“Why do you call them rooers?” “’Coase they irr rooers.” “They call them oars elsewhere.” “They may co’ them what they will, but if they roo wi’ them, they’re rooers.”
Conversation on Esthwaite lake.
Roose, S, praise, exalt.
”Roose the ford as ye find it.”—Proverb.
Rowp, S, auction; Rowp-crier, auctioneer.
“I canna pay’t an’ ye rowp me at the cross.”
Said by a hopeless debtor.
Rowth, S, abundance.
“Rich fouk ha’e rowth o’ frien’s.”—Proverb.
Rowe, S, roll.