USE-IN-DRUM—Interest on a small sum lent oot:
“Ah’ve three hauf croons put oot ta use,
An’ sixteenpence beside;
An’ Ah just draw the use-in-drum,
An’ let the heeal stock bide.”—Old Song.
VAGABOND’S-FRIEND—Solomon’s seal. Cure’s black een, brossen snoots, bruises, an’ sec!!! It hez a good niam awur.
VARGUS—Thoor’s as soor as crab-varjus.
VAST—A large quantity, Ther’s a vast o’ fooak at’s back ta year wi’ t’ hay.
VIEW-HALLA—“My lugs rang as if John Hudson hounds hed startit a fox, an’ he was givvan t’ view-halla.”—Joe and the Geologist.
VIRGIN-MARY—A garden flooer.