsd
Afplbton, F.S.A.

No. 2. — Prince Oswy, a Legend of Rosebury Topping, by the
late John Walker Ord, F.G.S.L.

No. 3. — The Trials and Troubles of a Tourist, by John Reed
Afplbton, F.R.S.N.A. ; with Tailpieces by Bewick and Linton.

No. 4. — Rhymes to Illustrate the North York Dialect^ by
Florbnoe Cleveland.

No. 6. — i orkshire Worthies^ by John Rtlbt Robinson, LL.D.,
with Medallion of Capt. Cook.

No. 6.— The Old, Old Woman oj Elton, a Ballad, by Eta
Mawr ; with Tailpiece by Linton.

No. 7. — Cleveland Sonnets, by George Mabkham Tweddell.

No. 8. — Hallux Gibbet ana Gibbet Law, by John Rtlet
Robinson, LL.D. ; with illustrations.

No. 9. — Howley Hall, a Prose Sketch ; and Rosebury Topping,
a Blank Verse Poem, by John Rtley Robinson, LL.D. ; witii
Tailpiece by Bewick.

No. 10. — Sunnyside Gill, a Blank Verse Poem, by GsORaE
Markham Twbddbll, F.R.S.N.A., Copenhagen, &c.

No. 11. — Cleveland Thoughts, or the Poetry of Toil, a Blank
Verse Poem, by Angus Macphbrson, C.E. ; with Tailpiece by
Bewick.

No. 12. — The Saxon Cross, Church, ^c, at Dewsbury, by John
Ryley Robinson, LL.D. ; with four fine Illustrations, and a Lin-
ton Tailpiece.

No. 13. — Awd Gab, o' Steers; How he Tried te Sweetheart
Betty Moss : a Trew Teale, related in the North York Dialect,
by Florence Cleveland ; with a Glossary.

No. 14. — The Cleveland Knight, or Origin of English Ahtm
Makina, a Ballad, by the late Mauriob H. Dale ; with a Por>-
trait of Lambert Russell, and a Tailpiece by Bewick.

No. 16. — In Memoriam. On the Death of Mark Philips, Esq.f
a Blank Verse Poem, by George Marelham Tweddell.

No. 16. — Ihe Baron of Greystoke, a Legendary Ballad ; by the
Hby. James Holme, B.A., late Vicar of i^kleatham.
, No 17. — A Voice from Flood and Fell, by the late J. G. Grant.
UTo. lS.^Towton Field, or the « Battle of England^s CiviU
mfmsf/ " bjr John R Bobinbon, LL J).

Gomplete in one volume of 100 pages, fscp. 3vo., printed on good piapdr,

bound in blue cloth, gilt lettered, price Is. 6d., or strongly bound and

richly ornamented, 28. 6d. ; by bookpost 2d. extra.

RHYMES AND SKETCHES TO ILLUSTRATE THE

CLEVELAND DIALECT,

By Mrs, G. M. Tweddell (Florence Cleveland),

COMMENDATIONS.

From His Grace the Archbishop of York. — " An interesting
volume of Sketches. It has, besides its poetical interest, a certain
philological interest too. I am very glad to possess it "

From Robert Henry Allan Esq., F.S.A., J.P., D.L., &c., of
Blackwell Hall. — " My dear Mr. Tweddell, I have received three
copies of Mrs. Tweddell's elegant and clever volume. The
Sketches are very characteristic and most amusing; and the
Glossary is as essentially necessary as it is valuable. . . Will
you kindly send me twenty-seven extra bound copies (2/6 each),
which, with the three copies just received, will make up the
thirty copies subscribed for by Mrs. Allan and myself, for which
I beg leave to enclose a cheque on Messrs. Backhouse and Co. for
£5, and which you will be so obliging as to hand to Mrs. Twed-
dell with our united compliments."

From the Rev. T. P. Williamson (^formerly of Gisbrough)
Vicar of Little Brickhill, Bucks., Author of 7/ ^i^Aer — Which,
&c. — " Alluding to your Preface, I may say, that.it is a happy
thing that no other person was writing in the Cleveland Dialect
at this time ; for I am certain no other person could have pro-
duced so delightful a little book as yours. It is not only the
* Cleveland Dialect ' very happily rendered, but the whole
(whether poetry or prose) hits off the Cleveland character of a
former day in a way that leaves nothing to be desired."

From the Rev. James Holme, B.A., late Vicar of Kirkleatham,
Author of Leisure Musings and Devotional Meditations, Mount
Grace Abbey, and other Poems. — " I have long intended to write
and thank you for the beautiful little volume of your excellent
rustic poems."

