Provincial Glossary With a Collection of Local Proverbs and Popular Superstitions [Paperback]

Francis Grose (Author)

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Publication Date: June 26, 2003

Provincial or local words are of three kinds, the first, either Saxon or Danish, in general grown obsolete from disuse, and the introduction of more fashionable terms; and, consequently, only retained in countries remote from the capital, where modern refinements do not easily find their way and are not readily adopted. The second sort are words derived from some foreign languages, as Latin, French or German; but so corrupted, by passing through the mouths of illiterate clowns as to render their origin scarcely discoverable. The third are mere arbitrary words, not deducible from any primary source or language. The Local Proverbs section of this book all allude to the particular history of the places mentioned or some ancient customs respecting them, and Popular Superstitions tend to illustrate our ancient poems and romances.

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Paperback: 132 pages
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC (June 26, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0766166759
ISBN-13: 978-0766166752
Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
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Literacy and Popular Culture: England 1750-1914 (Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture) by David Vincent in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)

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