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Folk-Speech of Cumberland and Some Districts Adjacent: Being Short Stories and Rhymes in the Dialects of the West Border Counties

by Alexander Craig Gibson

Level C1 · AdvancedClassics36 chapters
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About this book

Explore the rich dialects and lively folk tales of Cumberland and its border counties through vivid short stories and rhymes, capturing the authentic speech and culture of the region’s old Norse-rooted vernacular.

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Contents

36 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02PREFACE.
03CONTENTS.
04JOE AND THE GEOLOGIST.
05T’ REETS ON’T;
06BOBBY BANKS’ BODDERMENT. (A Sup of Coald Keàl het up ageàn.)
07WISE WIFF.
08LAL DINAH GRAYSON.
09JWOHNNY, GIT OOT!
10THE RUNAWAY WEDDING.
11BILLY WATSON’ LONNING.
12LONE AND WEARY.

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