138 THE DIALECT OF Tbraw {gL thrau), pronunciation of throw. Threap (pronounced thrfdp — two syllables ; gl, thri'h'p), to insist on a statement, &c. Used in this way : * He 'wanted to thrSip me down that/ &c. To maintain sturdily in dispute. * Ea^le-soanng Boling- broke, that at his removing of household into banishment, as Father Froissart threaps down, was accompanied with forty thousand men, women, and childi^en, weepiug from London to the Land's End, at Dover.' — Lenten Stuffe, In the Towneley Myatertea we find — ' Thirteen ar on thre, thar ye not threpe.* ' Processus Talentomm.' And again —
- Do way youre threpyng, ar ye wode P '
' Thomas Indies.' ThreethrxmiB, purring ; the noise a cat makes when pleased. ' Pnssj is singing threethrums : what loud threethrums ! ' The sound suggests the word, as in * chissup.' It is generally said the purring consists of ' three threes and a thrum.^ Thro*, i. e, through, and pronounced as threa in threaten. It means from. * He came thro* (from) Huddersfield.' * Whar do yo come thro" f ' A Famley lad was once going to Wakefield, and J. H., who was employed on the road, called to him as he passed hastily along. The lad took no heed. Then said J. H., * If An had thee un yon treio Au'd ma' thee coom daan wi' once tellin' I ' This effectually roused the lad's spirit, who said, * Nay, tha' cannot,' and immediately climbed the tree. * Naa tell me to coom daan, Jooa : AuVe sheep to fetch thro* Wakefield.' * Coom daan, lad.' The lad moved not, but smil- ingly awaited a further order ; but Joe went on with his work. The lad, getting tired, snivelled out, ' Jooa, wha' doesn't ta tell me to coom daan agean P ' * Nay, lad, if tha' doesn't chooise to coom daan o' thi sen, tha' may sit theer as lang as tha' lawks. It's nowt to me.' So when he had realized his dilemma he came down chopfallen, certainly a sadder lad, and perhaps a wiser. Throat, pronounced ihroit, Throddy, portly; stout, &c. Throng, busy. * This is a throng day with us.' Thropple, the throat, or windpipa Ray. * At Baimbro' (Bam- brou^h) a cat killed a man, and man killed cat. They lig at back o' poupit haoon i' marbil naa. The man wur donn'd i' leather all but his throit and his shackles. The cat pull'd his thropple aat ; and when he wur stretch't aat to dee he catch'd cat between and the wall, and killed it. It was something which haunted t' churchyard, and he wod be such a man (yo know) and feight it Cat, if it wor a cat, had long claws, as long as ma' fingers.' Throstle, a Thrush : Turdita musicua. Throwfall, a trial at wrestling.
