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Mrs. Febnbrake's "Lucky Bird."
MRS . FEBNBRAKE'S "LUCKY BIRD . "
A Yorlcsmrc Slomj . BY MES . G . M . TWEDDELL ( FLORENCE- CLT 5 VELA . ND ) . Authoress of'Bhymes and Sketches to Illustrate the Cleveland Dialect , " < L ' e . " Let us trust a N OAV Year will look back on the last , As in all things a stage of existence that ' s past . " ETA MAV / B . mah
" l ^ I ^ O wods , Mary ! We sal hev nowt bud bad luck all t' year , just thrufl i _ N thoo lettin' Rooas Campion cum in fost , o' Newry Day i' t' mooanin ' , asteead o' Avaitin' tell a man or lad com tit deear , te be t' lucky bod . " " Nonsense , mother ! " said Mary . " It is all a superstition . What difference can it make whether a man or a woman cross the threshold first on New Year ' s Day ? I do not believe a word about it . Eut I do think it very unkind of any one to believe , that a rough lad can bring more good luck into their house than a loA-elysweet girllike Rose . " . .
, , The speakers were seated in the best parlour of a large , old-fashioned , but substantially built farm-house , the owner of which was a man of ample means , and one also Avho possessed a warm heart , and an open hand to all that stood in need . The speakers were his wife ancl daughter ; old Mrs . Fernbrake being a true specimen of a Yorkshire dales woman . She had been bom and had lived all her life in the house that she then occupied , it having descended in her family for several generations ; and with the house had
descended also various customs and superstitions that had been held by the family , or had held them , for hundreds of years . "Thoo may believe i ' Avhat thoo likes , lass ! " said Mrs . Fernbrake ; '' bud Ah sal nivver set mah feeace ageean what me fayther an' granfather an' greeat granfayther bclievt in . Things hez getten te sike a pass , noo-a-days , that bits o' lasses can set up ther crops , an' say tha deea n ' t believe i' this , an' tha deean ' t believe i' t' udther ; as if tluiy knew better then ther fooar-elders ' at ' s geean afooar ' em ! Fer mah pait , Ah hate neAvfangg-el'd nooashins . Ah like te deea ivverythins : az it ' s been deean afooar mah
tahm bi' them ' at kneAv hetter ner mc . Ibid this all aims o' the fayther sendin' tha away te that fine skeeal . Becoas thoo was all t' bit bairn ive bad , he thowt he wad mak a lady o ' thaj an'Ah can plainly see ' at when t' fabm cums to thee , all t' awd Avays ' at me fayther delighted in ' 11 be deean away Aviv . Howsumivver , Ah sah n ' t be theer te see ' t , mi that ' 11 be a comfot . Bud tahm Ah iz here , things mun gan' on az tha hev deean , Ah can tell tha . Thoo 'z a gud lass , Mary , tak tha all tliroo ; bud thoo ' 11 be fooast te uniroer
j' ma aboot t' awd Avays . Ther Avas that daft-hcead ov a sarvant-lass ov oors let Awt . Jeremiah cum in an' leet biz pipe durin' Kessmtis . Ah knaw nut what sheea wor 'Wilkin' on te let onnybody tak a leet oot o' t' hoos i' Kessmus week ! An' Ah AV ; IZ iiobbut just i' tahm te stop her frov takkin' a leet fra t' yell-caimcl . Them ' s beeatb unluck y things te deea . Bud lasses kmws nowt noo-a-days . Yan hez te Avatcb ' em Me a cat Avatchin' a mouse ! An' the fayther actally cut a bit off t ' cheese afooar he meead
cross on ' t . - Sike a thing Ah nivver kneAv deean afooar . Thoo may depend on ' t , ™ ah lass , Ave ' z hev nowt bud had luck this year . " "M y dear mother ! " said Mary , " I knoAv it is of no use me talking to you on this subject ; but really all those things will not make tbe least difference to us . And as to etting- poor Rose in first , I never gave it a thought at the time , or I should haA-e ' 'espected your fancy in the matter . But I do hope that you will not bear lier any ill ' ahout it ; for it Avas me alone that Avas to blame . " " Nay , nay , Mary , honey ! " said her mother , "Ah ' 11 nut bother Rooas aboot it ; bud 100 inim nivver deea t' like on ' t ageean . Thoo ommest meead a job ov uz yesterda' an'
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Mrs. Febnbrake's "Lucky Bird."
