18 FOLK SPEECH OF YORKSHIRE AND NEW ENGLAND. 



Shanks — ankles, legs. "Now then, spare shaiiks (thiii 

 leofs) fifet out of the oate." 



Smatch (smack) — a flavor or taste. 



Snape (snub) — to check, to correct, etc. 



Spigot — a vent peg, in liquor barrels. 



Stagger — to bewilder. "It staggers me, vvheii I think 

 of what he is doing." 



Swap — to exchange ; to barter. 



Siüill — to svvallow greedily. "He swilU down the cof- 

 fee and makes a swül-iwh of himself vvith the food." 



Tend — "tends pigs, cows, etc., tends störe." 



Tickle or Ticklish — a delicate matter or job. "It is 

 rather a ticklish thing to do." 



Tree — anything made of wood, as cross-tree, boot-tree, 

 axle-tree, etc. 



Ugly — horrible, dreadful, disagreeable. "An ugly place 

 to drive in." 



Some of these words may be said to be common any- 

 where, but they are all used in East Yorkshire, and must 

 of course havebeen used there before theywere used here. 

 I have not pretended to look very closely into the subject 

 but hope this ma}^ induce some one with more ability to 

 follow it up and give us a carefully prepared article. The 

 object of this is simply to call attention to the connection 

 of our folk Speech with that of England. 



