_Moize_, thrive, mend.
WESTERN (Group 1): S.W. SHROPSHIRE.
The following specimen is given in Miss Jackson's _Shropshire Word-
book_, London, 1879, p. xciv. It describes how Betty Andrews, of
Pulverbatch, rescued her little son, who had fallen into the brook.
I 'e{a}rd a scrike, ma'am, an' I run, an' theer I sid Frank 'ad
pecked i' the bruck an' douked under an' wuz drowndin', an' I
jumped after 'im an' got 'out on 'im an' lugged 'im on to the bonk
all sludge, an' I got 'im wham afore our Sam comen in--a good job
it wuz for Sam as 'e wunna theer an' as Frank wunna drownded, for
if 'e 'ad bin I should 'a' tore our Sam all to winder-rags, an'
then 'e 'd a bin djed an' Frank drownded an' I should a bin
'anged. I toud Sam wen 'e t{)o}{)o}k the 'ouse as I didna like
it.--"Bless the wench," 'e sed, "what'n'ee want? Theer's a tidy
'ouse an' a good garden an' a run for the pig." "Aye," I sed, "an'
a good bruck for the childern to peck in;" so if Frank 'ad bin
drownded I should a bin the djeth uv our Sam. I wuz that frittened,
ma'am, that I didna spake for a nour after I got wham, an' Sam sed
as 'e 'adna sid me quiet so lung sence we wun married, an' that wuz
eighteen 'ear.
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