twor

Rueben felt rather mad, for 'twor all th' pipe he had,

Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect John Hartley 1877

For th 'seet ov her face cheer'd mi heart when' twor sad,

Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect John Hartley 1877

Soa mi old wife an me stuck to that wol 'twor done.

Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect John Hartley 1877

As aw passed Wit'orth chapel 'twor just five o'clock,

Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect John Hartley 1877

Yo'd a thowt 'twor a wick sin they'd had any jock,

Yorkshire Lyrics Poems written in the Dialect as Spoken in the West Riding of Yorkshire. To which are added a Selection of Fugitive Verses not in the Dialect John Hartley 1877

"Mebbee so, but folks nowadays don't 'pear to keer much whether they break the Sabbath or not, trapsen 'raound town in and arter meetin' hours, ez if 'twor gin'ral tranin' day -- and hez gone out agin."

The Argonauts of North Liberty Bret Harte 1869

You owes me a penny -- twopence -- 'twor sich a ugly job!

Stephen Archer and Other Tales George MacDonald 1864

"Iss, 'twor down theer, close by Pullandeese," replied the other, pointing to a deep pool in the rocks round which the swell of the

Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines 1859

'Hee'd a horse, too,' twor war than ond Tommy's, ye see. '

Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England Unknown 1833

Though they chatted and pratted, ’twor pleasant to see

Revised Edition of Poems 1836-1897 Bill o'th' Hoylus End 1866