fowk

"Weel, I canna jist say I ken ye by the name fowk ca 'ye; and still less div I ken ye by the name the Lord ca's ye; but nowther maitters muckle to her that kens He has a name growin for her -- or raither, a name she's growin til!

Salted with Fire George MacDonald 1864

Kursmiss Day wor passed an 'ommost forgotten, but still th' fowk 'at live i' th 'neighborhood o' Bingly or Keighly nivver think it's ovver until th 'new year's getten a start.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

An bi soothin 'fowk's cares, an ther sorrows relievin,

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

Ther's a deal o 'fowk' at wodn't be as weel off as they are if it worn't for th 'tailors.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

Yo'll find gooid an bad amang th 'fowk' at yo meet,

Yorkshire Tales. Third Series Amusing sketches of Yorkshire Life in the Yorkshire Dialect John Hartley 1877

Th 'fowk' at kept th 'shop at th' yard end, sed he did buy a pund when his wife wor laid deead i'th 'haase, but it wor becoss he darn't stop wi' a deead body at neet i'th 'dark.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

My dowter has tell'd me monny a time, 'at ther's a deeal o' fowk 'at's born withaat heeads.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

Ha monny haars 'enjoyment have they gien to th' fowk 'ats growin' em? An 'ha oft have they kept chaps aght o' th 'alehaase?

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

Th 'fowk' at lived thear had mooast on 'em been born thear, an 'ther'd been soa monny weddin's amang 'em wol they wor all summat moor or less akin.

Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877

Whan they hear that at that time ye gae birth till a lad bairn, the whilk was stown awa ', an' never hard tell o 'till noo --' It may weel be, 'fowk'll say:' them 'at has drunk wad drink again!'

Malcolm George MacDonald 1864