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Description: | Song relating various old customs, with excellent examples of the Cleveland dialect; 'laiking' - playing; 'saim' - hog's lard; 'yah' - one; 'bun' - bound; 'mell-supper' - harvest home; 'trigg'd ther weeams' - filled their bellies; 'Vessel Kups' - wassail cups.This song forms part of a selection of songs from 'Rhymes and sketches to illustrate the Cleveland dialect' by G.M Tweddell. The book was published in Stokesley by Tweddell and Sons, in 1892. One of only a small number of published song collections from Teesside, this book has the added rarity of being written by a woman, an highly unusual occurrence amongst nineteenth century song collections. Unfortunately little is known of the author. The songs accompanied by a handy glossary of the Cleveland dialect. ; A collection of songs and sketches by Mrs. G.M. Tweddell | Publisher: | Tweddell and Sons Stokesley ; Middlesborough | Rights holder: | rights holder : Border History Museum | Subjects: | customs & traditions festivities | Temporal: | start=1861;end=1900; | Source: | Folk Archive Resource North East | Identifier: | farne:H1000901 | Go to resource |
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