The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-08

| the animal ut one meal The OLD "Bull
and Mouth" hotel, in Aldersgate street,
London, used to display the following lines
over its doorway:
! milo the Cretonian,
An OK slew with his fist,
And ut one meal he ate 1t all
Ye Gods! what glorious TWIST"
"Bloody" and "plucky" were both
originally very vulgar adiectives, but the
latter has finally gained a place in respcc;a.
bic nomenclature. 1t would now be an in
suit to deny that 4 man was "a plucky fell
| low" "Bloody drunk" appears in play
OF tie seventeenth century. Iick, signify
| ing credit, is very old, and is found in
Blackstone. "Plaved out" was a theatri-
cal phrase in Garrick's time. "Fizzle" is
used still in YORKSHIRE. My impression is
that "tick'e to death" and d" do tell" so
popular with the Yankees, are Anglican
proyincialisms, but l am not positive on
either point. | half fear Firginians must
bear the 0nuS OF the unpleasant expression
Kiss my FOOT although my friend Brock
NAV be able to trace it to 4 prey Virginia
period. 1t certainly does not sound modern,
and, after all, wouldn't be surprised il 1t
were derived in some way from the Roman
custom Of kissing the Pope's toe. To"
knowledge the corn" was the duty OF
parish priests when they received tithes in
kind. Elegant, as used in Virginia-an cle-
CANT road, etc.-is simply Irish, and i'm
ported. no doubt, by the Scotch-lriSh.
have in my possession glossary OF an
cient Yorkshire words, and in looking 1t
over | have been astonished to find how
many so-called "Amercanisms" have
sprung from the Yorkshire dialects
"Wipe" in Yorkshire means blow, and
hence wiped OUT "Bub," applied first
to an unfeathercd bird and then TO a child
shows where the nortbcrners got the word
Funic is pure Yorkshire. Joss is used IN
precisely the same way as the American
boss. "a fcw"i Yorkshire" me 9
few BROTH" or ''She thought herself few
/. G., somebody OF importance-correSpon
with the Yankee rhyme,
| ''Isaw her out walking,
! In her habit dc In Rue.
| And 1t amt no use talking
| She's OunklRS ana rem"
| Blather and BlatherSkite are clearly York.
shire. Sir John Falstaffe was probably not
the first Of the genus. Body for person.
.'what queer 6oddyyou is lis Yorkshire.
.sBy goiy" was used in this county before
the Dutch landed negroes in Virginia.
"CheeSe IT." is Yorkshire for "stop that
Ddnder also means temper. as in New Eng
land. Duter is an old Yorkshire word.
,tIdmtergdSted-''a wur fair flamberSast-
ed lis evidently the parent Of the Ameri-
can .tlabbergdSted. HoSS is Yorkshire; and
Sammy Hick, the celebrated and eccentric
"local" preacher among the Methodists,
when he placed his horse in any friends
stable, was wont to say to the boy, Nah,
my lad, tina nun talk care o. that boss, for
it's the Lords" Stoop is possibly varia-
ton of gNiQe, Stoop, common in \ Yorkshire
Tor guide-post with branching arms.
Hank or Hanckenus De Brabant settled in
York in 1886. Heap is Yorksbire-thus,
"a heap wor killed o. boath sides -; " All
I seed a heap O. foks.' Forum Is York
shirc--a large assembly being "a forum o.
folks" A piece OF cloth perfectly dressed
is EempH and the man who has done it to
perfection is Eemper. hemper was there
! fore an excellent name for good Governor.
Trash in Yorkshire signifies al inferior or
predetermined person, and is applied pre-
cisely as By The negroes to ''poor white
trash" Tot is a Yorkshire word for
small glass of liquor. This could
scarcely be the derivation OF tote-a
word which I satisfied myself some years
ago was CT African origin, and I'M
ported by the negroes into America. York
shire proverbs are curious. A cross-tcmper-
ed person "growls like Il bear with sore
head,'' which has long since been Amcri'
canned, but the comparison OF bad writer
to "a bear with muck fork is not so well
known. Those who copy The example OF
Washington will never be pronounced Gas
big a liar as Tom Pepper" The legend is
that Tom was expelled from hell fer daring
to lie to Satan. The old adage that ga roll
inc stone gathers no moss - is met here with
the remark that "a setting hen never gets
fat" Here / am reminded that Dr.. Adam
Clarke disposed summarily Of another pro-
verb very popular among selfish people who
want an excuse for avoiding their duties.
The Doctor SAID: "The old adage OF too
many irons in HE fire conveys an abomina-
bic error. You cannot have too many irons
in the tire-keep p0ker, tonqS, ard oil 60
inq." The Yorkshire "tyke" simply means
a fat Yorkshireman. "Narmint" has for
centuries been used to designate Ucrmin in
York shire. Dir. Robert j. Farrer and other
York shiremen settled in Virginia could
doubtless supply many other Instances in
which old Yorkshire words and phrases
have been AmeNcanized.
Young gentlemen in Virginia are in. the
habit OF carrying"- e., escorting-
Young ladies to church and elsewhere. This
phrase, imagine, came into vogue when
Sedan chairs were used, and when gallant
sulIires of danes were wont to literally have
their iaun,orotaS "carried' by Sedan bear
crs. I can myself remember one or two
old ladies who still used Sedan chairs when
was boy. :" He is man Q! good sense
is q familiar expression in some parts OF
England, as well as in Virginia. "Snack,"
signifying modest lunch, is used IN all tIe
northern counties OF England. WeH'
or 9 ,riit," is used in East Anglia to express
a falling back from, the perpendicular.
"He's no account is English, but ga no.
account feller" is undoubtedly American
9. A case" and IA hard case" applied to
person, are English expressions.
wouldn't have went" is frequently heard
in Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire.
Didn't ought to /" is also met with in
those counties, and there. too, g
don't know as" and @"Pve been told