The Dialect of the West of England - Somersetshire

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London: John Russell Smith, 36, Soho Square. 1869. — 167 p.The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire: With a glossary of words now in use there also with poems and other pieces exemplifying the dialect. Second edition: The whole revised, corrected, and enlarged, with two dissertations on the Anglo-Saxon pronouns.Contents Dedication Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition Observations on some of the Dialects of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire A glossary of Words commonly used in Somersetshire Poems and other Pieces, exemplifying the Dialect of the County of Somerset Good Bwye ta Thee Cot Fanny Fear Jerry Nutty Legend of Glastonbury Mr. Guy The Rookery Tom Gool Teddy Band—a Zong—Hunting for Sport The Churchwarden The Fisherman and the Players Mary Ramsey's Crutch Hannah Verrior Remembrance Doctor Cox The Farewell Farmer Bennet an Jan Lide, a Dialogue Thomas Came an Yoimg Maester Jimmy, a Dialogue Mary Ramsay, a Monologue Soliloquy of Ben Bond Two Dissertations on Anglo-Saxon Pronouns Miss Ham on the Somerset Dialect Concluding Observations