das, hat, des, het, des, hot, des, hǝt, _the_, _has_. In the next three lines of Breisgauish (Radlof, 2, 95) words which agree more or less with PG. are in italic-- "_Do isch au kei Plätzle meh,_ Here is also no spot more, _Wu_ i könnt _mi_ Haupt[58] _hinlege,_ where I might my head repose, Wenn i _vun der Arbet geh._" when I from my work depart. The following (Radlof, 2, 92) is also in the Breisgau dialect: Siehsch de, Kind, de Regeboge,... Seest thou child the rainbow,... Gel, das isch e Pracht vun Farbe,... truly it is a glory of color,... Noeh het jetz mit de Sine Noah has now with (the) his [people] E Johannisfirle g'macht, made a (midsummer) Johannes-fire[59] Un in Herrlikeit un Pracht and in splendor and glory Isch der Herr debi erschine, the Lord (dabei) thereat appeared, Un zum Noeh het er g'sproche: and to Noah has he spoken: Guck, e Zeiche setz i fest, Behold, a sign I firmly set Wil de Fride mit mer hest, whilst thou (hast) keepst peace with me, 's Wort des hab i niemol broche the word--that have I never broken Un de Herr het's Wort au g'halte, and the Lord has the word also kept, Den der Regeboge steht, for the rainbow stands Wenn Gott au im Wetter geht, whenever God goes in the tempest, Un er loszt de Zorn nit walte. and he (läszt) allows not (den) the anger to rule. FOOTNOTES: [47] G. gelb, Ohg. gelo, Swiss, etc., gäl _yellow_. [48] Not PG. ærpsǝ, G. erbsen (peas), but a form of _erdbeere_ (strawberry). [49] G. Ich habe nichts lieber gethan. (G. adj. and adv. _lieber_, adverbialised with _-s_.) _Nothing would I rather have done._ [50] The word is "schwöhl" in the original--probably borrowed from the local English word _swale_. Wuu, G. wo, _where_. The author was born in 1816, at Niagara, in a small colony which had emigrated from Lancaster county, Pennsylvania--his father in 1811. The colony received additions about the year 1830. [51] = _at once_. Dr. Jones, 1701, gives '_w_æns, _w_ænst' as the English pronunciation in Shropshire and some parts of Wales. Buchanan, 1766, gives '_w_æns' as correct English.--_A. J. Ellis._ [52] Die Sprache der Luxemburger. Luxemburg, 1855. [53] This word varies to heer, and horch may be used. [54] Here _hii_˛ is given for the rhyme, the proper word being G. _da_, PG. 'doo.' On this account the Rev. D. Ziegler makes the following variation on my version-- Sii noochbǝr was mei, freet iss, Wann ich im gærtli schtee, Gærn heer ich frii am sundaak Dii kærchǝbellǝ geh.