ALMONDBURT AND HUDDERSFIELD. 49 foyt^ and the latter, sounded as two syllables, is a dose approach to the local pronunciation. If then the Almondbury spelling was not correct at the date of the inscription (1522), it was probably phonetic, and at least shows that the local sound, if not the same, was as near as possible what it is now. Fooitin', a fine paid, generally in beer, by a novice on his first intro- duotion to a gang of men with whom he has to work. Pooit it| to measure distances by placing one foot before the other. Forenoon (pronounced forenooin), used for that portion of the morning from breakfeut to dinner. Forenoon drinking, sh, luncheon. Forget, and Forgate, the past tense of to forget Occurs in Gen. zl. 23 : * Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.' Also Ps. cvi. 13. Forgotten, p.p. used often ior forgotten, Fot, past tense of to fetch, oifotch: formerly much used. S. B., iu a fit of disobedience, ran awayfrom her father, who followed her for the purpose of punishment. He overtook her in the churchyard, and on reaching home gave the following account of his proceedings : * Au fot her a fillip, and then fot her another, and daan her coom, and sho fell agen dame Yetton's tomb.' Fet seems to have been an old form. Occurs in Bobin Hood, Fy tte iii. ver. 2 :
- Ly tell Johan fet his bowe anone.'
Fotoh, and Fot, vb, to fetch. Not long since a man rang at a friend* s door, and the servant took her own time to answer the bell, to whom in remonstrance he said, ' Yo bide Bom.e foUin, lass,' meaning she required some fetching to the door. Foughten {pronousiced ftiffen ; gl. fuof-n), the past participle of to fight. Occurs in The Felon 8ew of Rokehy :
- He told them all unto the end
How he had foughteri with a fiend, And lived through mickle strife.' There used to be a story told about Lonffwood ' Thump,' or wake, to this effect. No ' wake was thought to be complete unless all the men had engaged in battle on the occasion. A father addresses his stalwart son, * Jack, has te foughten ? ' Jack replies, * Noow, fatther,' and the afifectionate parent rejoins, ' Kum then, get thee fotighten, and let's gwoa whom. Fonl. See FaaL Fonmard, or Foumart (pronounced foomart sb. a polecat. Fonse, the former pronunciation of the word fox, now nearly obso- lete, but remaining in the local proverb — * Onny owd fouse can bide its own stink.' [Cf. Dutch voa, a fox.— W. W. S.]
