Part 22 (2/2)

Pompolorum jig.

1. Such.

Meeat maks, An' clease shaps, But that is nut t' man; For bonnie is that bonnie diz, Deny it if you can.

The Miller's Thumb

Miller, miller, mooter-poke, Teak a laid an' stale a stroke.(2)

2. Took a load of corn and stole a half-bushel; mooter, or multure, is the toll of meal taken by the miller for grinding the corn: mooter-poke, or multure-pocket, is accordingly a nickname for a miller.

Down i' yon lum(1) we have a mill, If they send more grist we'll grind more still.

With her broad arm an' mighty fist Shoo rams it into t' mooter-chist.(2)

1. Wood. 2. The chest in which the toll of meal was kept.

Hob-Trush Hob

”Hob-Trush Hob, wheer is thoo?”

”I's tryin' on my left-foot shoe, An' I'll be wi' thee--noo!”

Gin Hob mun hae nowt but a hardin' hamp, He'll co om nae mair nowther to berry nor stamp.(1)

1. The meaning seems to be, If Hob is allowed nothing more than a smock-frock of coa.r.s.e hemp, he will not come again either to thresh corn or to beat flax.

Nanny b.u.t.ton-Cap

T' moon s.h.i.+nes breet, T' stars give leet, An' little Nanny b.u.t.ton-cap Will coom to-morra neet.

The New Moon

A Setterday's mean Cooms yance i' seven year ower sean.

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