Wrowke, C, to disturb roughly, or stir up. “I ola’s liked John, but I cared sa lāl for Grace ’at I cūd ha’ teàn her an’ _wrowk’t_ t’ fire wid her.” A Cumberland lady, about her children. Wudde, S, mad. “I’ve ridden a horse baith wild an’ _wudde_.” Ballad—Kinmont Willie. Wummel, C, to enter in a sinuous manner, as an auger bores. “He’ll _wummel_ his-sel’ intil t’ creuktest rabbit whoal i’ Siddick.”—Said of a terrier. Y. Ya, Yan, C, one; Ae and Yin in Dumfriesshire. _Ya_ is used when the noun indicated is named—_yan_, when it is understood; thus—“How many fwoke was theer?” “_Yan!_” “No’but _yan_?” “No’but _ya_ man!” _Ae_ and _yin_ are used in the same way. The use of the first is illustrated in the conversation without consonants which is said to have come off in a shop in Dumfries—Customer, referring to some cloth, asks, “A’ ’oo?” Shopman assents, “Ou aye, a’ ’oo!” Customer again, “A’ _ae_ ’oo?” Shopman, “Ou aye, a’ _ae_ ’oo!” That is, “All wool?” “O yes, all wool!” “All one (or the same) wool?” “O yes, all one wool!” Yabble, C, wealthy (literally, able). “A varra _yabble_ man i’ heeh life was wantan ta simma.” _Rev. T. Clarke._ Johnny Shippard. Yammer, S and C, to articulate quickly and indistinctly from any feeling. “Fareweel to the bodies that _yammer_ and prowm.” Song—Bide ye yet. “There’s been a lang _yammer_ in t’ papers last week.” _Dickinson._ Scallow Beck Boggle. Yewl, C, to weep. “A lāl thing mak’s a barne _yewl_, an’ a lāl thing mak’s it laugh.”—Proverb. Yoad and Yad, S and C, a mare. “Frae Tindal-fell twelve pecks she’d bring— She was a _yad_ fit for a king.” _Anderson._ My bonnie black meer’s deed. Yoke, S and C, to engage with, to set to, to put a horse to a vehicle, etc. “At length we had a hearty _yokin_ At sang about.” _Burns._ Ep. to Lapraik. “An’ they _yoak’t_ it ageàn an’ laid at it wi’ t’ whup.” _Dickinson._ The Ore Carter’s Wife. Yowl, S and C, to howl. “A dog winna _yowl_ an’ ye hit him wi’ a bane.”—Proverb. GEO: COWARD, PRINTER, 75, SCOTCH STREET, CARLISLE. A LIST OF BOOKS PUBLISHED BY _GEO: COWARD, CARLISLE_. THE SONGS AND BALLADS OF CUMBERLAND, to which are added Dialect and other Poems; with Biographical Sketches, Notes, and Glossary. Edited by Sidney Gilpin. With Portrait of Miss Blamire. Small Crown 8vo. Price 7s. (_A New Edition in preparation._)