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time in the sense of a cloak, or outward covering. A.S. brat, a 

 cloak, a clout. 



" Which that thei might wi-appin hem in a night, 

 And a hratte to walken in a daie liglit." 

 Sc, " Her bits o' hratu are fairly worn through, though she keeps up an 

 appearance of gentility." 



" Pick," pitch. 



" Anoynt the ship with }iick and tar, 

 Without and als within, 

 The water out to spar." 



" Shog," to shake somewhat roughly. 



" Shog him welle and let us lyfte." 



We have it in our popular rhymes — 



" Big it in a Ixjg. 



Where it will neither shake nor ahotj." 



" Bugg," a ghost, now altered to bogle, is common in both 

 districts. The passage in what is called the " Bug Bible," 

 Ps. xci. V. 5 — " Thou shall not be afraid fur the hugyes by night," 

 «fec., is an instance of the use of this word. In words common to 

 both districts 1 may give as a few examples, out of hundreds 

 that might be adduced — " Fike," 0.^., Jika ; O.Hw., Jikia, to 

 bustle ; a Yorkshireman says, " T' puir bairn nohhut Jikes wi' his 

 taes ; " we have " When she tak's on lier^cA;ic fykes." " Deave," 

 O.N., deyfa, to deafen, to stun ; Yk., " A din fit t' deave yan ; " 

 Sc, " Whist, won)an, whist ! dinna deave the gentleman wi' your 

 havers." " Gate," " Gait," O.N., gatta, a road, a way ; Yk., 

 "Let him gan his awn gate;" Sc, "Let him gang his ain 

 gait." " Sark," O.N., serkr, shirt; Yk., " Strippit tiv his sark 

 sleeves ; " Sc, " I'll gie ye a sark in' o' sair banes." Amongst the 

 phrases common to both districts are " Tak tent," " What for 

 no," and various others. One word in the Glossary struck me 

 as being very interesting in its derivation. " Danish," " Densh," 

 " fastidious, dainty, nice ; we have it in the form of Dainshock* 

 (pr. danish), nice, prim ; " A dainish bit body." I am not sure 

 I have heard the word used in this quarter. It is common on 

 the east side of the country. Atkinson, quoting Worsaae, says, 

 " So long as the Danish supremacy lasted (in England), the 

 Danes, naturally, could only carry themselves as lords in a con- 

 quered country. Their innate taste for magnificence and luxury 



* The diminutive " ock " has evidently been added here, 



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