when they're in ut they cussen others for dooin when they're caut. O parties are mich of a michness, when they're playin at that game.

GRAVE. Th' last hangin-eaut shop. A place wheere th' change o' weather is never felt; an' wheere th' inhabitants never bother their yeads abeaut rituals; nor what Government's i']

peawer; nor whether th' Russians han their e'en fixed on an extry bit o' lond; or whether th' Turks intend dooin one quarter o' what they'n promised to do. A heause they ne'er send th'

bailies to for back rent; an' th' doctor's never wanted. Wheere they're never i'th' road on a weshin-day; an' are never blown up for bein late in at neet. An' for o these privileges, it's th' last place anybody i' good health wants to flit to. Sometimes it's a refuge for th' weary; mony a time looked forrad to as a blessed change.

H.

HABITATION. A place of abode; a dwelling. To an English

man it's reckoned to be a castle. But it conno' be a very strong castle if a pair o' " flaggers con walk in, an' tak owt eaut they'n a mind for a fortnit's rent. An' that's done very oft. Beside, th' way some o' these castles are built would leead one to think they'rn put up for t' knock deawn wi' th' leeast trouble. There's a row o' these habitations just eautside Hazlewo'th ut are moore accommodatin than happen wur intended by thoose ut built 'em. Thoose ut livin in 'em han no 'casion to goo into company at neet. They con sit on their own hearth-stones an' talk to o their neighbours i'th' tother heauses. I've seen some queer habitations i' Manchester, an' would like eaur Bishop to see one or two on 'em.

HACK. A hired horse. Owd Thuston bowt one once off a cab

chap. A weary owd piece o' skin an' booan it wur. Jack o' Flunter's said it wur fit for nowt nobbut hangin hats or milk cans on. Owd Thuston thowt he could feed it up so ut it could draw two churnins; so he put it eaut to graze. But th' owd rip had forgetten what green stuff wur for; so never nibbled. It wur th' same wi' hay, an' wuts. It couldno' remember ever havin any. But when it coome across a line o' clooas, didno' it sam into 'em? If it hadno' bin for seein another hoss aitin hay i'th' fowt one day, owd Thuston's wouldno' ha' had a rag to their backs in a fortnit. It fed like a pig after that; an' turned eaut to be as good a tit as ever went on th' farm. A change o' diet sometimes maks a wonderful difference, speshly when good provender taks th' place o' shirts an' stockins.

HAG. An old, ugly woman. Abeaut three hundert years sin it wur a misfortin to a woman to be a hag. Hoo're very nee sure to be coed a witch. An' bein a witch meant hangin, if anybody would swear to her dooins. Thoose wur queer times.

HALCYON. Placid; quiet; still. It is said ut there's a sae-brid coed halcyon; an' when it's hatchin, th' sae's aulus calm. I've wished mony a time eaur fowt had bin th' sae when there's bin some hatchin gooin on.

HAMPER. A thing ut seldom finds its road into Walmsley Fowt; an' is never sent to wheere it's mooest needed. If anybody's getten one, weel packed wi' summat beside straw, they'n no 'casion to pay th' carriage; an' they con ha' th' empty back wi' my best thanks. I dunno' want everybody to be sendin at once. One at a time 'll do. We'n very little accommodation for carts abeaut eaur gate.

HANAPER. A royal treasure basket. One o' these properly handicapt I should prefer to a hamper.

HANDSOME. Summat beside good looks. There's dooin a thing in a handsome way; an' sayin things ditto; an' behavin ditto. If a mon or a woman think theirsels handsome witheaut these qualities, they'n their opinion to theirsels. Nob'dy 'll share it wi' 'em.

HAPPINESS. A frame o' mind or feelin seldom raiched. Moore it's striven after an' furr it goes away. It's like runnin up Stannage, for t' catch th' moon. There's mony a grey-yeaded owd foo ut's torn his flesh wi' scramblin after happiness; an' neaw looks back to a time when some o'th' pleasures o'th' wo'ld wur real; but he wurno' satisfied. He fancied ther summat better ut brass would buy if he could nobbut get howd of enough on't. He'd getten as mich as he thowt would lift him into th' seventh heaven; an' happiness is ten times furr off than ever it wur. not to be had here.

