dalesmen

The dalesmen were a primitive and hardy race who kept alive the traditions and often the habits of a more picturesque time.

Among My Books Second Series James Russell Lowell 1855

For nowhere better than among these "dalesmen" can the English elemental resistance to fusion be seen.

The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr 1875

Bernard Gilpin, the apostle of the north, the first who undertook to preach the Protestant doctrines to the Border dalesmen, was surprised, on entering one of their churches, to see a gauntlet, or mail-glove, hanging above the altar.

Death of the Laird's Jock 2008

Bernard Gilpin, the apostle of the north, the first who undertook to preach the Protestant doctrines to the Border dalesmen, was surprised, on entering one of their churches, to see a gauntlet, or mail-glove, hanging above the altar.

Death of the Laird's Jock 2008

In their early days, the present generation of dalesmen fed almost exclusively upon oatmeal; either as ‘hasty-pudding,’ — that is,

Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine 2006

Jago was far more widely traveled than most dalesmen, who perhaps in a whole lifetime know little beyond four or five dales outside their own birthplace.

The Crystal Gryphon Norton, Andre 1972

I know that dalesmen look upon women as possessions, perhaps to be wooed and indulged for a season, and then, once won, to be a part of the household like hawk, hound, or horse.

The Crystal Gryphon Norton, Andre 1972

When the dalesmen retreated into their keeps, the monsters bore inward with their weight against the walls, bringing them down.

The Crystal Gryphon Norton, Andre 1972

But what held me most were the references to the Old Ones, those who had ruled this land before the first of the dalesmen came north.

The Crystal Gryphon Norton, Andre 1972

Her hair, like my own, was darker than usual, for the dalesmen tend to be fair and ruddy.

The Crystal Gryphon Norton, Andre 1972