HAPPEN—Perhaps. Happen ye’ll len me sixpence?
HATHER, HEATHERAN, HADDER, HADDEREN—A heavy mist, as near rain as neea matter. Do ye think it’ll rain to-day? Nay, it’ll rain nin, nut it marry; it may hadder a bit. T’ party ’at assd knew neea mair ner a fiul what hadder meant, an’ they set off withoot top cooats, an’ come back wet throo, an’ gaan on aboot this hadder, an’ yan o’ them says, “Ye may nut hev ‘hed her’ but you’ve ‘hed huz.’” Fooak at sweets a lot ’ll say, “Ah’s o’ in a hather.” An’ mony a yan ’at’s bin oot ’ll come in an’ say, “It’s nivver geen ower hadderan sen Ah went oot.”
HAVER—Oats. That field o’ haver liuks weel.
HAVERBREAD—Bread made from haver meal. It is of various names: thick, thin, riddle, clap, girdle, squares, snaps, or treacle parkin, according to its preparation, which is various.
HAVER-GRUST—Oatmeal e’ t’ rough state.
HAVERMEAL—Oatmeal. Havermeal poddish fer yan’s supper.
HAVERMEAL-POOAK—A wallet that a beggar carries wi’ him to put his meal in when he gits eny gien.
HAVERSACK—A cleanish pooak wi’ t’ havermeal in ’t. Tak a haversack wi’ ye.
HANG-DOG—He liuks a reg’lar hang-dog liuk, he’s neea good.
HAWKY—Hod. What t’ wo’ers hes ta tek lime an’ stians up wi’; an’ t’ man ’at sarras t’ wo’ers.