A Cornish Tale about Our L\u2019il Village by Sal Tregenna.<\/p>\n
Well, there bin a terrable change in th\u2019 we\u2019ther zince I \u2018rote to \u2018ee las\u2019 vortnit\u2019 heb\u2019n there? Like I allus ded zay May\u2019s a terrable trecky munth, an\u2019 you got to watch yer stap, ez th\u2019 zaying\u2019 iz, or you\u2019m gain be \u2018ad wi\u2019 th\u2019 riggens o\u2019 a cold in yer haid, if nort wuss. One day tiz that \u2018ot that a body swets laiks vur to do the\u2019r wurk, an\u2019 you\u2019m terrable tempted vur to laive off yer wes\u2019 coat, or yer body, an\u2019 put on zummin thinner. But jist you go an\u2019 do\u2019t tha\u2019s all, an\u2019 tain to one you\u2019m ad! Nex\u2019 day twull tern that nippy that you\u2019ll be rumped up like a winnard, an\u2019 you\u2019ll be glad \u2018nuff to put on yer winter claos agane. Two or dree vokes yur hev bin \u2018ad theze yur, Jane vur one. \u2018Er cum in yur las\u2019 Zaterday arternune all decked up in a thin vrock an\u2019 a zummer\u2019s \u2018at, gain vur a walk. I wuz zettin\u2019 inside the winder knittin\u2019, an\u2019 \u2018er zes, \u201cCum on Sal, chuck yer knittin\u2019 onder th\u2019 table, an\u2019 cum on out vur a walk.\u201d \u201cYou\u2019m terrable lively all to once, bant \u2018ee?\u201d zes I. \u201cHev\u2019ee vanished yer wurk Jane?\u201d \u201cWot idden den iz left to doin\u2019,\u201d zes she. \u201cI\u2019m gain out an\u2019 injoy this yur garn\u2019 zenshine, an\u2019 I\u2019ll catch up me jobs in th\u2019 aivmen.
\nROOMADDICKS!
\nWell, I put on me \u2018at an\u2019 coat, an\u2019 tooked me vrail. \u201cI wants a vew arrants up shop,\u201d zes I, \u201czo I can git they wiles we\u2019m out.\u201d \u201cWot in th\u2019 diggens be \u2018ee doin\u2019 wi\u2019 yer grut ole coat on Sal?\u201d zes Jane. \u201cWhy, tiz \u2018ot \u2018nuff to roast a hoss; you\u2019ll be jist daid wi\u2019 a gurt coat on. Bezides, doant \u2018ee knaw wot a power o\u2019 gude th\u2019 zen do to yer body? Whey they do zay th\u2019 zen \u2018ll cure jist \u2018bout every kumplaint there iz.\u201d Jane hev allus got \u2018old o\u2019 zum ole noo-vangled noshun lately zince \u2018er bin borryin\u2019 Maria Brown\u2019s noos-paper to reed. \u201cNe\u2019er cast a slout till May be out Jane,\u201d zes I. \u201cI allus vound that device wuz zound, an\u2019 I\u2019m steckin\u2019 to\u2019t. I knaws th\u2019 zen\u2019s gude vur \u2018ee, but there\u2019s a nippy wind gain, too.\u201d \u2018Owzumever, us waint out, an\u2019 I b\u2019leeve I injoyed th\u2019 zen more\u2019n Jane ded, vur every time us got in th\u2019 wind I could zee Jane go all goozey-vlesh, an\u2019 I\u2019m sure \u2018er wuz veelin\u2019 all shivered. Th\u2019 out cum o\u2019t wiz that Munday Jane could \u2018ardly dra\u2019 one laig avore th\u2019 thother, vur blessid roomaddicks! Zilas zed \u2018er\u2019d used a boddle o\u2019 Ellimas Hembercahun vur \u2018er laigs! Zame\u2019s I zed, Elliman\u2019s iz very gude trade, but I\u2019d rather steck to me gurt ole coat!
\nUP TH\u2019 FLUE!
