164 Har liddle mosey nevvys, too, She thote ov them, I s'pose; Or, drat um! when they hard she'd nut, 165 An' if she den't them suffin bring, So she bote some kickshaws, at a stall, 166 John, too, he'd nuver scaly seem, For them, he in his hankerchar 167 At las, John sed,-'About here thus We mus no longer gawm; 't 'ool be so late 'fore we git home, The grim oad folks 'ool storm. 168 Through potterin' here so late to-night, Mayhap there'll be a row; I shain't git up to-morrar-moarn In time to goo to plough. 169 Yar mother sed, too, when she las 170 Through har rheumaties so shaky, In the chimbey-corner, sithin', 171 'The moon, too, soon 'ool set, an' then Crope in the dark we may; 'sides, though we scue them fills, we've gut 172 An' as yar dad a-tome, yow say, For keepin' yow so late-(to hide)— He arter me may chevy.' 173 Yes, if fresh, or in his tantarums,' 'haps, he 'ood play when we gut home, 174 To git in sich a scrape as this, So they sturted, -for he sed that they 175 When far they'd trudged, John wow'd that a New shummaker he'd git; An', whoile stompin', cuss'd the shoes he'd on- 176 'No, though the oad man gives me tick, An', 'haps, he cobbles stronger, 177 He so perishes my fit,' said John, The las time I was on the Heath, Remember'd John,-'it snew loike fun, 178 At length, our pair-but nut untel Wor so nigh home, frum charmbers there, 179 Soon home they wor, when pleased seem'd all,— John was to soupper ast; An' oaf with flyin' colours ded 180 An' John Noakes, at Tiptree Races, 181 Tied-up they now some years ha' bin, The mem'ry of the day, when fust 182 An' ov crosses shud they have enow, I'll warrant ye this here: : They'll maake a count oad Tiptree still To wisit ev'ry year. 183 But I've sich a sight ov warses scrarl'd, An' my book 'ool sich a bonkka be, 184 So, I tell ya what, lest I shud nut H A GLOSSARY Explaining the most difficult Words and Phrases contained in the foregoing Poem. [I have supplied all that is included between square brackets, and all the references to the stanzas.-W. W. S.] [A, have, 116.] Act, v. behave, conduct, [go on], 36. A-dry, adj. thirsty, 92. Aers, s. pl. ears, 87. Affeard, adj. afraid, 41, 125. Afore, before, 23. Agoo, ago, 75, 141. Ain't, are not, 169; [is not, 35]. Andraa, s. a clown, a mountebank, Argufy, v. hold an argument, argue, [prove a thing], 4. Ark, the, clouds running into two points, thus (), 48. [A supposed sign of rain.] Arly, adv. early, 81. Arter, prep. after, 28, 29; adv. 10. A-tome, at home, 172. Ax'd, pt. s. asked, 97; [Ax'd at chutch, i. e. they had their banns read, 180]. Baccar, s. tobacco, 133. Bange, s. light fine rain, [slight shower], 43. Bargin, v. begin, 97, 105; Bargun, began, 14. Bast, v. flog severely, 155. Beat out, puzzled, put in a quandary; cf. 122. Bee'un, s. a being, an habitation, 15. Behine, adv. behind, [late], 65. Bellar, v. bellow, cry out violently, 183. [Besure, to be sure, certainly, 11.] Bettermust, best-only applied to clothes, 51. Bile, v. boil; 'the kittle biles,' 81. Biling, s. the whole number, all, 18. [Lit. boiling.] Bin, pp. been, 57. Biznus, s. business, 32, 135. Bizzy, adj. busy, 43. Blab, v. tell secrets, talk; [s. talk, 184.] [Blame me (a slight oath), 35.] Blare, v. cry, weep aloud; cf. 153. Blazes, Like, fast, quick-probably a simile taken from the action of Bline-man's hulliday, twilight, 82. Bobbish, adj. pretty well in health, Bonkka, s. very large [thing], 183. Both on um, both of them, each, 139. Bouy, s. boy, 24, 122. Brads, s. pl. money-the same as dubs, 149. ously), 154. Britches, breeches, 59. Brote, pp. brought, 18, 94. Brushed-up, pp. made smarter, well dressed, put in order, 56. [Bucket. See Kick.] Buckle-to, v. set-to in good earnest, 55. Bull's-noon, midnight, 83. Bundled down, pt. s. [was] thrown down violently, 114. Bunting, adj. not neat, unsightly (said of dress), 62. Buss, v. kiss, embrace, 39. By gom! an exclamation, 27, 50. Cain't, cannot, 70. Call, s. occasion, need, 49. [Candle-snace. See Snace.] Carl, v. curl, 122. [Carrot. See Smart.] Charmber, s. chamber, 178. Charriter, s. character, 22. Chate, s. a feast, a treat, 140. Chaw, v. chew, 151. Chevy, v. chase, run after, 172. 20. Chop, v. flog with a whip, 114. Chuck-full, adj. quite full, crammed, 92. Chutch, s. church, 57, 180. Claa, s. claw, 127 [riming with bar]; Cart-rack, s. cart-rut, 104. Chap, s. a man, a fellow, 93. as v., 57. Clamber, v. climb up heedlessly, II. Clumsy thump, a heavy blow, 8. [Coad, adj. cold, 4.] Coad-chill, a ridiculous pleonasm, meaning an ague-fit, 5. Coas, course; 'of coas,' 89, 158. Cotch, pt. s. caught, 112. See Kitch. Crake, v. boast-the same as bog, 2. Crazy, adj. over-anxious, excited, 82. Crib, v. rob, 134. Cried-up, well spoken of, much praised, 15. Crock, s. the black from anything that has been burnt; cf. 148. Cromp, v. cramp, 175. Crope, v. grope, walk cautiously, 171. Cross-grained, adj. and adv. trouble some, cross, awry, 37. |