The Mummers, or Christmas Boys
With this post we hear from Dr. Joseph Stevens again on the traditions at Christmas in St Mary Bourne. When
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St Mary Bourne One-Place Study
The history of a Hampshire parish
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Glossary of Provincial Words used in North Hampshire – (T-Y)
The penultimate post in my provincial words series
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Glossary of Provincial Words used in North Hampshire – (S)
Scawt, to push backwards, Berks.Schram’d, chilled, “knit up with cold”.Scriggle, scrawl.Scroop, to make a screwing noise.Shard, a gap.Shirty, angry.Showel, a
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Glossary of Provincial Words used in North Hampshire – (P-R)
Paddle, a spud.Pank, pant, to breathe hard.Panshards, crocks, broken pots.Pelt, skin, as “thick in the pelt”.Piggin, a small pail.Pip, a
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Glossary of Provincial Words used in North Hampshire – (M-O)
Main, almost, as” main tired”.Maur (Celtic), a root, “stool-maur”, “tree-stool”.Mazin, astonishing.Mawkin, a long mop used in baking, Berks.Mazard, a face.Measter,
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Glossary of Provincial Words used in North Hampshire – (G-L)
Gabbern, roomy, comfortless, Wilts.Galley-beggar, a scarecrow.Gied, gave.Gna’-pooast, a niggardly fellow.Green-meat, green food for horses.Grouts, grits, dregs. Haggle, to banter in
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Glossary of Provincial Words used in North Hampshire – (D-F)
Darn, a threat, “darn”, “dash”, and “drat”, I have heard used as a kind of threat.Dawnt, to frighten, “dawnt or
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Glossary of Provincial Words used in North Hampshire – (A – C)
Ackard, awkward, “trimming ackard”.Aish, stubble “oat-ash”.Aneust, “nearst”, nearly, Berks. Bitle, a wedge-driverBout, a pause in wrestling.Brashy, applied to rough, pebbly
Read MoreGlossary of Provincial Words used in North Hampshire – the introduction
Back in 1888 the village doctor Joseph Stevens published his book “Parochial History of St. Mary Bourne Hants with an
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