DANCING IS A FUN WAY OF GETTING EXERCISE AND MAKING NEW FRIENDS

Roy Smith of Hoghton Folk Dance Club, near Preston has written a poem in Lancashire Dialect. Although many Lancashire people have a recognisable accent, not many nowadays speak in a real Lancashire Dialect. Why not try and see if you can decipher it.

A PLEA FROM HOGHTON FOLK DANCE CLUB EAWR PROBLEM

Cum t'Hoghton-on-the-hill - it's allus bright an' sunny; Cum ov a Toosda' evening' - tha'll hev value fer thi money. But we've a problem, aw tell thee, as isn't verra common; To' mony chaps an' nod enoo' lasses - it con cause commotion, It's all awreet when we're sittin' reawnd, an' chewin' t'fat together - But then yon Caller sheawts us up: "Ne'er mind beawt the weather! Ged in her sets, an' maek lung lines; 'eeads up, an' smile a bit." But then all t'ladies rustle abeawt - they just corned do wi' it. They get fair giddy, quick as leet, an' look at each other funny: "Us four's wrung i' this 'ere set - we'n getten a chap to' mony." "Nay, nay, that's reet, aw tell thee true: He's dancin' t'part o' one o' you!" Well! Wimmen dancin' as chaps - what's new? Sum do that every wick; But cum to Hoghton, lasses all, an' yo' can tek yer pick Ov all them lads - spick, spon an' cleaun - awaiting' yo' in masses; We're not stuck fer bobbins 'ere - but we're stuck fer mooer lasses!