Our L\u2019il Village by Sal Tregenna.<\/p>\n
Well, me deers, I bin mainin\u2019 to \u2018rite to\u2019ee avore, but me an\u2019 Vather bin terrable pluff sure \u2018nuff, an\u2019 wot wi\u2019 taindin\u2019 to \u2018e, an\u2019 lookin\u2019 arter mezel, I heb\u2019n \u2018ad no time zur nort, zimmin to me. Then there wuz purty ole doin\u2019s yur Guy Vox weak tha\u2019s when me an\u2019 Vather catched they baistly ole colds if you ax me. But us wuz like th\u2019 cheldern, coarse, an\u2019 us wanted to zee all there wuz to be zeed, bless\u2019ee. I b\u2019leeve I told\u2019ee Nurse wuz gain try to git Jane to hev a bonvire wi\u2019 all th\u2019 ole trade wot \u2018er\u2019d a got \u2018oarded up in th\u2019 backhouse dedden I? Nurse iz a wecked varmint, iss \u2018er iz, an\u2019 er\u2019s nivver appier than when er\u2019s hevin\u2019 pore ole Jane \u2018pon th\u2019 string! I zes to \u2018er zumtimes, I dunno \u2018ow in th\u2019 diggens \u2018er can allus be zo lively an\u2019 vull o\u2019 weckedness, allus mixed up wi\u2019 sickness an\u2019 zufferin\u2019s like \u2018er iz, pore maid. \u201cWell, if I dedden hev a bit o\u2019 spree now an\u2019 then I should git all out o\u2019 h\u2019art, Aunt Sal,\u201d zes she. \u201cA body got to look to th\u2019 bright zide an\u2019 git a gude ole laff when they gits th\u2019 chance on, if they wants to kip vrom gain mazed.\u201d
\nOwzumever, a vew nights avore Guy Vox night, Jane cum in vur a yarn, like \u2018er generally allus do o\u2019 a aivmen. Nurse axed \u2018er if \u2018er wuz gain to make a himage to burn vur Guy Vox, an\u2019 Jane zed \u2018er dedden knaw whare \u2018er shoul or no. \u201cAw, I thort you\u2019d be a gude \u2018and at makin\u2019 himages,\u201d zes Nurse, \u201cyou\u2019m that cliver at makin\u2019 \u2018ats an\u2019 trade.\u201d Coarse that plaized Jane, tho\u2019 like I zed, there\u2019s a brave mite o\u2019 diff\u2019rence in makin\u2019 \u2018ats an\u2019 makin\u2019 himages. But Nurse zed if a body, got th\u2019 knick o\u2019 one they could generally do a brave gude job to th\u2019 tother! Coarse, \u2018er zoft-zoped pore ole Jane all auver, ez th\u2019 zayin\u2019 iz, an\u2019 th\u2019 cum-out o\u2019t wuz that \u2018er an\u2019 Jane planned to make this yur ole himage between \u2018em. Nex\u2019 aivmen Nurse goes off into Jane\u2019s, an\u2019 arter I\u2019d a\u2019washed me zupper things in I goes too, vur to zee wot they wuz on upon. They got zo vur ez vending an\u2019 ole brish-steck. I zed e\u2019d be terrable thin, an\u2019 \u2018c would\u2019n make mutch o\u2019 a vire I dedden reckon, but Nurse zed tha\u2019s whare I wuz all out o\u2019t! \u201cYou wait till me and Missus Reloar hev vanished theze job, an\u2019 you\u2019ll be vritened to zee wot can be dun wi\u2019 an ole brish! Coarse us bant gain hitch a vew ole\u2019 cloas \u2018pon un like \u2018e iz. Us bant makin\u2019 a skare-craw but a Guy Vox.\u201d I zed I could zee twuz like pertin\u2019 wi\u2019 a tooth to Jane, to pert wi\u2019 all that ole rubbitch! Ennyway, twuz vigs vur me to zee they pare stecked up glazin to thikky ole brish-steck ez if they wuz gain wurk zum zoart o\u2019 magick an\u2019 make a man out o\u2019n! \u201cWell, whats nex?\u201d axed Jane, glazin\u2019 to Nurse. I could zee Jane \u2018ad\u2019n got no more noshun wot cum nex\u2019 than th\u2019 man in th\u2019 moon, but \u2018er would\u2019n hev awned up to\u2019t vur th\u2019 wurld! \u201cIf you wants a vitty voundashun to wurk on,\u201d zes I, \u201cI should vancy you wanted zum ribs nex\u2019. Wot about thikky ole burd\u2019s-cage there in th\u2019 cloam oben, Jane? I should think you could make tidy ribs out o\u2019 thikky!