then have them placed in the stocks for drunkenness and disorderly conduct.

The Lancashire proverbial saying, "As drunk as blazes," is probably corrupted from "as drunk as Blaizers." The day of Bishop Blaize, February 3, the patron saint of the wool-combers, is celebrated every seventh year by a procession of the masters and workmen in the woollen manufacture. The procession is accompanied by music, maskers, morris-dancers, &c., and the festivities of the latter part of the day become, for the most part, drunken orgies. Hence, probably, the origin of the saying.

When a person is much addicted to talking unnecessarily, he is often said to be able to "Talk a horse's leg off;" and there is a variation of this saying which asserts that such a one will "Talk th' leg off a brass pan."

God bless hur! Aw could eyt hur to a thum-buttercake, that aw cud.

Dun yo think yon chap's o his weft in? He's summat like Owd Calamity wur, when they tee'd him deawn i bed and then shavet his toppin.

He beeats Wrynot; an Wrynot beats the Dule, he does.

It is not the hen that cackles most that lays most eggs.

Jackasses never can sing well, because they pitch their notes too high.

A mouse that has only one hole is easily taken.

A woman's tongue wags like a lamb's tail.

A small house has a wide throat.

Attorneys' houses are built upon the heads of fools.

Those who are doing nothing are doing ill.

Brawling curs never want sore ears.

Truth and sweet oil always come to the top.

It is all in the day's work.

Robin Hood could bear any wind but a thaw wind.

The devil's children always have the devil's luck.

Like a pig's tail-going all day, and nothing done at night.

A wise head makes a still tongue.

Every dog considers himself a lion at home.

One half of the devil's meal runs to bran.

There's no getting white meal out of a coal-sack.

He has none of his chairs at home (i.c., he is wrong in his head).

Don't stretch thy arm further than thy sleeve will reach.

Every herring should hang by its own gills.

They are not all thieves that dogs bark at.

There's more flies caught with honey than alegar.

That man is safest who always serves a good conscience.

A man might as well eat the devil as the broth he's boiled in.

Inkle, or

"As thick (friendly) as inkle weavers." beggar's inkle, is a kind of coarse tape, used by cooks to secure meat previously to being spitted; and by farriers to tie round horses' feet, &c. The introduction of this kind of tape was from the Low Countries during the persecutions of the sixteenth century. The traffic was carried on by a few foreign weavers, who kept the secret among themselves; and being of one trade, country, and religion, of course became staunch and familiar friends. Hence the expression.

The proverb, "It is the still (quiet) sow that eats up the draff," is prevalent in Scotland as well as in Lancashire. "As the sow fills the draff sours," also occurs in the North. The dialects of the North counties are very

similar to the Lowland Scotch.

If he had as much brass (money) as he has in his face he would be a rich man.

Heart healing reacheth to the bottom of the sore.

The more common the good the better it is.

Envy may have its wish, but will miss its end.

Who more bold than blind Bayard?

One scabbed sheep may infect the whole.

Better late than never.

Enough you've got-then ask for noa more.

It is good to cut our coats according to our cloth.

The burnt child dreads the fire.

Great hopes are quickly dashed.

Hopes come oft in heaps.

Much would have more.

Excessive shows of sorrow spend themselves quickly.

A plain rule-the briefer the better.

Malice seldom underdoes its work.

Home is home, though never so homely.

What men do weakly, God overrules wisely.

'Tis an old proverb, that those that fare well and flit have St Patrick's curse.

They say, self-sore is no sore, but certainly 'tis the worst of sores.

It has become a proverb-Better workmen the worse husbands.

It is an old saying-The soft drop wears the hard stone by frequent falling.

Affliction seldom comes alone.

As a dog or storm drives sheep together, so do afflictions God's people.

Truth seeks not corners, but some causes need shifts.

As dogs set men a-fighting, so wicked people use to stir up strife.

Some may better steal a horse than others look o'er the hedge.

Crosses come with comforts.

Experience is the mother of wisdom.

Prudence saves handsomely what indiscretion spends vainly.

He bites as keen as an otter; he can dinge [indent] iron.

You'll sooner get blood out of a stone, than get him to give you anything.

He's a keen un; he'll flay two cats for one skin.

He'll never get on; his back's too stiff; there's a booan in it at willont bend.

They're as like as two peys [peas]; their wives wouldn't know toan fro' t' other.

He's a good un, is Jack; he never says dee [die].

There's noa good in him, I can see, by t' cast of his

een.

As queer as Dick's hat-band, that went nine times round, and wouldn't tie.

He's as deeof as a dur nail; but offer him owt, and he 'll hear you a mile off.

Like a cat; always leets on his feet.

It's noa yuse tynin t' yate [shutting the gate] when t' hoss is stown.

When poverty enters the door, love flies out at the window.

Many years ago, during a violent thunderstorm, Jem O' Bradeley's wife asked him to pray. The answer was, "Pray thysel;" and she began, "Thou shalt have no other gods but me." Bradeley, hearing this, declared that he would "be beawt then." This incident gave rise to the now common expression-"If that's all, I'll be Jem O' Bradeley on 't, I'll be beawt."