Blakeborough, who insists that Yorkshire folk-speech is a language rather than a dialect, records the stories and sayings of North Riding country people alongside their customs through the year. He covers courtship, marriage, birth and death, omens, charms and recipes, and the region’s rich witchcraft lore, and closes with a glossary of more than 4,000 local words and idioms.
A treasury for folklorists, dialect lovers and anyone with roots in rural Yorkshire. Download the free EPUB.