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Frozen to Death Or the Cottage on the Hill CHAPTER I
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:23:06 +0100
Frozen to Death
Or the Cottage on the Hill.
A Christmas Story.
CHAPTER I.
The last strain of the grand old Christmas hymn had just been warbled
forth from the throats and hearts of a number of happy folks, who were
seated around the blazing log one Christmas eve; and on the face of each
one of that ...
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"Owd Tommy."
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:23:05 +0100
"Owd Tommy."
(A Yorkshire Sketch.)
Of all the seasons of the year,--that portion when winter treads upon
the skirts of the retiring autumn, always seems to me to be most deeply
fraught with sorrowful associations. A few short weeks before, one has
beheld the year in stately pride, loaded with blessings, a ...
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Th' Battle o' Tawkin
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:23:04 +0100
Th' Battle o' Tawkin.
"Tha'rt a liar if iver ther wor one! An' that's a hard thing to say, but
aw wodn't hang a cat o' thi word! It's as sure yor Alick 'at's brokken
awr winder, as awm standin here, an' tha knows it too!"
"Aw say it isn't awr Alick, for he's niver been aat 'oth' haase this
blessed day! Th ...
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Nay Fer Sewer!
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:23:03 +0100
Nay Fer Sewer!
Nay fer sewer!" sed Betty Longtongue, as Sally Jibjab had finished
tellin her 'at one o' th' neighbor's husband's had getten turned off.
"Well, awm capt he didn't get seck'd long sin, for they tell me he wor
niver liked amang th' work fowk, an' awm sure aw've seen him go in to
his wark monny ...
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Tha Caps me Nah!
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:23:03 +0100
Tha Caps me Nah!
"Has ta heeard th' news?"
"Niver a word! What's up?"
"Old Duke's getten wed."
"Nay, tha caps me nah! An' who's th' gurt maddlin getten wed to? Awst ha
thowt he'd gettin to old to do that."
"He's wed Mary o' Nathan's o'th' Sludge Hoil."
"Well, tha does cap me nah! Why, he's old e ...
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Th' New Schooil Booard
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:23:02 +0100
Th' New Schooil Booard.
In a village not very far from where I am now sitting, and in the
principal street, (for it was the only one,) was situated an
old-fashioned hostelry where nightly all the Solomons of the district
used to congregate. The room they occupied was a large kitchen, the
floor of which was ...
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Tinklin' Tom
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:23:01 +0100
Tinklin' Tom.
Some time ago I was accidentally thrown into the im company of a number
of workmen, who were just wondering how to pass the remainder of the
dinner hour agreeably; and, as they were all indulging in the favourite
after dinner pipe, with one exception, it was proposed that this one,
whom they c ...
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A Neet at "Widup's Rest."
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:23:00 +0100
A Neet at "Widup's Rest."
We've mooast on us, at one 'time or another, accidentally dropt amang
company withaat havin ony idea o' spendin mich time wi' em, an' yet
we've kept stoppin an' stoppin, feelin as happy as con be, an' niver
thinkin for a minit what a blowin-up we should get when we landed hooam.
An ...
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Ther's a Mule I' th' Garden
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:22:59 +0100
Ther's a Mule I' th' Garden.
(This expression is one that I have often heard used in Yorkshire to
some unpleasantness being afoot.)
A Christmas Story.
Hark thi lass, what a wind! it's a long time sin we had sich a storm.
Folk ought to be thankful 'at's getten a warm hearthstooan to put ther
feet on, si ...
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Sperrit Rappin
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:22:58 +0100
Sperrit Rappin.
Did yo iver goa to a sperrit rappin' doo? Aw did once, but aw can't say
it wor mich i' my line.
It happen'd one Setterdy neet 'at aw'd been to have a pint at th'
"Rompin Kittlin," an' aw heeard some chaps say 'at ther wor baan to be a
meetin i'th' owd wayvin shop o'th' Sundy afternooin, an ...
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