Commissioned by the Somersetshire Archaeological Society and built on a collection left by Edward Norris, a surgeon of South Petherton, this glossary records the old words of the county. Ploughmen, carters and housewives speak through its entries: a turkey-cock is a ganny-cock, the mouth is a gatchel, an old man is a gatfer, and plough-gear is ire-gare.
A small treasury of West Country speech for dialect lovers, local historians and readers of Hardy and Blackmore. Download the free EPUB.