Come again ? or what does that mean !

[yerself]

A Knock on t’ Dooer



“Whooa’s knockin’ on t’ dooer et this time o’ neet?

- ‘e’s mekkin a ‘ell ev a din!

Whooaever id is, thur’s summat gone wrong –

‘owd on, mon! Aw’ll led tha in.”



Id wor throwin’ id deawn, an’ t’ streeat lamps wor eaut

An’ t’ wind id wor blowin’ a gale

An’ ‘eaulin’ an’ mooanin’ reaund t’ coorner o’ th’eause

Like a ghooast wi a pitiful tale.



Aw pushed back mi cheeor fro’ t’ coorner bi t’ fire

An’ slipped mi owd clogs on mi feeat –

An’ th’ ammerin’ went on like morther wor dun,

Wi’ a din as wod waken o’ t’ streeat.



Aw shoffled deawn t’ lobby an’ geet t’ t’ front-dooer,

Aw fombled wi’ bolts es wor teet,

But bi pushin’ an’ tuggin’ aw getten ‘em undun,

An’ aw opened t’ front-dooer t’t’ wet neet.



Theer, standin’ on t’ dooer-step, drenched reight through t’ t’ skin –

Baht jacket ner cooat – in o’ t’ wet,

Wor yong Jem McGinty fr’ nex’ dooer bu three –

“Whad’s up, lad? Tha deeath tha’ll shure ged.



‘e stood theer an’ gawked, wi’ ‘is meauth oppen wide,

Es though wards t’ ‘is lips wodn’d coom,

Sooa, aw tooak ‘im bi th’ arm, an’ feyrin’ the wost

Set ‘im deawn in a cheeor in t’ best rooam.



“Neaw, whad’s gooin’ on?” (when ‘e ‘d pooed ‘issel to) –

“Is th’ eause barnt, ‘r thi dad lost ‘is brass?”

But pluckin’ up courage, ‘e stommered id eaut –

“C-c-con’t l-l-lend us a p-p-ponny fo’ t’ g-g-gas?”





Mick o’ Pleasington

There's a few more of his poems here: http://www.hollytreefishandchips.co.uk/dialect.html. Fred Rose, alias Mick O' Pleasington, alias Fred Drag was my (and at least one other member on here) English teacher at secondary school.

[Margaret Pilkington]

That'll have Dave inGermany proper flummoxed

[Eric]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

yes Retlaw......witchered is derived from 'Wet shod'.......I like Lancashire dialect......my grandad spoke it well. In fact many people at the end of his life could not understand him at all.
it is sad that it is a dying dialect.

I remember "witchered" ... although it used to sound more like "witchurt" ... 'cause I used to get my arse tanned when the puddles got in over the top of my wellies.

[Margaret Pilkington]

and so you should

[cashman]

one fer retlaw, no one else ive asked can remember, me nan always used to say, its ont "Benk" int yard. what was the original purpose of the "Benk"? can always remember me nans mangle next to it.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Cashy, was this 'benk' a stone bench kind of thing close by the back door.......my gran used to have one like this and she used to chop wood on hers......and in summer she would sit on it and peel the veggies or shell peas.......the dog used to be stood on it while she was combed too....it saved bending down.
My gran used to stand on it to talk to the neighbours over the backyard wall...or to borrow a cup of sugar or a drop of milk.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Cashy, was this 'benk' a stone bench kind of thing close by the back door.......my gran used to have one like this and she used to chop wood on hers......and in summer she would sit on it and peel the veggies or shell peas.......the dog used to be stood on it while she was combed too....it saved bending down.
My gran used to stand on it to talk to the neighbours over the backyard wall...or to borrow a cup of sugar or a drop of milk.

yep that was it margaret, glad someone else is civilised. was wondering what the "Original" purpose was? me nan used to put the mangled laundry in a basket on it.

[DaveinGermany]

Have got the gist lad from 3 doors down had come to borrow a penny for the gas meter & the weather is right miserable ? like I say in general I get it but there specific words I'm curious about.

And who or what is a Gobbin

[suedarbo]

My mum used to call me a gobbin when I used to fall over my own feet (still do after a few cans ) I presume it means, clumsy, gormless etc

[DaveinGermany]

Originally Posted by suedarbo

My mum used to call me a gobbin when I used to fall over my own feet (still do after a few cans ) I presume it means, clumsy, gormless etc

Not sure you know Sue, in post #30 MargR mentions some books

In Mi Gobbinland Home & Gobbin Tales that would seem to indicate a place as opposed to an action. I don't know you may well be right & it also means what you suggest.

[suedarbo]

Gobbinland is Oswaldtwistle I think. I know if you come from a certain part of Ossy you are called a Gobbiner. Sorry I must not have read the post right.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Yes, you are right Sue you have to be born in a certain part of Oswaldtwistle to be a gobbiner.......I can never remember if it is above the lamp, or below it......but I am pretty sure someone will step up to the mark and tell us.

[Mancie]

walked in a boozer I used in London some 25yrs ago and heard the phrase something like "hosti dowwin kek"...striaght off I got in the "fair t'middlin"..it was some lorry driver from Ossy.

[MargaretR]

Gobbiners are those 'born above t'lamp'
The lamp was where the library is now.
'Above' means past the lamp heading towards the Black Dog

[Mancie]

looks like I got it wrong.. should have been "osti fekklin" ..and then t'bloke went t'bottom oftu t'stairs.. mind you he was Jamacian