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Lancashire Humour

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A

Ab' o' th' Yate, 3, 18, 101

Abram, Mr, Historian of Blackburn, 61

Abram o' Bobs, 91

Ale-taster of Rossendale, the, 101, 103

Amen, Little, 99

Animal food, 66

Ann o' th' Kiln and Judie, 89

Apostles' Creed, the, 77

Aspirate, dropping the, 61, 62, 63

Astronomer, Crabtree, the, 21

Asylum, Whittingham Lunatic, 128

Authors in Lancashire Dialect, 2, 5

B

Badger's shop, a, 123

Bailey, Sir William, 49

Ball, Canon, 122

Bamford, Samuel, 112

Barley Times, 85

Belmont Churchwardens, 67

Besom Ben, 3, 16

Bill o' Jack's, 92

Blackley, meeting at, 18

Bobbin, Tim, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12

Bobbins, thou'rt short o', 49

Bocking Warp, 99

Boring for compensation, 73

Brandwood, witch o', 112

Brierley Ben, 2, 5, 18, 75

Bright, John, 47, 48

Brooks, John, of Sunnyside, 94

Brooks, Sam, Manchester banker, 94, 95, 96

Bull-baiting in Rossendale, 83

Burs-holder, 103

C

Chaucer, 4

Christmas soiree, girl at, 37

Clare, O. Leigh, Q.C., M.P., 53, 63

Clegg, Trafford, 5

Coal strike in Lancashire, 55

Coger's Hall, 118

Collier, John, 2, 3, 10, 12

Consecrating the footpaths, 63

Co-op. Mills, 69

Coud an' hungry, 17

Court Leet, 103

Court, Halmot, 102

Crabtree, the astronomer, 21

Crawshaw, Squire, 122

Crawshawbooth Sabbath breakers, 110

Cronje at St Helens, 64

Cross, Lord, 52

D

Daisy year, a, 40

Derby, Lord, 54

Devil of a dog, a, 96

Deyghn Layrocks, 98, 100

Dialect, antiquity of the Lancashire, 3

Dick o' owd Sally's, 92

Dick, Spindle, 101

Disraeli, Mr Bright on, 48

District of Lancashire Dialect, choicest, 1, 2

Doffers, Lancashire Factory, 80

Dog's tail, cutting off a, 97

Drufty Ned, 120

Duckworth, Captain, 122

Duckworth, Mr, M.P. for Middleton, 54

Dulesgate, 114

E

Eccles and his coachman, 38

Election questions, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54

"Elijah," the Oratorio of, 67

F

Factory Doffers, 80

Fair, Kirk, 106

Fiddler, the old, 16

Fielden, Hiram, 123

Fielden, Mr, M.P. for Blackburn, 62

Fitton, Major, 122

Fitton's visit to the Earl o' Derby, 20

Flea and elephant, the, 39

Foreigners, prejudice against, 74

Fraser, Dr, Bishop of Manchester, 34

Free thoughts by a Manchester man, 32

Friday night courting, 126

Fry, J. Pease, 53

Funerals of the working classes, 41

G

Gaskell, Rev. W., M.A., on dialect, 4

Gas-lighting, 79

Gentleman Taylor, 108, 122

George, Long, constable of Bacup, 87

George o' Bob's, 92

Girl at Christmas soiree, 37

Gower, 4

Great Unpaid, the, 107

H

Hall, Dr, 122

Halliday, Thomas, 31

Halmot Court, 102

Hampson, R. J., on Quacks, 28

Handley, Mr, landlord of the "Derby," 57

Handloom days, in, 99, 114

Happy Simeon, 99

Hareholme Mill in Rossendale, 85

Hargreaves, George, J.P., 93

Harland, John, 84

Head-borough, 103

Hell Clough, 111

Hit or Miss, 120

Horace, quoted, 60

Hornby, Mr, M.P. for Blackburn, 62

Howorth, John, 114

Humour as a lever, 73

Hunchback, diminutive, 98

I

Image-maker and Buddha, the, 38

In handloom days, 99

Inspection, humours of School, 76, 77

Insular prejudice, 74

Irish and Lancashire humour compared, 55

Isle of Man tripper, 39

J

Jammie, Long, brid-stuffer, 19

Jobber Pilling's feyther, 92

John's uncle, 42

Jonson, Ben, 4

Justice Willes, 61

K

Kay, Billy, and his parrot, 19

Keene, Charles, picture in "Punch," 63

Kiln and Judie, Ann o' th', 89

Kirk Fair, 106

Knot Mill Fair, 76

Krooger, Owd, 64

L

Lahee, Miss, 5, 20, 122

Lamb, Rev. Robert, 32, 77

Lancashire character, examples of, 2, 5

Lancashire Dialect, antiquity of, 3

Lancashire Factory Doffers, 80

Lancashire man abroad, the, 74

