| Show cumberland TALK odd mons in use among the natives native whims is the local name in in cumberland for furze and appears to be the gaelic word quins sharp points heap is a very peculiar word derived from the old norse haeff a share and ana is applied to the part of a common allotted to a particular flock of sheep says the Gent lemans magazine each flock keeps to its own heat haf 11 some very quaint expressions are bride loaf a wedding cake see ing g gaass tass a mirror clout hat a womans comans sunbonnet ridding out keam a hair comb fireworks a magic lantern display moley man a mole catcher leg weary tired leg up to trip up up to w wind in d literally to latch up a clock the verbs feel in the sense of to smell and lame in the sense of to injure any part of the body are peculiar we may add pipe stopple the stem of a tobacco pipe buttock a footstool th inkler folli folk c the gypsies last dress a shroud which children are taught to work at school and afterwards to present to their grandparents and other aged relatives a kindly act but one which betrays that lack of humor and sense of the ludicrous which is characteristic of northern folk A who goes to have his photograph taken announces that he has a come to be struck |