\u201d Jane gi\u2019ed me a look vit to tern a pan o\u2019 milk zower! \u201cI bant gain spare me burd\u2019s-cage to plaize nobody,\u201d snaps she. \u201cBut you knaw very well you never \u2018ad a burd in yer life,\u201d zes I, \u201can\u2019 I never could zee wot you bort th\u2019 cage vur.\u201d (Jane bort thikky ole cage to a jumble zale down to Passen\u2019s yurs agone, vur tuppence, cuz \u2018er thort twuz zitch a bargain!) \u201cI mains to hev a canary th\u2019 vust chance I gits,\u201d zes she, \u201ctha\u2019s wot I\u2019m kippin\u2019 th\u2019 cage vur, if you mus\u2019 knaw.\u201d I doant think us shall need yer burd\u2019s-cage, Jane,\u201d zes Nurse, \u201ctheze yur brish-steck wull be voundashun enuff \u00a0\u2018s\u2019long\u2019s us can wrap plainty roun\u2019 un to make a gude vigger,. Th\u2019 queshun iz wot can us hev?\u201d Then \u2018er begun to glaze roun\u2019 th\u2019 back-houze to zee wot \u2018er could zee. \u201cWot about thikky ole mat behind th\u2019 dore, Missus? \u2018E\u2019d go roun\u2019 un purty menny times.\u201d \u201cMy deer days, I can\u2019t spare \u2018e,\u201d zes Jane. \u201cAw, I\u2019m zorry,\u201d zes Nurse, \u201caunly I zee \u2018e\u2019s all tored to lerrops an\u2019 I thort \u2018e wuz vanished vur. I should devise \u2018ee to git th\u2019 rids o\u2019n, Ennyway, else you\u2019ll be hitchin\u2019 yer vit in\u2019n, an\u2019 braikin\u2019 yer laigs, or it might be yer neck.\u201d I could zee pore ole Jane wuz hevin\u2019 a purty ole tussle wi\u2019 \u2018erzel\u2019, an\u2019 then \u2018er zed, \u201cAw, well, heb\u2019n if you mine to, aunly \u2018e wuz \u2018andy vur shovin\u2019 \u2018ginst th\u2019 dore vur to kip th\u2019 draff out.\u201d Zo Nurse took th\u2019 ole mat an\u2019 rolled\u2019n roun\u2019 th\u2019 broom-steck, an\u2019 tied\u2019n on wi\u2019 a peace o\u2019 cord. Twould take too long to tell\u2019ee every thing Nurse rolled roun\u2019 thikky ole brish avore \u2018er reckoned th\u2019 figger wuz purfick! But I\u2019ll warn pore ole Jane wuz swettin\u2019 laiks, an\u2019 Nurse wuz lookin\u2019 ez plaised as Punch. \u2018Er ferricked out a purty passell o\u2019 ole bags an\u2019 coats an\u2019 trade vrom under th\u2019 table, wot Jane declared wuz \u201cth\u2019 pore, deer dog\u2019s baid,\u201d an\u2019 \u2018er dedden knaw Wotever \u2018e\u2019d do when \u2018e cum to slaip thikky night! Nurse zed \u2018e aut to slaip out in th\u2019 linney \u2018pon th\u2019 straw, an\u2019 \u2018er thort Jane wuz too up-to-date to hev an ole dog slaipin\u2019 in onder th\u2019 back-houze table! Zo I reckon pore ole \u201cSwaller\u201d hev \u2018ad to shift \u2018is quarters, cuz Jane would do ennything Nurse zed wiles th\u2019 mood lasted! \u201cNow we wants zummin\u2019 vur a haid,\u201d zes Nurse, \u201can\u2019 a pare o\u2019 ole boots vur\u2019n, too, an\u2019 a \u2018at, an\u2019 zum cloas,\u201d I thort pore ole Jane would hev drapped, you! \u201cI heb\u2019n got nort more you can hev,\u201d galloped she. \u201cBezides, you\u2019ve \u2018ad very well, an\u2019 I reckons tiz Sal\u2019s tern to gi\u2019e zummin towards it,\u201d \u201cI can gi\u2019e \u2018ee an\u2019 ole coat,\u201d zes I, \u201cbut I thort I wadden spoased to be in this job, Jane!\u201d Jist then Bill an\u2019 Zilas cum in, an\u2019 they wuz vair teckled auver th\u2019 himage. Bill zed there wuz an ole voot-ball out in th\u2019 linney Nurse could hev vur a haid, an\u2019 then Jane waint away off in th\u2019 kitchen an\u2019 left Nurse an\u2019 Bill to vanish th\u2019 job. \u201cI\u2019m very glad you sterted this noshun, Nurse,\u201d zes Bill, laffin\u2019 like a piskey. \u201cI\u2019m allus tryin\u2019 to git Mawther to cleer out theze ole back-houze, but I can never git \u2018er to do\u2019t. Still, you\u2019ve made a brave ole clearance theze aivmen I\u2019ll warn that, an\u2019 be time us hev drest\u2019n up there won\u2019t be menny ole rags left \u2018angin\u2019 up behind th\u2019 dore!