MRS . FEBNBRAKE'S "LUCKY BIRD . "
A Yorlcsmrc Slomj . BY MES . G . M . TWEDDELL ( FLORENCE- CLT 5 VELA . ND ) . Authoress of'Bhymes and Sketches to Illustrate the Cleveland Dialect , " < L ' e . " Let us trust a N OAV Year will look back on the last , As in all things a stage of existence that ' s past . " ETA MAV / B . mah
" l ^ I ^ O wods , Mary ! We sal hev nowt bud bad luck all t' year , just thrufl i _ N thoo lettin' Rooas Campion cum in fost , o' Newry Day i' t' mooanin ' , asteead o' Avaitin' tell a man or lad com tit deear , te be t' lucky bod . " " Nonsense , mother ! " said Mary . " It is all a superstition . What difference can it make whether a man or a woman cross the threshold first on New Year ' s Day ? I do not believe a word about it . Eut I do think it very unkind of any one to believe , that a rough lad can bring more good luck into their house than a loA-elysweet girllike Rose . " . .
, , The speakers were seated in the best parlour of a large , old-fashioned , but substantially built farm-house , the owner of which was a man of ample means , and one also Avho possessed a warm heart , and an open hand to all that stood in need . The speakers were his wife ancl daughter ; old Mrs . Fernbrake being a true specimen of a Yorkshire dales woman . She had been bom and had lived all her life in the house that she then occupied , it having descended in her family for several generations ; and with the house had
descended also various customs and superstitions that had been held by the family , or had held them , for hundreds of years . "Thoo may believe i ' Avhat thoo likes , lass ! " said Mrs . Fernbrake ; '' bud Ah sal nivver set mah feeace ageean what me fayther an' granfather an' greeat granfayther bclievt in . Things hez getten te sike a pass , noo-a-days , that bits o' lasses can set up ther crops , an' say tha deea n ' t believe i' this , an' tha deean ' t believe i' t' udther ; as if tluiy knew better then ther fooar-elders ' at ' s geean afooar ' em ! Fer mah pait , Ah hate neAvfangg-el'd nooashins . Ah like te deea ivverythins : az it ' s been deean afooar mah
tahm bi' them ' at kneAv hetter ner mc . Ibid this all aims o' the fayther sendin' tha away te that fine skeeal . Becoas thoo was all t' bit bairn ive bad , he thowt he wad mak a lady o ' thaj an'Ah can plainly see ' at when t' fabm cums to thee , all t' awd Avays ' at me fayther delighted in ' 11 be deean away Aviv . Howsumivver , Ah sah n ' t be theer te see ' t , mi that ' 11 be a comfot . Bud tahm Ah iz here , things mun gan' on az tha hev deean , Ah can tell tha . Thoo 'z a gud lass , Mary , tak tha all tliroo ; bud thoo ' 11 be fooast te uniroer
j' ma aboot t' awd Avays . Ther Avas that daft-hcead ov a sarvant-lass ov oors let Awt . Jeremiah cum in an' leet biz pipe durin' Kessmtis . Ah knaw nut what sheea wor 'Wilkin' on te let onnybody tak a leet oot o' t' hoos i' Kessmus week ! An' Ah AV ; IZ iiobbut just i' tahm te stop her frov takkin' a leet fra t' yell-caimcl . Them ' s beeatb unluck y things te deea . Bud lasses kmws nowt noo-a-days . Yan hez te Avatcb ' em Me a cat Avatchin' a mouse ! An' the fayther actally cut a bit off t ' cheese afooar he meead
cross on ' t . - Sike a thing Ah nivver kneAv deean afooar . Thoo may depend on ' t , ™ ah lass , Ave ' z hev nowt bud had luck this year . " "M y dear mother ! " said Mary , " I knoAv it is of no use me talking to you on this subject ; but really all those things will not make tbe least difference to us . And as to etting- poor Rose in first , I never gave it a thought at the time , or I should haA-e ' 'espected your fancy in the matter . But I do hope that you will not bear lier any ill ' ahout it ; for it Avas me alone that Avas to blame . " " Nay , nay , Mary , honey ! " said her mother , "Ah ' 11 nut bother Rooas aboot it ; bud 100 inim nivver deea t' like on ' t ageean . Thoo ommest meead a job ov uz yesterda' an'