\nWell, I spoase you\u2019ve all o\u2019ee got droo wi\u2019 yer spring clainin\u2019 heb\u2019n \u2018ee? Or bee\u2019ee like me, all behind it, like th\u2019 o cow\u2019s tail? To tell\u2019ee th\u2019 trewth , I bin waitin vur ole Jan Bunt to cum roun\u2019 to swaip th\u2019 chembley avore I dun me kitchen. An\u2019 las\u2019 Munday mornin\u2019 jist ez I wuz up to mneck in waashin\u2019 in cums th\u2019 oe varmint. \u201cNow, look yur, Jan,\u201d zes I. \u201cI bin waitin\u2019 vur you vur weaks, an\u2019 now you got to wait vur me till I vanished me wasjin\u2019! You aut to a\u2019knawed bedder than cum zitch a onhandy time.\u201d \u2018E made out \u2018e wuz terraable bizzy an\u2019 could\u2019n wait, but I gi\u2019ed\u2019n a dish o\u2019tay, an\u2019 wiles \u2018e wuz hevin\u2019 a gude ole tuck-in I vanished me waashin\u2019 an\u2019 got th\u2019 place reddy vur\u2019n. \u201cMore \u2018aste less speed,\u201d they zay, doant \u2018em, an\u2019 I\u2019m beggared, if twadden th\u2019 case wi\u2019 Jan. \u2018E wuz gain do\u2019t purty quick, an do purty wunders, but th\u2019 aunly wunder wuz \u2018e dedden tare down th\u2019 blessid chembley! \u2018E waint an\u2019 got \u2018is ole gear \u2018itched up zum whare, an\u2019 \u2018e an\u2019 me an Jane all tried to vree it, but twuz no gude. \u201cYou\u2019ll hev to bring in th\u2019 dunkey an\u2019 \u2018itch up to yer ole \u2018andel, Jan,\u201d zes Jane. \u201cGit out Jane,\u201d snaps I, \u201cdo\u2019ee talk zence, If you can\u2019t shift th\u2019 blessid thing th\u2019 dunkey can\u2019t!\u201d An\u2019 then Jane went away in a huff. Th\u2019 aind o\u2019t wuz\u2019e \u2018ad to git a ladder an\u2019 clem up top th\u2019 houze, an\u2019 arter a purty ole tussel \u2018e got th\u2019 ole gear out, an\u2019 two or dree brecks an\u2019 \u2018bout a wheel-barrer o\u2019 morter bezides. Zame\u2019s I zed, insid o\u2019 me payin\u2019 \u2018e, \u2018e aut to bin made to pay me vur th\u2019 damidge \u2018e dun, to zay nort \u2018bout th\u2019 blessid mess I \u2018ad!
\nCATCHIN\u2019 SNAILS!
\nWiles I wuz urryin\u2019 auver me chembley, Jane wuz in a purty ole stew auver th\u2019 snals in \u2018er vlower knat. \u201cTher\u2019s \u2018undreds there, Sall,\u201d zes she, \u201can\u2019 I\u2019ll warn \u2018ee they ait all they there sweet pays. I never zeed one \u2018o \u2018em cum up, an\u2019 Zilas zes they mus\u2019 be ratted, avore now. But I b\u2019leeve they ded graw an\u2019 they bloomin\u2019 snails ait \u2018em off zoon\u2019s they shawed.\u201d \u201cWell why doant \u2018ee catch th\u2019 snails,\u201d zes I. \u201cTha\u2019s all very well,\u201d zes she, \u201cbut th\u2019 sweet pays be gone now. Never mind, I\u2019ll put in zum more, I won\u2019t be bait. Bill reckons I teeled th\u2019 tothers too zoon.\u201d \u201cWell,\u201d zes I, \u201cyou\u2019ll hev to catch th\u2019 snails if you\u2019m gain tell zum more, shent \u2018ee. They\u2019ll be nashun plainty wi\u2019 all theze showers . You allus zee when there\u2019s showers there\u2019s snails.\u201d \u201cTiz a baistly o\u2019e job, catchin\u2019 snails,\u201d zes Jane. \u201cItried it las\u2019 night, but it terned me up vity. Twould\u2019n be zo bad if they wadden zo slipper! I wished I knawed zummin wot would kill \u2018em,\u201d \u201cZalt,\u201d zes I. \u201cI\u2019ve yurd that\u2019ll do th\u2019 treck.\u201d \u201cYou got to put a pinch o\u2019 zalt on the\u2019r tails, an\u2019 then they\u2019ll die!\u201d An\u2019 I\u2019m beggared if Jane wadden out nex\u2019 aivmen wi\u2019 a stug o\u2019 zalt waitin\u2019 to zalt in th\u2019 snails! \u201cI got me glasses on,\u201d zes she, \u201cto make sure witchy aind I\u2019m puttin\u2019 th\u2019 zalt on! I do\u2019ant spoase twould hev th\u2019 zame defeck if I put it \u2018pon the\u2019r haids, would it?\u201d I tould \u2018er \u2018er\u2019d bedder ax Jim Snell, cuz \u2018e\u2019d knaw bedder\u2019n me. But Jane reckons \u2018er\u2019ve vanished wi\u2019 Jim Snell cus \u2018e zarved \u2018er a baistly treck auver thikky mouze. Zo if th\u2019 zalt do\u2019ant kill th\u2019 snails I reckon \u2018er\u2019ll vall out wi\u2019 me! Zo long me deers.<\/p>\n
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A Cornish Tale about Our L\u2019il Village by Sal Tregenna. Well, there bin a terrable change in th\u2019 we\u2019ther zince I \u2018rote to \u2018ee las\u2019 vortnit\u2019 heb\u2019n there? Like I allus ded zay May\u2019s a terrable trecky munth, an\u2019 you got to watch yer stap, ez th\u2019 zaying\u2019 iz, or you\u2019m gain be \u2018ad wi\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1020,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1066","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1066"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1068,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1066\/revisions\/1068"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}