A Provincial Glossary: With a Collection of Local Proverbs, and Popular Superstitions |
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almoſt alſo aſhes becauſe Berkſh buſineſs candle cattle cauſe cheeſe Cheſh cloſe corn CREEM croſs Cumb cuſtom Derb Derbyſh Devil Devonſh diſh diſtance dreſs dreſſed Effex England Engliſh Eſſex Exmore faid fame faying fellow firſt fiſh fome formerly Fuller ſays Ghoſts Glouc graſs handſome hang hill horſe houſe inſtances inſtrument juſt Kent kind King land leſs maſter meaſure milk moſt muſt noiſe Norf North and South Northumb obſerved pariſh paſture perſon ploughed practiſed preſent proverb purpoſe reaſon reſemblance reſpecting ſaid ſame Saxon ſays ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſervants ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſheaves ſheep ſhew ſhoes ſhort ſhould ſide ſignifies ſmall ſo called ſome ſometimes ſpeaking ſpirits Spoken ſtanding ſtick ſtill ſtock ſtones ſtop ſtory ſtraw ſtrike ſtrong ſuch Suff Suffolk ſuppoſed Suſſex themſelves theſe thing thoſe town trees uſed veſſel Vicar of Bray Weft Weſt whence whoſe Witches woman wood word Yorkſh Yorkſhire