ALMONDBURY AND HUDDERSFIELD. 113 SaiDxny, a fool. Sannot^ shall not. * Au sannot ' = I shall not. Sant, the pronunciation of the word sm'nff at least when prefixed to a name. Thus, St. Helen's Well, or in the local style dropping the possessive s, St. Helen Well, is pronounced as if written ' Safiiolm Well.' The road from Almondbuiy leading to the well is now called Helhoil, which, being between rather high banks, and very steep, is supposed by some to be Hill hole, though others derive it from Helen, as above. Bark, a shirt, or shift. See the Jolly Goshawk, ver. 23-:
- Her sisters they went to a room
To make to her a sark. The cloth was a' o' the satin fine, And the stitching silken wark* A local saying here, formerly in common use, was, * Nar (near) is mi' aarkt but narrer's mi' skin.' Barred, or Sard. See Served. Sarry is also used for serve. Batten, or Satton, seated, past tense of to sit Battle, settle. * He sattles i' his clothes,' i. e. he becomes thinner. Baney, or Bocy, slippery. Said of the streets, &c. when covered with ice, but not when slippery with dirt. The word is in common use. Bauge, the pronunciation of sage, the plant {gh sauj). Bavour (pronounced sawer ; gl. saavur), to like. * He does not savour me.' A sick person does not savvur his food. In Chaucer's last verses it is used simply in the sense of taste.
- Frees hath envye, and wele blent ouer al :
Savour no more than thee byhove shal.' Used in Matt. xvi. 22 in much the same sense. Boaddle, to scare, or frighten. Scaddled, frightened. Bcage, to strike with a switch, or throw stones at a bird, or birds* eggs, blindfold. If done with open eyes, the eggs, &c. were concealed in sand. See Bwitcher. Bcom, contempt ; chaff. In the parish church of Huddersfiehl one Sunday morning, a young man, connected with a marriage, was taking infinite pains to write well. The curate, however, was in haste to begin the public service, and called out, * Come, come, we don't want copper- plate.' The young man, drawling on the last word, said, * That's your scomJ*
