A Can'lemas crack
Lays mony a sailor on his back.
If Can'lemas be lound(1) an' fair,
Ya hauf o' t' winter's to coom an' mair.
If Can'lemas day be murk an' foul,
Ya hauf o' t' winter's gean at Yule.
1. Calm.
February Fill-Dike
February fill-dyke,
Fill it wi' eyther black or white.
March muck it oot,
Wi' a besom an' a cloot.
Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday, palm away;
Next Sunday's Easter-day.
Good Friday
On Good Friday rist thy pleaf,(1)
Start nowt, end nowt, that's eneaf.
Lang Friday's niver dean,
Sea lig i' bed whal Setterday nean.
1. Rest thy plough.
Royal Oak Day
It's Royal Oak Day,
T' twenty-naanth o' May.
An' if ye dean't gie us holiday,
We'll all run away.
Harvest Home and the Mell-Sheaf(1)
1. The " mell " is the last sheaf of corn left in the field
when the harvest is gathered in.
We have her, we have her,
A coo iv a tether.
At oor toon-end.
A yowe(1) an' a lamb,
A pot an' a pan.
May we git seafe in
Wiv oor harvest-yam,
Wiv a sup o' good yal,
An' some ha'pence to spend.
3. Ewe.
Here we coom at oor toon-end,
A pint o' yal an' a croon to spend.
Here we coom as tite as nip(1)
An' niver flang ower(2) but yance iv a grip.(3)
1. Very quickly. 2. Tumbled. 3. Ditch.
Weel bun' an' better shorn
Is Mr.
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