Vulgar words in Songs of the Ridings (Page 1)

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cuss x 1
damn x 2
            

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At pitch-an'-toss you're laikin', Down theer i' t' wood below; An' then you damn them rowpy(2) bells O' Kirkby Overblow.

~   ~   ~   Sentence 318   ~   ~   ~

I mun forgi'e thee; we're owd friends, An' fratchin's not for us; Blackbirds an' spinks(1) I can't abide, At doves an' crows I cuss.

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The Lord Hissen will have to save or damn Church fowks wid out me mellin' on(6) His job.

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