Back Furness Dialect Dictionary Index Page Explore the traditional way of speech in the Furness area of South Cumbria:   these pages, grouped by topic, give a flavour of the words particular to Furness or to the Lake District in general.     Good searching!

Basic verbs to be will / shall to do to have    Personal pronouns I, me, myself etc    Quantities numbers volumes    Movement/action walking / rambling scrambling & climbing hurrying / running hitting handling & poking throwing coming & going standing, sitting & lying down rising & falling moving objects work tremble / shiver cutting / splitting looking

Talking & noise ways of speaking calls & cries insults & names noise / hubbub    Relative place relative position relative position (2)    Body & Mood the body physique & size character mood illness    Clothing clothes footwear sewing & knitting    Games & play playing games more games spinning tops marbles card games fighting / wrestling

Landscape features hills & valleys lakes & streams ditches & pools fields enclosures field gates roads & tracks    Farmyard farm outbuildings the farmhouse    Farm animals sheep sheep ear marks cows horses droppings /muck    Animals and plants birds mammals insects trees & bushes plants    Weather weather - fine & poor

Farm activities the plough carts carting tools arable crops & grain butchering    Seaside & fishing the shore fishing & cockling fish    In the house furniture etc the kitchen fire cooking utensils fire & burning in't buttery    Food & drink food more food fruits eating & drinking

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