⌕Yorkshire stories & sayings
Dialect anecdotes and traditional sayings capture the humour and directness of Yorkshire speech.

A warm and entertaining collection of Yorkshire words and phrases, with anecdotes, stories and curiosities gathered from family memories and historical sources.
Louise Maskill’s A–Z gathers traditional Yorkshire vocabulary, meanings and examples of usage, drawing on family memories as well as the work of earlier historians and collectors.
The second half turns to anecdotes, rhymes, stories and curiosities, preserving the humour and character of Yorkshire speech and the lives of the people who used it.
⌕Dialect anecdotes and traditional sayings capture the humour and directness of Yorkshire speech.
⌕Local occupations, customs and community life reveal the world in which many dialect words were used.
⌕Songs, rhymes and stories preserve distinctive voices and traditions from across the county.