Yorkshire dialect classics

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After an introduction to dialects in general, a history of Yorkshire dialect and a guide to pronunciation, this anthology presents the best Yorkshire poems, stories and sayings - from Caedmon's seventh-century Hymn to Creation to Mi Fust Day dahn t'Pit, an autobiographical account given by Ernest Beaumont in 2000 - with notes on the authors and contexts of the pieces and illustrations by Margaret Clarkson and Peter Kearney.