It’s easier wark feighting sin ’an nursin’ ‘t. It is easier work fighting sin than nursing it.
Religion is offens mair laamed byv those whau attend tul ’t, ’an them ’at feight shy on ’t. Religion is often more injured by those who profess, than by those who are careless. There is another: ‘No sinners are so intolerant as those just turned saints.’
Yan awlus ’ez ti paay a seet mair foor repentance ’an yan c’u’d ‘ bowt a vast o’ common sense wi’. One always has to pay a great deal more for repentance than one could have bought a great amount of common sense with.
If wa wad lig i’ peace an’ rest,
Wa mun see an’ hear an’ saay what’s t’ best.
If we would lie in peace and rest,
We must see and hear and say what’s the best.
‘T’ll save ya neea larl trouble,
If when talking ya tak care
Ov whaum ya speeak, ti whaum ya speeak,