"Der wind, horch yusht, wie er D'r wint, harich juscht wii ær drum drum bloss'd,... bloost,... Gar nix for ihm fersichert is, Gaar niks f'r iim f'rsichǝrt iss, Er nemmt sei aegner waek ær nemmt sei, eegnǝr week, Dorch ennich rissly geht er neih, darich ennich rissli geet ær nei, Un geht ah nuf die staek." un geet aa 'nuf dii schteek. _The wind, just listen how it therefore_ (an expletive) _blows, ... quite nothing is secure for_ (on account of) _him, he takes his_ (eigener weg) _own way; through_ (einig, einiges) _any crack he goes_ (hinein) _in, and goes also_ (hinauf) _up the_ (stiege) _stair._ The reader of PG. may be puzzled with 'ma' as used in "ous so ma subject ... mit ma neia Rail Road" (_Rauch_); 'fun mǝ' or 'fun ǝmǝ,' Ger. dative _von einem_, Old High German 'vone einemo;' G. _dem_, Ohg. 'demo;' G. _meinem_, Gothic 'meinamma,' which accounts for the final PG. vowel. Miss Bahn writes it 'mah'-- ''S is noch so 'n anre glaener 's iss noch so 'n anre gleenǝr drup, drǝp, Mit so mah grosse dicke kup, mit soo mǝ grossǝ dikkǝ kǝp, Der doh uf English screech-owl dær doo uf eng-lisch 'skriitsch-aul' haest, heest, Der midde drin hut ah sei nesht.' dær middǝ drin hǝt aa sei nescht. _There is yet such another little fellow, with such a large thick head, this here in English is called 'screech-owl,' the middle therein_ [of the tree] _has also its nest._ Remarking on "grosse dicke kup" in the second line, my reverend friend Ziegler sends me the following declensions of the united article and adjective. The dative is used for the genitive, as will appear in the chapter on Syntax. Nom., Accus. ǝn ('n) grosser dicker kopp, Dat., Gen. ǝmǝ ('mǝ) grossǝ dickǝ kopp. _Singular._ Nom. der root wei˛ iss guut. _The red wine is good._ Gen. dem rootǝ wei˛ sei˛ farb is schee˛. Dat. " " " hab ich 's tsu fǝrdankǝ. Acc. dii rootǝ wei˛ hat ær gedrunkǝ. _Plural._ Nom. dii rootǝ wei˛ sin guut. _The red wines are good._ Gen. dennǝ rootǝ wei˛ iir farb etc. (G. der rothen Weine Farbe ist schön.) Dat. " " " hab ich 's etc. (G. den rothen Weinen.) Acc. dii rootǝ wei˛ hat ær, etc. FOOTNOTES: [15] Of words not occurring in print, the Swiss, Bavarian, and Suabian form bruntsen replaces harnen and its synonyms. [16] Seemingly akin to Swiss _ammeli_, _mammeli_ (a child's sucking-glass), whence _mämmelen_ (to like to drink). G. amme (a wet-nurse), in Bavaria, also a mother. [17] PG. des kalb sukt (this calf sucks,) G. _saugt_.