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The following collection was originally made, about the beginning of the present century, by a blind itinerant fidler, (one Peter Lock, of N orth Moulton, or its neighbourhood, who was a man of some humour, and though his skill and dexterity as a musician is said to have recommended him to the notice of the great, his more common converse with the lower class Of people gave him frequent opportunities of hearin and Observing their phrases and diction, an as persons deprived Of sight have generally a good memory, he was thereby the better enabled to retain and re peat them. This attracted the notice of a neighbourin cler y man, who by the fidler' s assistance putt is moor Scolding into the form in which we now have it, and before his death (which happened soon after the year communicated it to the editor Of the first and subsequent editions, who perfected the Courtsh1p but copies of the Scold ing were, for some time before and after this, handed about m manuscript, of which the writer hereof has seen one near 40 years since, which was then taken to be the original composition of the clergyman aforesaid, few being then apprehensive of its having any other author, or how far the person who furnished the materials might claim title thereto, though his fame as a fidler was not yet extinct.
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The following collection was originally made, about the beginning of the present century, by a blind itinerant fidler, (one Peter Lock, of N orth Moulton, or its neighbourhood, who was a man of some humour, and though his skill and dexterity as a musician is said to have recommended him to the notice of the great, his more common converse with the lower class Of people gave him frequent opportunities of hearin and Observing their phrases and diction, an as persons deprived Of sight have generally a good memory, he was thereby the better enabled to retain and re peat them. This attracted the notice of a neighbourin cler y man, who by the fidler' s assistance putt is moor Scolding into the form in which we now have it, and before his death (which happened soon after the year communicated it to the editor Of the first and subsequent editions, who perfected the Courtsh1p but copies of the Scold ing were, for some time before and after this, handed about m manuscript, of which the writer hereof has seen one near 40 years since, which was then taken to be the original composition of the clergyman aforesaid, few being then apprehensive of its having any other author, or how far the person who furnished the materials might claim title thereto, though his fame as a fidler was not yet extinct.
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Excerpt from An Exmoor Scolding: In the Propriety and Decency of Exmoor Language The former editions of these Dialogues, though well received and esteemed by those who had some acquaintance with the provincial dialects in the western parts of England, yet for want of such a Glossary as is now added, were in a great measure unintelligible to most others, except perhaps a few etymologists and collectors of old and uncommon words. The editors have therefore endeavoured to supply that defect; and that this eighth edition might be rendered as correct as possible, the whole has been carefully revised, some explanatory notes inserted, and the spelling of the provincial words better accommodated to their usual pronunciation among the peasants in the county of Devon. This, as well as their explanations in the Vocabulary or Glossary, it is presumed may be of some use to such lawyers as go the western circuit, by whom the evidence of a countryman is sometimes mistaken, for want of a proper interpretation of his language. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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