(_E'_ in; _cheney_, china.) _Clammer_, to climb .-- Oor Uriah's clammered into th' parson's cherry-tree, muther, an' he is swalla'in on 'em aboon a bit.
I shouldn't ha tell'd ye nobbut he we{a}nt chuck me ony doon.
(_Nobbut_, only.) _Cottoner_, something very striking .-- Th' bairn hed been e' mischief all daay thrif; at last, when I was sidin' awaay th' te{a}-things, what duz he do but tum'le i'to th' well.

So, says I, Well, this is a cottoner; we shall hev to send for Mr Iveson (the coroner) noo, I reckon.

(_Thrif_, through; _sidin' awaay_, putting away.) _Ducks_ .-- A girl said to the author, of a woman with whom she had been living for a short time as servant, "I'd raather be nibbled to de{a}d wi' ducks then live with Miss P.She's alus a natterin'." (_De{a}d_, death; _alus_, always; _natterin'_, nagging.) _Good mind_, strong intention .-- She said she'd a good mind to hing her-sen, so{a} I ax'd if I mud send for Mr Holgate (the coroner), to be ready like.

(_Hing_, hang; _mud_, might.) _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.