Powe, S, head, poll.
“There’s little wit within his powe
That lichts a candle at the lowe.”
Proverb.
Pree, S, to taste.
“An’ aye he preed the lassie’s mou’
As he gaed but an’ ben, O.”
Old Song.
“I preed her mou’.” The Scotch think this phrase a poetical way of saying “I kissed her.” Its literal translation into common English, “I tasted her mouth,” doesn’t sound like poetry; while its Cumbrian form, “I teàstit her feàce” sounds like anything rather than poetry; and their different versions of the same phrase illustrate rather happily the difference of character on the two sides of the Border.
Proddle, C, poke, or stir up.