Our L\u2019il Village by Sal Tregenna.<\/p>\n
Well me deers, tiz zummer wether now, an\u2019 no mistook \u2018bout it. An\u2019 May\u2019s out, too, an\u2019 Jane cum in, zo I spoase everybody hev bugun to cast the\u2019r clouts now. There\u2019s a purty passell o\u2019 th\u2019 youngsters yur in our li\u2019l village gain roun\u2019 wi\u2019 nex\u2019 to nort on, witch I reckons iz carr\u2019in\u2019 things a mite too vur mezel\u2019. Coarse I b\u2019leeves in th\u2019 noo-vangled ways to a zartin decree, ez th\u2019 zayin\u2019 iz, but wot I mains iz this, maidens should be maidens, an\u2019 tidden vitty zimmin to me to zee \u2018em all drest up in boy\u2019s shorts, ez they caals \u2018em. Coarse, I spoase I\u2019m ole-vashuned in me noshuns, but I reckon if us \u2018ad a\u2019dun zitch a thing when I wuz young th\u2019 p\u2019leece would hev tooked us up vur it! Mine you, twuz all too mutch th\u2019 tother way in they days. They used to dress us up in gowns trailin\u2019 th\u2019 vloor, an\u2019 raid vlannel petticoats an\u2019 stays an\u2019 bussells like a hosses harness! I shall never vurgit, you, when I wuz married an\u2019 waint away vrom \u2018ome, I made up me mine I wadden gain be trusses up like it, zo when I bort me nex\u2019 gown I \u2018ad\u2019n made zo\u2019s \u2018e cum jist to th\u2019 tops o\u2019 me shoes. An\u2019 when \u2018pore ole Mawther cum to zee me \u2018er purty nigh vainted cuz \u2018er could zee me veet! Wotever th\u2019 deer ole critter would zay now, if \u2018er could cum back an\u2019 zee wot th\u2019 maidens dress like I do net knaw!
\nJANE TRIES IT AGANE.
\nCoarse, I tould\u2019ee \u2018ow ole Jane got th\u2019 roomaddicks droo gain out wi\u2019 a thin vrock on when twuz that there cold wind, dedden I? Nashun bad \u2018er wuz in \u2018er laigs too, but \u2018er\u2019s got auver\u2019t now, an\u2019 drest up in all \u2018er zummer trade agane. Brave ole kickshaw zum o\u2019t iz, too, vur Jane can never git rids o\u2019 th\u2019 noshun that \u2018er\u2019s a mite o\u2019 a dress maker, an\u2019 tiz wunderval wot trade \u2018er do put together. Ez vur th\u2019 stile o\u2019t, well it vits where it tutches, if you will. Th\u2019 lates\u2019 iz a noo vrock wot \u2018er\u2019ve made out o\u2019 a pare o\u2019 orringe curtins wot zumbody gi\u2019ed \u2018er! When \u2018er put\u2019n on vust Zilas zed \u2018e wuz gain vix \u2018er out \u2018mongst th\u2019 teddies to skeer th\u2019 rukes away! Pore ole Zilas! Us hav \u2018ad a gude ole grizzle auver \u2018e theze week! Zilas wurks vore to Varmer Brown\u2019s an\u2019 las\u2019 week \u2018e put Zilas tainin\u2019 sheep. Coarse, \u2018e idden zo young ez \u2018e wuz, poe ole veller, an\u2019 I reckon moast o\u2019 they there sheep wuz a zight younger an\u2019 more acktive than wot \u2018e wuz. Varmer Brown oft to hev lef\u2019 th\u2019 boy \u2018elp Zilas catch th\u2019 beggars I zed, but Varmer Brown\u2019s like all th\u2019 rest o\u2019 \u2018em, \u2018e wants \u2018is munney\u2019s wo\u2019th an\u2019 a mite more too, zo pore ole Zilas \u2018ad to git on wi\u2019t bes\u2019 \u2018e could. Me an\u2019 Jane happed to go vur a walk thikky arternune, an\u2019 us waint down pas# Varmer Brown\u2019s. Us zeed pore ole Zilas in th\u2019 medda sheerin\u2019 a sheep ez us waint past, an\u2019 when us got \u2018way up top th\u2019 \u2018ill tother zide us looked back an\u2019 zeed\u2019n rinnin\u2019 roun\u2019 th\u2019 medda like a two-yur-ole, tryin\u2019 to catch anether sheep. \u2018E \u2018ad an ole dog there wot wuz spoased to be a \u2018elp but th\u2019 ole varmint wuz draivin\u2019 \u2018em th\u2019 wrong way all th\u2019 time, an\u2019 wurryin\u2019 th\u2019 pore o\u2019e sheep jist out o\u2019 the\u2019r wits. Like I zed to Jane, if I\u2019d a\u2019bin Zila I\u2019d a\u2019gied \u2018e a taste o\u2019 th\u2019 sheers, that I would! But I spoase \u2018e\u2019d hev \u2018ad to catch th\u2019 varmint vust! When us cum \u2018ome-wurds Zilas wadden to be zeed, zo I thort \u2018e\u2019d got out o\u2019heart wo\u2019t, an\u2019 gi\u2019ed it up.
