HORNEY—The tip of a cow’s horn made into a top.
HORSE-SHOES—The game of quoits.
HOODWINK—In hiding. They’ve a few cotters i’ hoodwink.
HOTTER—A body’s sair hodden when they can hardly hotter an’ walk.
HOWDER—Havoc. T’ frost’s played howder wi’ berry trees.
HO-BUCK—A gurt lammasen lad ’at ’ll jump ower a hoose, an’ can’t sit whiatly fer his life, an’ ’ll gang ower dikes an’ wo’s an’ gutters fer a breck—we co him a ho-buck. Yan ’at izzant ower mannerly, an’ does things ’at he owt ta be ashamed on—he’s a ho-buck.
HOGGUS—T’ oot-buildens away frae t’ farm-hoose, whar t’ young beeas is kept, an’ t’ sheep sarra’d i’ winter. Famish spots fer gitten flayed in is t’ hogguses.
HOLME—A low level tract of land by a river or stream, e.g., Eden Holme.
HOBSON’S CHOICE—That er nin.
HOCKER, HOCKEREN—A chap ’at izzant ower lish ’ll hocker ower a wo er on ta a nag back as weel as he can. An’ sometimes if ye ass a nebbur hoo he’s gaan on he’ll say, “Ah’s hockeren on as weel as Ah can,” an’ ye know at yanse ’at that izzant as weel as he could like.