It's

HARD. Firm. When applied to a heart it's a bad quality. When applied to times, it maks one soik. But to a mon's ears, or yead, it's a quality to be wished for. "What art' dooin i' that tub, Joe?" wur axt of a mon ut had brokken th' ice in a rain-tub, an' then wur stondin up to th' neck in it, wi' a face as blue as owd

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Joe o' Dick's appron. "I'm tryin t' mak mysel hard," Joe chat-, tered eaut. "Come eaut, theau yorney! Theau'rt noane covered

wi' yure, nor fithers, nor scales. Theau're never intended for noather an otter, nor a duck, nor a fish. Stop theere a while, an' theau'll be hard enoogh in a day or two; but theau'll be between four booards."

HARDHEAD. (Lanky, hardyead.) Skulls must ha' bin thicker i' former times than they are neaw. I've seen owd Dick Chaddick, when he're in his pomp, send his yead reet through a kitchen dur. But he couldno' get it back again. It wur like havin it on a fishhook. Little Dody advised him to go forrad; but that wur quite as impossible. "Send for Copper-nob," Dick said, "he'll get me loce." Copper-nob wur a great tupper, so he're sent for. Th' owd lad soon seed what wur wanted, so he set his yead like an owd billygoat, an' leet wi' sich a sos again owd Dick's gable-end that his shoother wur driven cleean through th' dur, an' he're releeased.

HARMONY. What we con yer in a tapreaum where there's a lot o' factory lads, ut han bin used to a leaud noise, singin chorus. If that wouldno' charm th' yure off a mon's yead, nowt would.

HAT. A covering for the head. Not aulus. Jim o' Jack's used to carry his under his arm when it rained, for fear on it bein spoilt. Some chaps wearn their hats so as to be a coverin for one ear. Others to be a shelter for their nose. I know one or two ut wearn theirs hangin o'er their neck; but that's aulus a sign they'n bin sittin somewheere for an heaur or two.

Hazel. A nut-tree. But hazels used to do summat beside grooin nuts. If my feyther had a nice hazel stick, he seemed never to be satisfied till he'd knocked th' bark off again my buttons.

HEAD. (Lanky, yead.) Th' top garret of a mon's bodily heause. A thing ut's made moore on eautside than inside; speshly wi' women. Hats, bonnets, ribbins, curls, paint, an' frippery bear me eaut i' sayin that. If yo' seen a mon very partikilar abeaut his yure, or thatch, yo' may depend on't, th' insoide furnishin is very scant.

Sometimes a sign o' bad

HEADACHE. (Lanky, yeadwartch.) digestion. At others a sure sign ut ther summat good stirrin th' neet afore. Billy Softly coome creepin eaut o'th' heause one mornin wi' his yead hooped reaund wi' a napkin. "What's to do

wi' thee, Billy?" I axt him. "I're at th' Owd Bell yesterneet; an' ther a bad smell coome up th' slopstone pipe. My yead has never bin reet sin'." "Wur ther owt stirrin beside th' bad smell, Billy?" "Well, ther two chaps fro' Manchester theere; an' they'd moore brass than brains." "I thowt ther summat moore than a smell. I reckon theau'd a good taste, chep."

HEADS.

HEALTH. A thing we care nowt abeaut when we han it; but get witheaut it, an' it's "Oh, dear me!" If we'rn at as mich trouble for t' keep it reet as we are for t' get witheaut it, we should be summat beside bein better tempered folk.

HEARSE. Th' only state carriage a poor mon has a chance o' ridin in; an' then nobbut once.

HEART. A mystery to everybody. We talken as though a heart had summat to do wi' thinkin, an' feelin, when it's nobbut a sort of a boiler for droivin th' engine. "Eh, heaw con theau find