Th' New Schooil Booard
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:23:02 +0100
Th' New Schooil Booard.
In a village not very far from where I am now sitting, and in the
principal street, (for it was the only one,) was situated an
old-fashioned hostelry where nightly all the Solomons of the district
used to congregate. The room they occupied was a large kitchen, the
floor of which was ...
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Tinklin' Tom
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:23:01 +0100
Tinklin' Tom.
Some time ago I was accidentally thrown into the im company of a number
of workmen, who were just wondering how to pass the remainder of the
dinner hour agreeably; and, as they were all indulging in the favourite
after dinner pipe, with one exception, it was proposed that this one,
whom they c ...
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A Neet at "Widup's Rest."
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:23:00 +0100
A Neet at "Widup's Rest."
We've mooast on us, at one 'time or another, accidentally dropt amang
company withaat havin ony idea o' spendin mich time wi' em, an' yet
we've kept stoppin an' stoppin, feelin as happy as con be, an' niver
thinkin for a minit what a blowin-up we should get when we landed hooam.
An ...
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Ther's a Mule I' th' Garden
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:22:59 +0100
Ther's a Mule I' th' Garden.
(This expression is one that I have often heard used in Yorkshire to
some unpleasantness being afoot.)
A Christmas Story.
Hark thi lass, what a wind! it's a long time sin we had sich a storm.
Folk ought to be thankful 'at's getten a warm hearthstooan to put ther
feet on, si ...
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Sperrit Rappin
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:22:58 +0100
Sperrit Rappin.
Did yo iver goa to a sperrit rappin' doo? Aw did once, but aw can't say
it wor mich i' my line.
It happen'd one Setterdy neet 'at aw'd been to have a pint at th'
"Rompin Kittlin," an' aw heeard some chaps say 'at ther wor baan to be a
meetin i'th' owd wayvin shop o'th' Sundy afternooin, an ...
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Moravian Knight's Entertainment
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:22:58 +0100
Moravian Knight's Entertainment.
If yo want to know owt abaght me, let me tell yo 'at they called mi
father Knight, an' when aw wor born he had me kursend Moravian; but noa
sooiner did aw begin to laik wi' th' lads abaght ner aw began to be
called Morry Neet. Soa mich abaght misen.
Aw oft think 'at fowk m ...
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Seaside
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:22:56 +0100
Seaside.
Iverybody 'at is owt is awther just settin' off or just gettin' back
throo th' spaws. Ther's nowt like th' sea breeze! But a chum o' mine
says th' sea breeze is a fooil to Saltaire, but he cannot mak me
believe it. Ther's nowt ever suits me as weel at Blackpool as to see a
lot o' cheap trippers 'at's ...
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Pill Jim's Progress Wi' Johns Bunion
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:22:57 +0100
Pill Jim's Progress Wi' Johns Bunion.
It wor a varry wild day when John set off to see Pill Jim, as he wor
called, but as it wor varry particklar business, he didn't let th'
weather stop him.
Nah, Pill Jim wor a varry nooated chap i' some pairts o' Yorkshire. He
wor an old chap, an' lived in a little haas ...
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None think Alike
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:22:56 +0100
None think Alike.
What suits one body doesn't suit another. Aw niver knew two fowk 'at
allus thowt alike; an' if yo iver heard a poor chap talkin' abaat
somebdy 'ats weel off, he's sure to say 'at if he'd his brass he'd do
different throo what they do.
Aw once heeard a chap say 'at if he'd as mich brass as ...
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Election
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:22:55 +0100
Election.
Candidates at an election allus reminds me ov a lot o' bees turned
aat, for they fly abaat th' country buzzin' an' hummin', wol yor fair
capt what a din they con mak; but as sooin as they pop into th' hive
o' St. Stephen's yo niver hear a muff--they're as quite as waxwark.
Aw varrily believe 'at one ...
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