ALMONDBURT AND HUDDERSFIELD. 105 had enougli to do, Au think. Au oould mak' nowt o' yon doother ; Au oouLdn't mak* him understand who little John was.' * Wha ! did ta tell him t'other name P ' Tom, * Nooa. Everybody knows little John, yo know. Eh, bless yo ! ho's sich a man Au dar say nowt till him. Au dam't differ wi' him for fear on a prabble — for fear on him geein' f lad sommat to do him hurt.' Pratly, softly ; slowly. HalL calls this word prattily, I have only heard it pronounced as spelt. A child who takes short steps walks pratly, A tap runs pratly when it lets out only a. small stream in proportion to its size. See Natterin Nan, ver. 4 :
- Pratly t reyt praUy ower t' floor,
A' top o' toas ye walk.' Presently, immediately : also used in Pembrokeshire. [Common in the Bibla] Preya (generally pronounced pray-ya)^ i, e. I pray you. Common. Prial, or Prile {gl. praul). HalL gives the former mode of spelling, and thinks it a corruption of pair royai [which it undoubtedly is ; the expression is used at cards even in the south, though now nearly obsolete.] It means three of a sort taken together. I met a man, July 24, 1865, driving two donkeys tandem in a coal-cart, and I said to mm, ' A fine team you have there.' To which he merrily answered, ' Tus, there's a joriaZ on us when we are all at whum.' Priest, the orchis, 0, maculatua. Probably so called from its gay colours resembling a priesf s chasuble. Prise (pronounced prauz ; gL praoz), to force open by leverage. Prospect glass, a telescope. Proyen prickt (o as in John ; gl. provn prikt), over-fed, or so well kept mat a man does not know what he would have. Provent := provender. — Legend of Montrose, p. 56. [Provand is found in Shake- spere, Coriolantia, Act IL sc. L L 267.] Psalm (pronounced saum^ or sawlm). Pullen, domestic fowls ; turkeys ; ducks, &c. Hall, says pvllaine and puUen are found in several early plays. The word is very common here, as well as the two following. ^' A false thief That came, like a fiilse fox my ptdlen to kill and mischief.' — Oammer Ourton*$ Nee " Old Plays, ei HazHtt, iiL 239.— W. W. S.] Pullendry and Pullentry, having the same meaning as above. Pnnd. See Pound. Putten, past participle oipiU, Is used at Heckmondwike also. Putting on, a makeshift, or convenience for a time.
