{"id":1078,"date":"2016-09-23T15:16:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T14:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/?page_id=1078"},"modified":"2016-09-23T15:16:38","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T14:16:38","slug":"the-varmers-cow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/home\/the-varmers-cow\/","title":{"rendered":"The Varmer\u2019s Cow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From a letter to the Cornish and Devon Post in 1928.<\/p>\n<p>Dear Zur,\u2014<br \/>\nI thought I must write \u2018ee<br \/>\nA vew line vur I\u2019m worried to death,<br \/>\nVur I zeed last wik in the paper<br \/>\nA piece that took \u2018way me breath,<br \/>\nT\u2019was a piece wrote by Jan Stewer,<br \/>\nAn very well worded indade,<br \/>\nBut I can\u2019t slape be night vur thinking,<br \/>\nTill it jist \u2018bout turns me haid,<br \/>\nI can\u2019t work be day, \u2018tis true Zur,<br \/>\nVur \u2018tis always \u2018pon me mind,<br \/>\nAnd Missus zays I\u2019m lazy<br \/>\nAnd always all behind.<br \/>\n\u2018Tis \u2018bout this ole dairy bisnes,<br \/>\nAnd you zee I kips one cow, To bath \u2018er every morning<br \/>\nI\u2019m sure I shent knaw \u2018ow.<br \/>\nAnd if \u2018er takes a cold Zur<br \/>\nI must kip \u2018er nice and \u2018ot,<br \/>\nAnd wrap \u2018er up in vlannel.<br \/>\nI tell \u2018ee I\u2019m quite upzet,<br \/>\nMy cow\u2019ouse vaces North Zur,<br \/>\nNow what be I to do?<br \/>\nVur I\u2019ve tried and tried to sheft \u2018un,<br \/>\nAnd Missus tried \u2018un too.<br \/>\nO\u2019 course, I use some language<br \/>\nAnd zay\u2019s a vew words zometimes.<br \/>\nIf \u2018er should vlink \u2018er tail Zur<br \/>\nOr let out one behind.<br \/>\nAnd the \u2018erdest job of all es<br \/>\nTo milk when \u2018er\u2019s lying down,<br \/>\nVur you musn\u2019t disturb \u2018er \u2018tis zaid, Zur.<br \/>\nIf you do you\u2019m vined vive poun\u2019,<br \/>\nAnd all who milks must wear, Zur,<br \/>\nA white sterched collar and tie,<br \/>\nAnd shave every marning regular<br \/>\nAnd be clain as calin ken be.<br \/>\nNow what be I gwain to do Zur?<br \/>\nI\u2019m sure I\u2019ve gone quite thin<br \/>\nSince all these noo regalations<br \/>\nAnd rules \u2018ave come in.<\/p>\n<p>Visits: 200<\/p><!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1078\" data-postid=\"1078\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1078 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From a letter to the Cornish and Devon Post in 1928. Dear Zur,\u2014 I thought I must write \u2018ee A vew line vur I\u2019m worried to death, Vur I zeed last wik in the paper A piece that took \u2018way me breath, T\u2019was a piece wrote by Jan Stewer, An very well worded indade, But [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":17,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1078","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\/1078","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=1078"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1080,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1078\/revisions\/1080"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/launcestonthen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}