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 92 THK DIALECT OF bo buried. The coffin was placed on horseback, and of course moved about with the motion of tbe horse. The husband, observing this, said, ' Tha's bin a noddlin fooil all thi lawf. and tha goes nodmin to thi graye.' He was not oyer careful himself, for he had not ordered a e^ave to be made, and the coffin was left on the churchyard wall till it was ready. Vogpi, eh. certain instruments like the letter L, and made of elastic iron. They were formerly much used in woollen weaying[ to put on the beam for the purpose of holding the warp. As the piece gradu- ally progressed towards completion, they one by one fell out. They are not much used now, but flanges instead. Koint, for anoird, vh. to beat. 'Aull noird thee.' Naitd for arwint is a corruption of the 15th century. — ^W. W. S.] Ifoit, the pronunciation of note in the sense of business or employ- ment : here very common. Chaucer uses note in this sense {Canterbury Tales, line 4066): * What woi< are ye at P ' = * What are you doing ? ' ' We sud be at the same noii as before,' i. e, in the same position, or difficulty. It is said of a cow a long time after calying» ' Sho is old noitedj If giving no milk, and not in calf, * Sho is at no noit* In the Toumel^ Mysteries ' (Surtees Society), at p. 58, we find : To folk of wykyd wylle, Wyth outen tokyn trewe, Thay wylle not tent ther-tylle.* Hominy, or If omine, sb. a tale, or formulary. * He gave us the whole nominy * = * He told us all about it.' A woman, describing the cere- monj of her marriage, said, ' Paarson read H nominy over us,' ». e. the service. No doubt derived from * In nomine Patris, &c. For various nominies see the games * Blackthome,' ' Inkum Jinkum,' &c. Hone, or Hdd&n {gl, noan, or noa'h'n), not. ' He's nodn baan to do that,' i. e. not going to do it. See quotation to Uaaspot from Bohin Hood, Hone (pronounced ndon)^ not one. Hooa, How, or Haw, the pronunciation of no, Hooin, or Hooinin, noon ; midday. Hook (pronounced like book), sb. a comer. ^ Ass nook,* the place where the ashes falL Hor, than. See note to Lake. Horation (see Oration), sb. It is doubtful which form the word takes, t. e. I have not been able to make out whether people say ' an oration ' or * a noration ' ; perhaps the latter is rather more probable, as the natives here are not, more than elsewhere, addicted to use the article ' an.' Honght (pronounced nowf), nothing. A sensible old saying here is,
 * To neven (t. e. name) sych noytes new