_Jaup_, senseless talk.--Ho'd the jaup wi' th{(e}; dos't ta want ivery body to knaw how soft thoo is? (_Ho'd_, hold; _soft_, foolish.) MIDLAND (Group 2): S.E. LANCASHIRE. The following poem is from _Poems and Songs_ by Edwin Waugh; 3rd ed., London, 1870. Owd Pinder. Owd Pinder were a rackless foo, An' spent his days i' spreein'; At th' end ov every drinkin-do, He're sure to crack o' deein'; "Go, sell my rags, an' sell my shoon, Aw's never live to trail 'em; My ballis-pipes are eawt o' tune, An' th' wynt begins to fail 'em! Eawr Matty's very fresh an' yung;-- 'T would any mon bewilder;-- Hoo'll wed again afore it's lung, For th' lass is fond o' childer; My bit o' brass'll fly--yo'n see-- When th' coffin-lid has screen'd me-- It gwos again my pluck to dee, An' lev her wick beheend me. Come, Matty, come, an' cool my yed; Aw'm finish'd, to my thinkin';" Hoo happed him nicely up, an' said, "Thae'st brought it on wi' drinkin'."-- "Nay, nay," said he, "my fuddle's done, We're partin' tone fro tother; So promise me that, when aw'm gwon, Thea'll never wed another!" "Th' owd tale," said hoo, an' laft her stoo; "It's rayly past believin'; Thee think o' th' world thea'rt goin' to, An' lev this world to th' livin'; What use to me can deeod folk be? Thae's kilt thisel' wi' spreein"; An' iv that's o' thae wants wi' me, Get forrud wi' thi deein'!" Notes.--_Owd_, old; _rackless foo_, reckless fool; _spreein'_, merry-making, drinking; _-do_, bout; _He're_, he would be; _crack o' deein'_ , hint at dying; _Aw's_, I shall; _trail_, walk in; _ballis-pipes_, bellows-pipes, lungs; _eawt_, out; _wynt_, wind. _Eawr_, our, my; _Hoo_, she; _brass_, money; _yo'n_, you will; _lev_, leave; _wick_, quick, i.e. alive. _Yed_, head; _happed_, covered; _fuddle_, drinking-bout; _tone fro tother_, the one from the other. _Stoo_, stool; _Thee think_, do thou think; _deeod_, dead; _o'_, all; _get forrud_, get on, go on. MIDLAND (Group 5): SHEFFIELD. The following extract is from A. Bywater's _Sheffield Dialect_, 3rd ed, 1877; as quoted in S.O. Addy's _Sheffield Glossary_, E.D.S., 1888, p. xv. _Jerra Flatback._ Hah, they'n better toimes on't nah, booath e heitin and clooas; we'n had menni a mess a nettle porridge an brawls on a Sunda mo'nin, for us brekfast... Samma, dusta remember hah menni names we had for sahwer wotcake?