Wit Character, Folklore & Customs OF THE NORTH RIDING OF YORKSHIRE

WITH A GLOSSARY OF OVER 4,000 WORDS AND IDIOMS NOW IN USE

BY RICHARD BLAKEBOROUGH (SOCIETY HUMORIST) LATE HON. CURATOR OF THE R.S.S.; AUTHOR OF ‘MORE THAN A DREAM,’ ‘T’ HUNT O’ YATTON BRIGG,’ THE COMEDIES ‘TOMBOY,’ ‘AUNTIE,’ ETC.

London HENRY FROWDE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS WAREHOUSE AMEN CORNER, E.C. 1898

THIS WORK IS DEDICATED TO THE REV. E. S. CARTER, M.A. OF YORK AND J. G. WILSON, M.A. OF DURHAM AS A MEMENTO OF SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR MANY ACTS OF FRIENDSHIP SHOWN TO THE AUTHOR