Telling Stories With Words and Pictures
Keeping the balance with a word from over the Pennines Most of my ancestors are from Lancashire and Derbyshire, but I do have a few from Yorkshire. So I thought it was only fair that this week’s word came from over the Pennines. This week’s word is courtesy of The Yorkshire Dictionary by Arnold Kellet. …
Feeling tired? This is the word for you. This week’s word is an old Lancashire dialect one, which was also used in our little corner of Derbyshire. Powfagged, means extremely tired or exhausted. I’ve not heard it used by anyone in years, but it really brings back memories of my childhood.
Interesting, unusual or just plain weird: words from the past This week I’m introducing a new feature to this site. In Word of the Week I’ll introduce a new or interesting word to the site. This week the word is Knobstick. I found this word while reading Freiderich Engels The Condition of the English Working …