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The praise of York-shire ale, wherein is enumerated several sorts of drinks, with a discription of the humors of most sorts of drunckards. To which is added, a York-shire dialogue, in its pure natural dialect, as it is now commonly spoken in the north parts of York-shire / By G[eorge] M[eriton] Gent.
Meriton, George, 1634-1711.Date: 1697
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A Scottish doctor informing a northen farmer of the perils of consulting a southern doctor including recommending red wine rather than whiskey. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1885.
Keene, Charles, 1823-1891.Date: 1885Reference: 14285i- Books
Rustic speech and folk-lore / [Elizabeth Mary Wright].
Wright, Elizabeth Mary, 1863-1958.Date: 1913
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Anecdotes of the English language; chiefly regarding the local dialect of London and its environs; whence it will appear that the natives of the metropolis and its vicinities have not corrupted the language of their ancestors ; In a letter from Samuel Pegge ; to an old acquaintance [J. Nichols, the original editor] and co-fellow of the Society of antiquaries, London ; To which is added, a supplement to Grose's 'Provincial glossary' / [Samuel Pegge].
Pegge, Samuel, 1733-1800.Date: 1844- Books
Studies on the early 14th-century population of Lindsey (Lincolnshire) / by Gillis Kristensson.
Kristensson, Gillis.Date: 1977