HEAFED—As t’ heaf of a sheep is that particular part on which it has to secure its food, and to which it becomes attached, so a new sheep has to get heafed, and the word has an extended application to persons who are moving. They’ll like when they get heafed. Some niver deea heaf doon at a new spot, an’ some er siun heafed—they can heaf anywhar, varra near.
HECTOR—Wheea he was, an’ whar he co frae, an’ what he was aboot Ah’ve neea mair idea ner t’ deed, but as soor as Hector’s a varra common sayen.
HEEDAMANECKUM—This sud be “heed ’im” er “neck ’im,” neea doot—that is, “bi a heed,” er “bi a neck,” but it’s used as Ah’ve set it doon. He shot oot, si tha, t’ better leg first an’ off he went, lick fer smack, heedamaneckum. That’s yan ’at’s gaan ta win a rias. Anudder ’ll say siam as a chap was tellen mi yance, he was gaan ta t’ station ta gang bi t’ train ta Pe’rith, an’ ta git a bit bainer he cot ower a dyke on t’ line, an’ i’ runnen doon t’ batter he gat his fiut fast i’ yan o’ t’ wires they set ta catch pooachers, an’ poo t’ signals wi’, and seck. He was gangen at a gay good bat ta begin wi, an’ ower he went, heed ower heels, an’ landed i’ t’ gutter, heedamaneckum, an’ neea bark left on his snoot, an’ his dicky spoilt, an’ sair as a kyle.
HEEMER—Higher. A bit heemer up ner that.
HEEMEST—It’s t’ heemest o’ t’ lot.
HEART-BLOOD—Theer gahs a drop o’ heart bliud, they say, when yan sighs, and Herbert refers to this belief when he says:
“The sigh then only is,
A gale to bring me sooner to my bliss.”
HEATER—It’s an iron ta heat t’ iron, ta iron wi’, is t’ heater, seea noo than ye hev ’t, an’ o’ aboot it.
HEAT-DROPS—Gurt wallopin drops ’at come oot o’ t’ sky when it’s varra het an’ nut many cloods aboot.