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 XXIV ADDITIONS AND ILLUSTRATIONS. said he was going home. Old A. M. said, ^ Fd rather thou had to go nor me, because thou'll meet thepad/oot; ' but old Joe oouldn*t believe it. When he got out to Sharpe Lane end he met the pad/oat^ like a hound dog, all white; he tried to coax it, but it turned into a calf I When he got below it turned into a bear, and began rolling oyer all the way down! A footpath ran through the churchyard uien, and he thought if he went through the pad/oot couldn't follow him. When he gate through down the steps it was ready for him again. It went into as manv forms as it had done before, till he gate home. It seized him so fast he had to call his wife up to open the door; ever after he believed in it. J. G. went to look out of the window, and coiildn't g^t her head back again, for pad/oot was holding her. Her sister said she could see no pad/eet! ' Then tak* hold o me, and thou*lt see.' She took hold, and saw; it was like a large dog. J. L. of Hunter Nab never went out of doors at * neeght ' but he saw it. He could tell when a woman was * baan to go to bed,' or when ' folks were baan to dee.' Jo B., before alluded to, was the only man I have met with who professed to have seen it. He said, ' It was the same as a sheep. I often ran to see it when people said they saw it. One night when I ivur going to Holmfirth, I lit on it; it went wi' me aw the way. I don't know what it wor; it wur a queer 'un, wi' eyes as big as tea- plates.' DESCRIPTION IN ALMONDBURY CHURCH. This inscription is carved in oak, in raised Old English characters, on the cornice of the clerestory of the nave. The great height, the difficulty of getting proper light, and the evident misplacement of some portions, render the reading of it a matter by no means easy. For the following version the editor is greatly indebted to Mr. J. E. Dore, of Huddersfield, a gentleman well known among antiquaries for his valuable collection of Early Printed Bibles. Wat End, Qeferay • Daystu was : the : maker i of : twuor. East End. Anno diTi m? l ccccc! zxij : i ihs. Weet. thow : ifian • vnkynd i haue : in I thy : mynd! my : blody i face • my : wondys i wyde; on : euery i syde i for : thy : trespas I North. thou i synnar : hard • turn : heder : ward : be i hold : thy I sauyor i fire!