ALMONDBURY AND HUDDERSFIELD. 83
- They toke away the sylver Tossell,
And all that they myght get, Feces, mcuara, and epones Woldne they non forgete.' Joseph o' Nuppits went from house to house for dinner on Sundays in a kind of rotation. Once at John Shearran's he was somewliat dissatisfied with his allowance, and said, ' Is thish all Au'm to hey P Ef Au'd been at Aylom's o' Lockwood, Au could ha' had sa'em (seyen) or naun (nine) tnasef* i. e. masepots. Haister, the pronunciation of master, Mak, vh. to make. * To make the door, shutters/ &c., is to fasten them, Mak, 8h. make ; kind ; sort, &c. ' All mxika ' = all sorts. A lass, in return for some impudence from a boy, said, ' Sattle thee, lad, Au'm noan one o' that mdk ; ' i.e. Be quiet, lad, I'm not one of that sort. Make (pronounced make), vb, to riddle oatmeal, &c. Maleder, Melder, or Milder, sb, what a man takes to the mill to be groimd, whether a large or small quantity. [Icel. meldry flour or com in a mill.— W. W. S.] Mally, «6. Molly, the nickname for Mary. ' Molly Pashloy's ' is a well-known roadside inn, called the Three Crowns, kept formerly by one Mary Fashley. Man above. The, the Supreme Being. See Above. I am in- formed that children, when asked who is the best inan^ will answer to this efifect, though not in these words. The idea is evidently not con- fined to any age or locality, for at Oswestry on Hallow e'en is sung a kind of carol, in which occur the following words :
- One for Peter, and two for Paul,
And three for the good man That made us all.' Again in Bobin Hood, Fytte iy. yer. 36 :
- ** I make mvn ayowe," said Bobyn,
Monke, thou art to blame, For God is holde a ryghtwys man^ And so is his dame. Which words are addressed to the monk of St. Mary* s Abbey. The expression * Being aboye ' is also used. Manchet (pronounced manshet), sb. a species of fine bread. The word has now disappeared from the neighbourhood, but I have met with persons who remembered a man whose business was to soil such bread, from which circumstance he was known as * Billy Manchet,* The word occurs in the Ingoldsby Legends, * The King's Scholar's Story '
- Her mancheta fine «
Were quite divine.* a 2
