100
berkshire words.
LAAY.—To wager ; to bet.
I'll laay 'e a quart ('beer' understood) as my donkey 'ooll go vaster nor thee pawny."
To lie down.
"I be a-gwaain to laay down, vor I be a-veelin' out o' zarts."
LAAY HAWLT.—"Take hold," receive in your hand.
"Laay hawlt o' t'other ind o' the rawpe."
LAAY BY.—To save.
"Times be zo bad, I can't laay by nothun."
LAAYCE.—To whip. A "laaycin'" is a whipping.
"Thee 'ooll get a laaycin' when me-uster zees what e hev a-bin at."
LAAY DOWN.—To sow with seed that will not require annual renewal.
"Stock be a-paayin' zo well as I me-ans to laay down zome moor land in grace next year."
LAAYDY-BIRD.—Coccinella septempunctata. Children never kill this pretty harmless insect, but holding it on the hand say—
"Laaydy-bird, laaydy-bird, vly yer waay whoam,
Yer house be a-vire, an' yer childern's at whoam."
The hand is then moved sharply upwards, and the "laaydy-bird" takes flight.
LAAYED-UP.—Said of a ferret when, having killed a rabbit and eaten part of it, it lies down and goes to sleep in the rabbit-hole.
LAAY INTO.—To beat.
"If thee doosn't do what I tells 'e I'll laay into thee.
LACKADAAYSICAL.—Full of fanciful airs and affectation.
LACKADAAYSY ME.—A mild expression of surprise, used generally by old women of the poorer class.
LAFE ALL AWVER THE VAAYCE.—With the whole face showing merriment.
