The Tale of Hawthorn House (39 page)
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Authors: Susan Wittig Albert
Gannan-folk.
Traveling people, gypsies.
Traveling people, gypsies.
Goosy.
Foolish.
Foolish.
How.
Hill, as in “Holly How,” the hill where Badger lives.
Hill, as in “Holly How,” the hill where Badger lives.
Laid on.
Installed.
Installed.
Nawt.
Nothing.
Nothing.
Off-comer.
A stranger, someone who comes from far away.
A stranger, someone who comes from far away.
Pattens.
Farm shoes with wooden soles and leather uppers.
Farm shoes with wooden soles and leather uppers.
Reet.
Right.
Right.
Sae.
So.
So.
Seed wigs.
Small, oblong cakes, like tea cakes, flavored with caraway seeds.
Small, oblong cakes, like tea cakes, flavored with caraway seeds.
Se’nnight.
Seven nights, a week. A contraction similar to fortnight, fourteen nights, or two weeks.
Seven nights, a week. A contraction similar to fortnight, fourteen nights, or two weeks.
Stook.
To set up in sheaves.
To set up in sheaves.
Trice.
Very quickly, all at once, “in a trice.”
Very quickly, all at once, “in a trice.”
Trippers, daytrippers.
Tourists, visitors who come for the day.
Tourists, visitors who come for the day.
Turf.
A slab of earth, with the grass left on it, sometimes used to construct small temporary huts.
Up to London.
In nineteenth century railway schedules, “up trains” always meant trains traveling to London, “down trains” traveling away from London, regardless of the direction.
In nineteenth century railway schedules, “up trains” always meant trains traveling to London, “down trains” traveling away from London, regardless of the direction.
Verra or varra.
Very.
Very.
Wudsta.
Wouldest thou? Would you?
Wouldest thou? Would you?
Yoller.
Call out, yoo-hoo.
Call out, yoo-hoo.
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