\n\u2018OW ZILAS CUM \u2018OME.
\nWhen I got \u2018ome I wuz bizzy gittin\u2019 th\u2019 tay reddy, an\u2019 I dedden think nort \u2018bout pore ole Zilas. But when I wuz waashin\u2019 th\u2019 deshes, in cums Jane, an\u2019 \u2018er zed Zilas wadden cum \u2018ome vrom wurk. \u201c\u2019E\u2019s purty an\u2019 late then Jane, idden \u2018a?\u201d zes I. \u201cAw, I deer zay \u2018e \u2018ad to fo zo menny ole sheep vur e\u2019s day\u2019s wurk.\u201d Zes Jane, \u201can\u2019 I spoase \u2018e heb\u2019n vanished it \u2018et.\u201d Ennyway th\u2019 aivmen waint on, an\u2019 twuz got jist nine o\u2019clock an\u2019 still there wadden no zigns o\u2019 Zilas. \u201cLook yur Jane.\u201d Zes I, \u201cI should take down a can \u2018o tay an\u2019 a crib to\u2019n if I wuz you, an\u2019 zee wots \u2018e\u2019s \u2018bout\u201d \u201cAw \u2018e\u2019ll be \u2018ome when tiz baid-time, bless\u2019ss,\u201d zes she, an\u2019 \u2018er wadden a bit worried, net she. When \u2018er waint away in \u2018bout half-pas\u2019 nine, I wuz got in a regler ole stoo, an\u2019 I could\u2019n res\u2019. \u201cVather,\u201d zes I, \u201cdo\u2019ee take an\u2019 go down an\u2019 zee if you can zee\u2019n,\u201d zes I. \u201cZilas idden no checken, no more\u2019n you be, an\u2019 I doant b\u2019leeve it dun\u2019n enny gude gallopin\u2019 roun\u2019 an\u2019 roun\u2019 in th\u2019 blain\u2019 zen. \u2018E mite hev \u2018ad a heart vetrack or a zenstroke all we knaw.\u201d Zo Vather put on \u2018is \u2018at, an\u2019 waint away off. Twadden long avore \u2018e cum \u2018ome vur th\u2019 wheel-barrer! Zilas\u2019s boy, Bill, wadden \u2018ome thikky aivmen, zo \u2018e knawed \u2018e \u2018ad to git\u2019n \u2018ome be issel. \u201cWotever\u2019s up, Vather,\u201d zes I, swettin laiks. \u201cZider,\u201d zes \u2018e, \u201cbut \u2018e cant\u2019t walk. I tould\u2019n I\u2019d bring down th\u2019 barrer, an\u2019 dra\u2019n \u2018ome when it got dimmit! You\u2019d bedder tell Jane \u2018e\u2019s bad, witch \u2018e iz, but doant \u2018ee zay tiz zider wot dun it, Wotever you do!\u201d \u201cNo,\u201d zes I, cuz I knawed \u2018e\u2019d git it zummin \u2018orrable if Jane knwed that. \u201cI\u2019ll zay \u2018e\u2019s auver-cum wi\u2019 th\u2019 \u2018ait, witch is true railly, cuz th\u2019 \u2018ait gied\u2019n th\u2019 therst, arter all.\u201d
\nZo I waint in an\u2019 tould \u2018er, an\u2019 \u2018er zed \u2018er wuz gain down to \u2018elp\u2019n \u2018ome but Vather would\u2019n laive \u2018er go. Well arter a time Vather wuz cum wi\u2019n, \u2018E tould me arter \u2018e \u2018ad purty wurks to git\u2019n to zet in th\u2019 barrer, an\u2019 \u2018e kipt on gittin\u2019 out arter \u2018e ded vix\u2019n in. But pore ole Zilas idden bigger\u2019n a gude boy, zo Vather got auver\u2019n in th\u2019 aind. Us put\u2019n to baid, an\u2019 gi\u2019ed zum strong tay, an\u2019 \u2018e wuz Alrite nex\u2019 day \u2018ceps vur a haiake. Jane zes \u2018e wuz allus waik in \u2018is haid, zo tha\u2019s \u2018ow \u2018e wuz took!<\/p>\n
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Our L\u2019il Village by Sal Tregenna. Well me deers, tiz zummer wether now, an\u2019 no mistook \u2018bout it. An\u2019 May\u2019s out, too, an\u2019 Jane cum in, zo I spoase everybody hev bugun to cast the\u2019r clouts now. There\u2019s a purty passell o\u2019 th\u2019 youngsters yur in our li\u2019l village gain roun\u2019 wi\u2019 nex\u2019 to nort […]<\/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-1075","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\/1075","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=1075"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1077,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075\/revisions\/1077"}],"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=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}