ALMONDBURY AND HUDDBRSFIELD. 137 Thaok (gL thaak), pronunciation of thatch. See Berne Bell^ and Mary Gray, yer. 1 :
- O Bessie Bell and Marjr Gray,
They were twa bonnie lasses ; They built a house on yon burn brae, And theeJcH it o'er wi* rashes/ This word is found in the Prompiorium Parvulorum, Thakin, i, e. thatching {gl, thaik'in). ^ A thakm of bread ' means a bread-creel fuU of bread or oat-cake, which hangs oyerhead in the kitchen like a thatch. That, used peculiarly for him, her, it, &c. TheSr, there. One W. Ibberson was the manager, or hind, to Mr. Scott, senior, of Woodsome. He could not count twenty, but knew his stock by their features. When he had to reckon his sheep, look- ing at each in turn, he used to say, * Tha* ^*t theert tha' a't theer^* and so on through the whole number, concluding with, * Au think ye're all tkeer.* Thems 'em, i, e, those are they. Thew, past tense of to thaw, Thible, or Thibel (pronounced thawhle ; gl. thaub-l), a smooth round stick used to stir porridge with. Ray spells it thivel. Thingumtibob, a nondescript name or thing. Think on, very common for remember. * Moind yoa think on and don't forget.* [Common in Shropshire. — W. W. S.] Th* hoU, or r hoU. SeeHoil. Thole (thoil),to bear, suffer, brook, allow willingly. Very common.
- She can't thoil her to you,' t. e. is not willing to let you have her.
Thole (pronounced thoil), sb. * He gave it with a thoil,^ i. e. willingly. Thomasin*. .Going about begj^ing on St. Thomas's Day is * going a Thoma8in* It is still the custom for children to go about on that day, and when they solicit coppers they ask, perhaps, * if yo serve Thomasere* In Mr. Scott's day, at Woodsome Hall, a sack of wheat stood at the door with a pint measure. All comers who chose to take it were served with a })int of wheat, supposed to be for frumenty. The same custom in a different form was followed at the Wood after- wards. There they gave pennies to Almondbury people, a halfpenny each to children, but Famley folk had twopence. Wheat also was given away, Thrast, past tense of to thrust, Thrave, past tense of to thrive, Thrave, twenty-four sheaves of com set up together. Ray has it.
