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194 J. Not when at mowèn time I took &emsp;&ensp;An’ pull’d ye out o’ Longmeäd brook, &emsp;&ensp;Where you’d a-slidder’d down the edge &emsp;&ensp;An’ zunk knee-deep bezide the zedge, &emsp;&ensp;A-tryèn to reäke out a clote.

A. Aye I do hear your chucklèn droat &emsp;&ensp;When I athirt the brudge did bring &emsp;&ensp;Zome water on my head vrom spring. &emsp;&ensp;Then under water an’ o’ top o’t, &emsp;&ensp;Wer I an’ didden touch a drop o’t.

J. O Lauk! What thik wold riddle still, &emsp;&ensp;Why that’s as wold as Duncliffe Hill; &emsp;&ensp;“A two-lagg’d thing do run avore &emsp;&ensp;An’ run behind a man. &emsp;&ensp;An’ never run upon his lags &emsp;&ensp;Though on his lags do stan’. &emsp;&ensp;&emsp;What’s that? &emsp;&ensp;&emsp;I don’t think you do know. &emsp;&ensp;There idden sich a thing to show. &emsp;&ensp;Not know? Why yonder by the stall &emsp;&ensp;’S a wheel-barrow bezide the wall, &emsp;&ensp;Don’t he stand on his lags so trim, &emsp;&ensp;An’ run on nothèn but his wheels wold rim.

A. There’s horn vor Goodman’s eye-zight seäke; &emsp;&ensp;There’s horn vor Goodman’s mouth to teäke; &emsp;&ensp;There’s horn vor Goodman’s ears, as well &emsp;&ensp;As horn vor Goodman’s nose to smell— &emsp;&ensp;What horns be they, then? Do your hat &emsp;&ensp;Hold wit enough to tell us that?

J. Oh! horns! but no, I’ll tell ye what, &emsp;&ensp;My cow is hornless, an’ she’s knot.

A. Horn vor the mouth’s a hornèn cup.