poison berries three,
Three fresh-cull'd blooms o' devil's glut,(2)
An' a sprig o' rosemary.

Tak henbane, bullace, bummlekite,(3)
An' t' fluff frev a deead bulrush,
Naan berries shak frae t' rowan-tree,
An' naan frae t' botterey-bush.(4)

1. Yellow. 2. Bindweed. 3. Blackberries. 4. Elder Tree

A gift(1) o' my finger
Is seer to linger;
A gift o' my thumb
Is seer to coom.

1. White speck.

Sunday clipt, Sunday shorn,
Better t' bairn had niver been born.

A Monday's bairn 'll grow up fair,
A Tuesday's yan i' grace thruf prayer;
A Wednesday's bairn has monny a pain,
A Tho'sday's bairn wean't baade at heame.
A Friday's bairn is good an' sweet,
A Settherday's warks frae morn to neet.
Bud a Sunday's bairn thruf leyfe is blist,.
An' seer i' t' end wi' t' saints to rist.

A cobweb i' t' kitchen,
An' feat-marks on t' step,
Finnd nea wood i' t' yune(1)
An' nea coals i' t' skep.(2)

1. Oven. 2. Scuttle.

Snaw, snaw, coom faster,
White as allyblaster,
Poor owd women, pickin' geese,
Sendin' t' feathers daan to Leeds.

Julius Caesar made a law,
Augustus Caesar sign'd it,
That ivery one that made a sneeze
Should run away an' find it.

A weddin', a woo, a clog an' a shoe,
A pot-ful o' porridge, away they go!

Chimley-sweeper, blackymoor,
Set o' t' top o' t' chapel door.
Tak a stick an' knock him daan,
That's the way to Chapeltaan.

The Lady-bird

Cow-lady, cow-lady, hie thy way wum,(1)
Thy haase is afire, thy childer all gone;
All but poor Nancy, set under a pan,
Weyvin' gold lace as fast as shoo can.

1. Home.

The Magpie

I cross'd pynot,(1) an' t' pynot cross'd me.
T' devil tak t' pynot an' God save me. .

1. Magpie.

Tell-pie-tit,
Thy tongue's slit,
An ivery dog i' t' toon 'll get a bit.

The Bat

Black-black-bearaway
Coom doon by hereaway.

The Snail

Sneel, sneel, put oot your horn,
Your fayther an' muthel'll gie ye some corn.

Hallamshire

When all the world shall be aloft,
Then Hallamshire shall be God's croft.
Winkabank and Templebrough
Will buy all England through an' through.

Harrogate(1)