Eat hauf a pund o’ cake;
An’ then we hed a jig er tweea,
Ta finish off the hake.
HAM-SAM—Indiscriminately. Hem! That’s nacken, an’ plenty on’t fer yance. Ham-sam’s when ye throw yer things by all in a fluster an’ hurry.
HANNIEL—A ho-buck an’ a hanniel. They mean a fellow ’at’ll jump ower a haystack ta git inta some mack o’ mischief.
HARD—Fierce, strong, when applied to the wind. Joe Steel says:
When t’ wind blows hard frae Stowgill eyast,
Ye may foad yer sheep an’ hoose yer beyast.
HARD-AGAIN—Close to. It’s hard again t’ fell sides.
HARD-HODDEN—This is yan ’at co’s in when we’re sair fashed aboot many things. Ah was hard hodden ta keep mi tongue atween mi teeth an’ keep frae tellen mi mind streck oot.