\u201d There wadden \u2018nother, I\u2019ll tell\u2019ee, I\u2019ll warn if thikky himage \u2018ad up one coat \u2018e \u2018ad jist a dizzen, an\u2019 dree pares o\u2019 trowzers I knew vur zartin. Then I gi\u2019ed \u2018em an\u2019 ole pillah slip wot wuz wored jist droo, an\u2019 they made a vace out o\u2019 that be zewin\u2019 o\u2019n roun\u2019 th\u2019 voot-ball, an\u2019 puttin\u2019 in heyes an\u2019 nawse an\u2019 mouth wi ink. Then Bill put on one o\u2019 Zilas\u2019s ole bowler \u2018ats to\u2019n, an\u2019 a pare o\u2019 ole boots o\u2019 \u2018is awb, an\u2019 I mus\u2019 zay \u2018e wuz ez wecked lookin\u2019 an ole himage ez you\u2019d mit in a day\u2019s march! Coarse, Jane purty ballyragged Bill an\u2019 Zilas arter us waint out, ouz us could yur \u2018er hollerin\u2019 like a witneck vrom out to garden gate ez us waint out. But \u2018er dedden hev th\u2019 neck to go an\u2019 take enny o\u2019t off, tho\u2019 \u2018er purty moaned an\u2019 groaned auver zo mutch \u201cgude trade bein\u2019 burned to ashes, ez \u2018er zed! Bill zed \u2018e wished twuz Guy Vox every weak, cuz there might be zum \u2018opes o\u2019 kippin\u2019 th\u2019 back-houze cleer then!
\nWhen th\u2019 might cum Jane stecked in th\u2019 dore-place waatchin\u2019 Bill an\u2019 Zilas an\u2019 Nurse an\u2019 Vather an\u2019 me burn th\u2019 himage, but \u2018er would\u2019n cum out an\u2019 \u2018elp, Then Nurse brot out a bootivul gurt box \u2018o vire-works wot \u2018er\u2019d bort, an\u2019 they put they off. I b\u2019leeve that ded cheer Jane up a mite, cuz twuz well wo\u2019th waatchin\u2019 I\u2019ll warn that. Then I axed \u2018em all to cum in an\u2019 hev a dish o\u2019 tay in to my plaace an\u2019 avore th\u2019 aivmen wuz auver Jane wuz veelin\u2019 more like \u2018erzel. \u201c\u2019E made a darned gude vire, dedden \u2018a\u201d zes Bill, jist ez they wuz laivib\u2019. \u201cIss,m\u201d zes Jane to me, in a whisper, \u201cbut they dedden burn Vather\u2019s bowler tho\u2019, I dun \u2018em there! \u2018E vaaled off ez they carr\u2019ed \u2018n out, an\u2019 I heed\u2019n away. \u2018E\u2019s a nashun gude \u2018at \u2018e iz, an\u2019 I dedden want\u2019n destroyed. Pors ole Nat Brown iz nex\u2019 dore to daid, an\u2019 I deer zay they\u2019ll az Zilas to be barer to\u2019n, zo \u2018e\u2019ll want thikky bowler if they do. Zame\u2019s I zed, wi\u2019 a gude brish up wi\u2019 th\u2019 blackin\u2019 brish \u2018e\u2019ll be gude ez new!\u201d<\/p>\n
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Our L\u2019il Village by Sal Tregenna. Well, me deers, I bin mainin\u2019 to \u2018rite to\u2019ee avore, but me an\u2019 Vather bin terrable pluff sure \u2018nuff, an\u2019 wot wi\u2019 taindin\u2019 to \u2018e, an\u2019 lookin\u2019 arter mezel, I heb\u2019n \u2018ad no time zur nort, zimmin to me. Then there wuz purty ole doin\u2019s yur Guy Vox weak […]<\/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-1072","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\/1072","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=1072"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1074,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1072\/revisions\/1074"}],"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=1072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}