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ment was called a " sull," or "zull" the 

 plough drew the sull. The fact of an 

 agricultural population abandoning an agri- 

 cultural term like this shows how on the 

 surface things are changed. Yet on occasion 

 they can speak the ancient tongue. 



In wet weather a man was asked if a lane 

 was passable could any one drive through 

 it ? His reply was dubious ; he said, " The 

 nits be up to the nuts of a leary putt, an' 

 it would take a good plough to draaw'n 

 through." Translated it runs: "The ruts 

 are up to the nuts, or axle, of an empty 

 cart, and it would take a good team to 

 draw it through " A lane in which the ruts 

 were so deep that an empty and, therefore, 

 a light cart sank to the axle, was not 

 altogether passable. 



Since the schoolmaster has been abroad 

 in Somerset it is observed that the "h" 

 has been dropped altogether. Previous to 