Fr^m Mr. J. H. Eccles, of Leeds, Author of Yortcshire Songs,
&c. — " I like both Poems and Sketches very much, and think
they are a credit both to your head and heart. . . . Believe
me to be your sincere wisher, that the work may have the popu*
larity it deserves, and dear old Cleveland furnish you with themes
for many poems and sketches of such naturalness and beauty."

From William Danby, Esq , of Elmfield House, Exeter (for-
merly of Gisbrough), Author of Poems, &.&.— ''^ \ \«iR««'i^'^s&i
Tweddell's book on Saturday night, and «M\«i^ ^Jwasc^''^* ^^^'»'

as Uriah Heap says, < like the ringing of old beUses ' to hear, as
it were, through the void of time, the sound of the rolnist vema-
cular of mj native district . . I have already had great
pleasure in reading several of the pieces, and am looking fonrard
to the opportunity of making myself acquainted with the rest .
I can omy hope tiiat many ' Bobs ' may be induced to < stop at
yam ' at nights, and read Mrs. Tweddell*s sound moral lessons,
and occasional pathetic utterances, to their families. The rail-
ways, and the vast introduction of an abnormal population, con-
sequent on the development of the iron trade, must have gone
far to banish much of the old Dialect, and induce many na^ves
to attempt a more cosmopolitan mode of speech ; and therefore
we should be the more obliged to Mrs. Tweddell for her en-
deavour that it should not be wholly forgotten. She has done
for the North Biding what Hughes has done for Wiltshire, Barnes
for Dorsetshire, ^ Nathan Hogg ' for Devonshire, Tregellas for
Cornwall, and other writers for other counties."

From Eta Mawr, Authoress of Far and Near, The Story of
Count Ulaskij kurelia, and other Poems, &c. — " Accept my best
thanks, my dear ^ Florence Cleveland,' for the elegantly bound
copy of your Bhymes and Sketches to illustrate the Cleveland Dior
led, whose contents 1 had already devoured in their humbler
garb, with much admiration of the skill and talent, the wit and
humour, of the clever authoress, and the excellent moral tone
everywhere, but unobtrusively, pervading it. . . I hope your
little book will have customers among the class who speak its
language, and that both wives and husbands will benefit by such
moral lessons as are conveyed in ^ Come, stop at yam te neet.
Bob,' &c. Of the prose Sketches my favourite is the inimitable

* Betty Moth,' but they are all very good in their way."

From Mr. W. M. Egglestone, Author of Weardale Forest —
" When I came home last night, Mrs. Tweddell's Cleveland
Sketches was on my table. I glanced through the work, and
read * Stowslay Cattle Show,' which pleased me very much.
With some trifling exceptions, the Cleveland Dialect is very much
like that of Weardale. How Bill and Polly liked each other, and
how they bungled about expressing their love, their sweet-heart-
ing at the gate, &c., is very much like the style how a W^dale
lad and lass, twenty years ago, would have done. The sketch of

* Polly Kivers's Trip te Stowslay Cattle Show ' reads as if it had
been taken down in shorthand from the lips of the veritable
Polly, it is so life-like and interesting."

From the late Alexander Craig Gibson, Esq., F.S.A., with a
presentation copy of his admirable work on The Folk-Speech of
' 'umherland and some Districts adjacent. — " With the Authors
kind regards to Mrs. G. M. Tweddell, in whom he is gratified to
hare discovered & congenial taste."

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From Mr. WiQiam Andrews, F.]$.H.S., Author of The History
of the Dunmore Flitch, &c.— " I am very much pleased with Mrs.
Tweddell's volume, and so are all those who have seen it.
Though I like all the pieces, the poem on ^ T' Awd Cleveland
Customs' delights me most*'

From Mr. F. K. Bohinson, Author of A Glossary of Yorkshire
Words and Fhrases, collected in Whitby and the Neighbourhood ;
Whitby : its Abb^, and the principal parts of the Neighbourhood,
&c. — "Florence (Cleveland is very happy in her North Yorkshire
productions. She has both an eye and an ear for its picturesque
and expressive Dialect."

From Louis H. Phillips, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. — " I have to
thank you very much for Mrs. Tweddell's most interesting book,
whiph I have just finished reading. It is reaUy a refreshmg and
agreeable contribution to the loc^ literature of the day ; and you
may take my compliment (such as it is worth) as the more sin-
cere in that I am no admirer of locali by which I mean dialect,
verses or sketches as a rule. I admit their value in their place,
for special and antiquarian purposes ; but, as Johnson said about
wines, * they are not for me.' If the book had not been your
wife's, probably I should not have looked at it. As it is, I own
myself rewarded."

