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

RIG—Corner. Sup off an’ Ah’ll stand mi rig. Also sharp treatment. He gat a gay good rig fer his craft.

RIG—Seea many times aboot wi’ t’ plew. Yan ’at can shear his awn rig’s a chap ’at can deea his awn dollop ’at owt.

RIG-AN’-FUR—A design in knitting to represent the furrows of a ploughed field.

RIGGEN—A hoose top. He’s on t’ riggen.

RIGGIN’-UP—Plewin stubble.

RIME—Hoar frost. Ther’s a heavy rime on. This is an auld ’un, ’at is ’t, an’ was yance yan o’ oor fadders gods.

RIPPER, RIPPEN—Bad talk. Rippen an’ sweeren.

RIP-STICK—A rough person. He’s a rip stick wi’ shun.

RISE—T’ rise o’ t’ sun; t’ rise o’ t’ miun; t’ rise o’ t’ broo; a rise tian oot o’ yan; a rise wi’ yan anudder aboot mowin’.

RISM—Give us a chow o’ bacca, gaffer. Ah hevn’t a rism.