Lancashire memories, by Mrs Potter, 35

Lancashire proverbs, 39

Landlord of the "Derby," the, 57

Laycock, Samuel, 5

Layrocks, Deyghn, 98, 100

Lectures, Gaskell's, on Lancashire Dialect, 4

Leyland character, a, 79

Little Amen, 99

Lobscouse, Dicky, of Leyland, 79

Long George, constable of Bacup, 87

Long Jammie, brid-stuffer, 19

Lunatic Asylum, Whittingham, 128

M

Maister George, 93

Malaprop, Mrs, 63

Manchester clergyman and the sick woman, the, 33

Manchester Court Leet Records, 84

Manchester Ship Canal, 70

Massey, Lord, 122

Memories, Lancashire, by Louise Potter, 35

Methuselah, Old, 99

Milestone, the, 58

Mill, Stuart, 37

Milner, George, 96, 126

Mining village, stranger in, 27

N

Nab, Rondle o' th', 17

Names of recognition, 92

Ned, Drufty, 120

Nuttall, John, 86

O

Old Trafford County cricket match, 24

Oldham woman and the New Jerusalem, 33

One o' th' mad 'uns, 129

Orange-woman and Ben Brierley, 75

Oratorio of "Elijah," the, 67

Ormerod, Oliver, 2, 12, 16

Owd Neddy Fitton's visit to the Earl o' Derby, 20

Owd Jack's throttle, 17

Owd Pooter, 64, 66

Owd Sam and Mr Handley, 56

Owdham Chap at Old Trafford, th', 24

Owdham Chap on the tread-mill, th', 23

P

Parrot, Billy Kay's, 19

Pyckin' 'em out, you're, 56

Pigeon-flyer, the dying, 25

Pilgrim's Progress, nobbut a dreyam, 118

Pilling's feyther, Jobber, 92

Pioneers, Rochdale, 90

Pooter, Owd, 64, 66

Porritch powder, 17;

water, 85

Postman, Whittingham Lunatic Asylum, 128

Potter's Memories, Louise, 35

Power-loom breaking riots of 1826, 86

Preston House of Correction, 23, 79

Proverbs, Lancashire, 39

Put a notice up, 65

Q

Quacks, R. J. Hampson on, 28

Quiet sow, th', 39

R

Rachde Felley in London, the, 12, 13, 14

Recognition, names of, 92

Riding the Stang, 126

Riggin' o' th' world, th', 11, 114

Riots of 1826, power-loom breaking, 86

Roberts, General, 64

Robin o' Sceawter's feyther, 17

Rochdale Pioneers, the, 90

Rodger, Spanking, 99

Rondle o' th' Nab's cat, 17

Rossendale loom breakers, 87

Rough and enough, 40

S

Sall o' Croppers, 120

Sam, Owd, of Bury, 56

Samson, Strong, 99

School Inspection, humours of, 76, 77

Scotch and Lancashire humour contrasted, 55

Shakespeare, 4, 9

Shackleton, Jim, and boring for compensation, 70

Ship Canal, Manchester, 70

Shooting or worrying th' Boers, 58

Simeon, Happy, 99

Sixteen eggs for a shilling, 65

Smith, Jack, of Blackburn, 61

Socialist, a Lancashire, 59

Sond brid, the, 19

Spanking Rodger, 95

Spenser, 4

Spindle Dick, 101

Stalybridge man and his hat, 43

Stang, riding the, 126

Staton, J. T., 5

Steam pressure, 64

Stuart Mill, 37

T

Ta'en 'em as they come, 56

Taker-in, the, 115

Tattersall, Lord, 122

Taylor, Gentleman, 108, 122

Taylor, Richard, the Rossendale ale-taster, 101

Thrutch, the, 111

Tim Bobbin, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12

Tithing-men, 103

Touching th' moon, 68

Tramp and the stonebreaker, 58

Treacle barrel, the, 124

Tummus and Meary, John Collier's, 2, 10

Tyldesley collier and his bull-dog, the, 21

U

Unpaid, the Great, 107

V

Volunteer movement, 47

W

Walmsley Fowt, 18

Walton, Jim, the astronomer, 21

Ward, Artemus, 16

Warp, Bocking, 99

Waugh, Edwin, 2, 5, 16, 17, 37, 91, 114

Wheelbarrow, collier and, 28

Whittingham Lunatic Asylum Postman, 128

Wigan collier and his boy, 45

Willes, Justice, 61

Windle, Dick, 127

Witch o' Brandwood, 112

Working man going to the Isle of Man, the, 38

Worrying or shooting th' Boers, 58

Wycliffe, 4

Y

You're pykin' 'em out, 56

Young grindlestones, 91

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Transcriber's Note:

Archaic and inconsistent punctuation and spelling retained.

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