MIDLAND (Group I): LINCOLN.
I here give a few quotations from the Glossary of Words used in the
Wapentakes of Manley and Corringham, Lincolnshire, by E. Peacock,
F.S.A.; 2nd ed., E.D.S., 1889. The illustrative sentences are very
characteristic.
- Beal, to bellow.--Th' bairn beäled oot that bad, I was clëan
scar'd, but it was at noht bud a battle-twig 'at hed crohlëd up'n
hisairm. (Battle-twig, earwig; airm, arm.)
- Cart, to get into, to get into a bad temper.--Na, noo, thoo
neädn't get into th' cart, for I weän't draw thee.
- Cauf, a calf, silly fellow.--A gentleman was enlarging to a
Winterton lad on the virtues of Spanish juice [liquorice water].
"Ah,then, ye'll ha' been to th' mines, wheäre thaay gets it," the
boy exclaimed; whereupon the mother broke in with--"A greät cauf!
Duz he think 'at thaay dig it oot o' th' grund, saäme as thaay do
sugar?"
- Chess, a tier.--I've been tell'd that e' plaaces wheäre thaay
graw silk-worms, thaay keäps 'em on traays, chess aboon chess,
like cheney i' a cupboard. (E' in; cheney, china.)
- Clammer, to climb.--Oor Uriah's clammered into th' parson's
cherry-tree, muther, an' he is swalla'in on 'em aboon a bit.
I shouldn't ha tell'd ye nobbut he weänt chuck me ony doon.
(Nobbut, only.)
- Cottoner, something very striking.--Th' bairn hed been e'
mischief all daay thrif; at last, when I was sidin' awaay th'
teä-things, what duz he do but tum'le i'to th' well. So, says I,
Well, this is a cottoner; we shall hev to send for Mr Iveson
(the coroner) noo, I reckon. (Thrif, through; sidin' awaay,
putting away.)
- Ducks.--A girl said to the author, of a woman with whom she had
been living for a short time as servant, "I'd raather be nibbled
to deäd wi' ducks then live with Miss P. She's alus a natterin'."
(Deäd, death; alus, always; natterin', nagging.)
- Good mind, strong intention.--She said she'd a good mind to hing
her-sen, soä I ax'd if I mud send for Mr Holgate (the coroner), to
be ready like. (Hing, hang; mud, might.)
- Jaup, senseless talk.--Ho'd the jaup wi' thĕ; dos't ta want
ivery body to knaw how soft thoo is? (Ho'd, hold; soft,
foolish.)
