A penny too, a-keepèn birds off corn.
JOHN.
O brave! What wages do 'e meän to gi'e?
WIFE.
She dreppence vor a day, an' twopence he.
JOHN.
Well, Polly; thou must work a little spracker
When thou bist out, or else thou wu'ten pick
A dungpot lwoad o' stwones up very quick.