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

SHANK’S MEAR—Walken. We’re gaan o’ shank’s mear.

SHANKS—Legs. His shanks er neea thicker ner a thyvil.

SHAP-GALLOP—Git somebody bi’ t’ scuft o’ t’ neck wi’ yah hand an’ owt ’at’s lowse wi’ t’ tudder an’ off wi’ him, if he’s a lal ’un he’ll gang happen.

SHEELEN—Shelling peas or beans.

SHEELENS—The husky part of wheat, &c.

SHELL WUM’LE—An auld-fashioned wum’le.

SHOO—When ye’ve ta drive t’ shop o’ t’ ducks an’ hens an’ things.

SHOODER, SHOODER-OOT—Aye an’ cauld shooder ano. A chap ’at izzant wanted gits t’ shooder, an’ if he’s awk’ard ’ll git shooder’d oot.

SHOODER-BUND—Cauld shooder’d; idle.

SHOOLEN, SHAWMEN—They’re aboot as yan. A shambling gait.