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YORKSHIRE DIALECT CLASSICS
An anthology of the best Yorkshire poems,
stories and sayings
compiled by YDS Vice-President
DR ARNOLD KELLETT
This representative collection is a lively tour through the best in Yorkshire
dialect from the seventeenth century to the present day, and includes: traditional rhymes and sayings; poetry ranging from
the ancient Lyke Wake Dirge through comic verse such as Ahr Mary's Bonnet to modern love poems; and prose from Emily
Bronte to the contemporary humour of Tony Capstick.
So much of Yorkshire's heritage has been brought together in this handy volume. Consisting
of both classic and contemporary material, this illustrated dialect 'Bible' is itself a little classic, and is the ideal bedside
companion.
INCLUDES: What is Yorkshire dialect? A brief history of Yorkshire dialect. Pronunciation and spelling. Favourite
Yorkshire dialect sayings, including the Yorkshireman's coat of arms, the Yorkshire toast, a Yorkshire grace, sheep-counting
numbers, sayings concerning places, similes, proverbs and other humorous phrases.
Yorkshire dialect verse, including the Wakefield Mystery Plays, On Ilkla Mooar Baht 'at, The Lyke Wake Dirge,
Burning Owd Bartle, Guy Fawkes rhymes, Christmas rhymes and songs, The Witch's Curse, The Sheffield Cutler's Song, and poetry
including David Lewis, John Castillo, Ben Preston, Samuel Laycock, John Hartley, Dorothy Una Ratcliffe and Ian Dewhirst.
Yorskhire dialect prose, including Wuthering Heights, Goodies, Goin' to t'Messiah, T'Naybors
Maks Merry by Buxom Betty, Hitler is a Bad Un, Capstick Comes Home, the Nativity in dialect, and humorous
anecdotes. Glossary and further reading.
THE AUTHOR: ARNOLD KELLETT is a well-known speaker and writer on Yorkshire dialect. Though from and bred
in the West Riding, he has for half a century been identified with Knaresborough in North Yorkshire, where he was head of
modern language at King James's School, and is now a Freeman. A vice-president of the Yorkshire Dialect Society, whose journal
Transactions he edited for ten years, Dr Kellett has also written many dialect features for Dalesman magazine
and five other books on the lore and language of Yorkshire.
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