YORKSHIRE
FOLK-TALK
with
CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE WHO SPEAK IT
IN THE NORTH AND EAST RIDINGS
BY THE
REV. M. C. F. MORRIS, B.C.L., M.A.
Vicar of Newton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire
1892
CONTENTS
Please note that this book relates to the Eastern
half of Yorkshire, i.e. the whole of the East Riding and the Eastern
half of the North Riding. The dialects for the West Riding and
the Western half of the North Riding differ considerably both
from each other and the Eastern half of Yorkshire.
- Preface.
- Introductory
- Grammatical
- Pronunciation
- Idioms and Words
- Forcefulness of the dialect
- Specimens of Folk-Talk
- Danish Comparisons
- Geographical
- The Yorkshire Character
- Miscellaneous
- Customs and Superstitions
- The Bible and Shakespeare
- Glossary: A B C D E
F G H I J
K L M N O P Q
R S Sm
T U V W Y
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