Wit, Character, Folklore & Customs of the North Riding of Yorkshire / With a Glossary of over 4,000 Words and Idioms Now in Use

by Richard Blakeborough

T’ race he’d won, an’ t’ brahd he’d kissed,

On t’ thresho’d knelt, her garter gitten,

Fra snowy breasts ther kerchiefs stown,

Then wi’ ther budding charms war smitten.

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Again they put up the hare, and the old dog gave chase.

Fra Scaling dyke ti Wapley end,

Thruff Tommy[44] geese an’ Mary⁴⁴ stee,

Alang t’ au’d to’npike, here then theer

That witched hare alang did flee.