24 Trent Street,
Stockton-on-Tees,
September 27, 1898.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | ... | PAGE |
| I. | Yorkshire Stories of Wit and Character | [1] |
| II. | Wit and Character | [17] |
| III. | Wit and Character—continued | [28] |
| IV. | Wit and Character—continued | [43] |
| V. | Wit and Character—continued | [54] |
| VI. | Customs of the Year and Folklore | [66] |
| VII. | Customs of Courtship, Marriage, Birth, and Death | [94] |
| VIII. | Omens, Charms, Recipes | [126] |
| IX. | Witchcraft | [153] |
| X. | Witchcraft—continued | [173] |
| XI. | Some Characteristic Yorkshire Sayings By the Rev. M. C. F. Morris. B.C.L., M.A., Rector of Nunburnholme. Author of Yorkshire Folk-Talk. | [210] |
| XII. | Idioms and the Peculiar Use of Certain Words | [222] |
| XIII. | Similes, Proverbs, and Sayings | [238] |
| XIV. | Children’s Lore | [257] |
| XV. | Odd Scraps of Old Yorkshire, etc. | [279] |
| XVI. | A Few Simple Hints on the Grammar of the Folk-speech | [316] |
| ... | Glossary | [342] |
| ... | Concluding Remarks | [475] |
THE YORKSHIRE FOLK-SPEECH IS NOT A DIALECT, BUT A LANGUAGE.
To those unacquainted with our folk-speech, the following list will be helpful when reading. A glossary of words now in use in the North Riding will be found at the end of the volume.
| Ah | = I. |
| Ah’s | = (I is) I am. |
| Ah s’ | = I shall. |
| ’an | = than. |
| ’at | = that, which, who. |
| i’ | = in, ’iv’ before a vowel. |
| i’ ’t | = in it. |
| i’ t’ | = in the. |
| ’ll | = will. |
| ma | = me. |
| mah | = my. |
| na | = nor, no, than. |
| o’ | = on, also of. |
| ov | = of. |
| ’s | = is, has, or as. |
| s’ | = shall. |
| ‘t | = it. |
| t’ | = the. |
| ta | = thou or you. |
| ti | = to. |
| ti t’ | = to the. |
| ti ‘t | = to it. |
| till | = to. |
| tiv, used before a vowel = to. | |
| wa | = we. |
| wi’ | = with, as a rule ‘wiv’ before a vowel. |
| ya | = you. |
| yer | = your. |
| yah, adj., personal numeral = one. | |
| yan, adj. = one. | |
| ya’d | = you had or you would. |