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History
and Recollections
of TARLETON
Janet
Dandy
Published in 1985 By Carnegie Press Copyright © Janet Dandy
Reproduced for reference only
DialectThe Lancashire dialect was widely spoken in Tarleton. Some words are of Old English Origin, eg. 'gate' meaning a road, as in Blackgate Lane, a black road: or 'I will take you agate', meaning 'I will set you on the road', or 'agate with my work'.Ousel, throstle and dunnock, names for blackbird, thrush and housesparrow, were used in Shakespearean verse. Some are corruptions of Old English words. The following were common in Tarleton:
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to
rappock |
to
be noisy and upset things |
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to
kale |
to
be served before your turn |
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witchet |
wet
shod |
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powd |
hair
cut, from the word poll (a head) |
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aliker |
vinigar |
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moithered |
to
be bothered or worried |
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a
quarrel |
pane
of glass in a window |
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to
fettle |
to
mend |
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to
clod |
to
throw |
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to
clam |
to
starve for want of food |
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a
laiche |
a
puddle in the road |
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to
prate |
to
talk back cheekily |
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chin
cough |
whooping
cough |
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to
brewer |
plants
just shooting out of the ground |
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brewered |
hat
brim |
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to
sken |
to
squint |
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galasses |
braces |
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brat |
an
apron |
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to
screet |
to
cry |
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to
be monly |
to
be proud |
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to
raumus |
to
talk foolishly |
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fow |
ugly |
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to
bree someone |
to
frighten someone |
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shive |
a
slice of bread |
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welly |
nearly
or almost |
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gawping |
staring
with open mouth |
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to
snutter |
to
stumble |
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hutch
up |
sit
close to someone |
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to
conster |
to
argue |
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to
go mazy |
to
be dizzy |
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a
wooker |
a
thread hanging from a dress or a stray hair |
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