The girt house is a-haunted, night an' day.

JEM.

Aye; I do mind woone winter 'twer a-zaid

The farmer's vo'k could hardly sleep a-bed,

They heärd at night such scuffèns an' such jumpèns,

Such ugly naïses an' such rottlèn thumpèns.

DICK.

Aye, I do mind I heärd his son, young Sammy,

Tell how the chairs did dance an' doors did slammy;

He stood to it—though zome vo'k woulden heed en—