Lakeland Words / A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases as Used in Cumberland and Westmorland, with Illustrative Sentences in the North Westmorland Dialect

by Bryham Kirkby

PURN—A twitch fer a nag snoot ’at won’t stand ta be shod.

PURSEY—Broken-winded. Thoo hiuzes war ner a pursey nag.

PUT—Oot Ah put; off Ah put as hard as mi legs wad gang.

PUT-ON—Clothed. He’s nobbut varra badly put-on aboot t’ feet.

PUT-ON—Imposed upon. Thoo’s bin put-on.

PUT, PUTTEN—A card gam. An’ putten t’ stian’s a gam wi’ a gurt stian ’at’s putten as far as possible.

PUT-UP—Whar ye quarter at market days—it’s “mine inn,” ye know that, Ah’s sewer.

PUTTAN—A puttan bull. Thoo’s as sulky as a puttan bull.

PUFF—Breath. Ah’s oot o’ puff, an’ it’s a varra parlous thing ta git oot o’ stock on.

PUNCH—To kick when fighting. It izzant fair to punch when ye sud be feiten.