gooid

Sometimes bi th 'way ov a change, he'll pawse th' table ower, an 'braik as mony pots as it'll tak a gooid part ov a week's wage to replace, an' at last, after makin 'iverybody abaght him miserable, he'll goa to bed lukin' as black as a mule an 'sleep woll mornin', when (unless he's ova bad sooart) he'll feel reight daan shamed ov hissel, an 'set to wark to put things reight agean.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

Well, aw can hardly manage that, but aw remember th 'time' at aw used to mak a gooid bit a fuss on her, an used to spaik moor lovinly like.

Yorkshire Tales. Third Series Amusing sketches of Yorkshire Life in the Yorkshire Dialect John Hartley 1877

But he didn't allus mak a gooid spec, for strange to say ther wor other fowk 'at wor quite as wise an' even sharper nor hissen.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

'Nan get on an mak a gooid drinkin', 'aw says;' does onnybody say a bit moor o 'this cock?'

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

"A gooid beginin maks a gooid endin," fowk say, soa let's mak a gooid beginnin o'th year.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

Naa, that ought to satisfy yo 'particular talk; yo' loike to taste th 'butter and cheese afore you buy, and if it's gooid, you say,' I'll tak 'a pund o' that; 'naa, then, come and try if th' Lord is gooid.

Little Abe Or, The Bishop of Berry Brow F. Jewell

"Well, it 'll do thee gooid; thaa wants a bit of a change, for thaa's had heartache lang enough," responded her husband.

Little Abe Or, The Bishop of Berry Brow F. Jewell

That made him a bit unaisy, for he were a gooid lad an 'it hooined him to think that he'd forgotten t' words.

More Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895

That night, when she came into his bedroom, in order to smooth his pillow after he had gone to bed, he held her hand for a moment and said: "Thou's a gooid lass, Mary; if I'd wed a lass like thee I'd hae been a different man."

More Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895

"T 'hand-loom's gooid enough for me," were his words.

More Tales of the Ridings Frederic William Moorman 1895