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zCH - CHAMPNEY BOOK COLLECTION
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
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