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Finding No	CH/420
Author	Grose, Francis
Title	A provincial glossary, with a collection of local proverbs and popular superstitions
Date	1787
Description	Includes definitions of Yorkshire sayings, including: From Hell, Hull and Halifax (all vagrants found begging in Hull were whipped and sent to the stocks; in Halifax persons seized when stealing cloth were instantly beheaded); A Scarborough warning (i.e. none at all)
Type	Local Studies/Book
PubPlace	London
Publisher	Printed for S. Hooper
PubDate	1787
Notes	Champney collection 1256
AccessStatus	Open