[84] Chaw: "chaw bacon," a nickname for an English peasant.
[85] Vools: fools.
[86] Whum: home.
[87] J. P.: justice of the peace.
[88] Calico: white cotton cloth called calico in England, to distinguish it from print.
[89] Smock frocks: coarse white frocks worn by farm laborers.
[90] Yule-tide: Christmas. Clubs are formed by the poor several months in advance, to furnish coal, clothes, and poultry for Christmas time,—each member contributing a few pence weekly.
[91] Mummers: maskers, merrymakers in fantastic costumes.
[92] Vernacular: one's native tongue.
[93] Ten-pound doctor: a quack doctor.