From Mrs. Macquoid, Authoress of Forgotten by the Wm Id, Hester
Kirton, Bi/ the Sea, Doris Barugh, &c. — "Please thank Mrs.
Tweddell for the pleasure her verses have given us. Some of
them are very pretty."

The above are selected from scores of others, from all classes
of persons. The following London and provincial publications
have also commended the work, viz. — ^The Archseologist, the
Barnsley Chronicle, the Bamsley Times, the Bradford Chronicle,
the Chelsea Times, the City Press, the Criterion, the Derbyshire
Courier, the Durham Advertiser, the Durham Chronicle, the
Eastern Morning News, the Freemason, the Gisbrough Exchange,
the Harrogate Gazette, the Hull News, the Hull Packet, Lron, the
Knaresbro Times, the Leamington Courier, the Leeds Mercury,
Lloyd's Weekly London Newspaper, the Masonic Magazine, the
Middlesbrough Exchange, the Middlesbrough News, the Middles-
brough and Stockton Gazette, the Middlesbrough Temperance
Visitor, the Newcastle Daily Chronicle, the Northern Echo, the
Otley News, the Pictorial World, the Sheffield Times and Iris,
the South Durham Herald, the Sunderland Times, the Tadcaster
Post, the Waikouaiti and Shag Valley Herald (Hawksbury, Pro-
vince of Otago, New Zealand), the Wakefield Free Press, the
Westminster Chronicle, the Wetherby News, the Whitby Gazette,
the Whitby Times, the Yprk HeraM, the Tork^ire Gazette, the
Yorkshire Post, and others.

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THE VISITOR'S HANDBOOK TO REDOAR

COATHAM, AND SALTBURN-BY-THE-SEA,

With Historical and Descriptive Accounts of Places of Interest
in the Neighbourhood suitable for Rambles.

By GEOEGE MAEKHAM TWEDDELL.

^ I have received so mach pleasure from its pemsal and guidance
through the Saltbum locality, that 1 consider it cheap at even double its
price."— John Beed Appleton, Esq., P.S A.

*^ This little book, which has reached its second edition, will find a wel-
come place in the knapsack of every traveller visiting the deliehtful re-
treats upon which it dilates. It is full of interesting and valuable informa-
tion, historical and descriptive, which is given in the familiar and easy
style so desirable and proper in productions of this nature. The author
has availed himself largely of authorities bearing upon the subjects before
him, but his quotations are well chosen for their mrect applicability, and
are connected in a happy and judicious manner. The poetical illustrationa,
drawn from some of our best poets, tend to diversify the character of the
work, and, beimr everywhere exceedingly appropriate, they are by no
means the least interesting features in this useful and entertaining little
handbook, which may be safely recommended to the notice of all who take
an interest in the charming locality of which it treats." — Middlesbro* News.

'' Visitors to Bedcar wish to know something about the antecedents of
the place, and Mr. Tweddell has thrown many pleasing and antiquarism
researches together to make a useful book for their information. The ad-
jacent villages and things of note are treated of, and the attention of visi-
tors called to many interesting places and objects which are noted in the
neighbourhood. Mr. Tweddell has done the public service in printing a
second edition of his interesting little work, which will not fail to please
and be useful to all who read it." — Stockton Herald.

" The writer of this little volume has for many years been well known
as the author of several works of considerable literary merit, amongst
which that of ' Shakspere, his Times and Contemporaries,' is undoubtedly
his best, and occupies no mean rank in the voluminous literature relating
to the ' myriad-minded bard of Avon.' The reputation Mr. Tweddell has
earned for himself by the work just mentioned is fully sustained in the
present publication. Being a native of a locality adjoining tbit which he
describes, and possessing an immense fund of local, antiquarian, topo-
graphical, and Mstorical information, combined with mental gifts of a very
high order, he was well qualified for the task he undertook in the nroducv-
tion of a handbook to Bedcar and its vicinity. The work shows evidences
of a very entensive research for facts relating to the places he describes^
which he has used in a most judicious manner His descriptions are fuU
and accurate, and a vpin of genuine humour runs through the work, re-
lieving it of that dull and tedious air which is so characteristic of works of
this class. In short, it does much credit to the taste, industry, and abUi^
of its author. Every visitor to Bedcar or the neighbourhood should pro-
vide himself with this handbook, and thus secure one of the best of guides
sad oompanionB tor bia rambles."— Stockton QazettA «bUdlfii<dkj3\«&\vcoxig.b.
TYraes.

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