[SOC] King Alfred and the Cakes

[Lloyd Lachow]

Ev ya ivver eard tell a that teeal aboot King Alfred
an� t�ceeakes? It war a lang tahme back � when t� King
were fighting t� Daanes soomwheear doon i� t� sooth.
�E rammled off intit coounthry � an� put on cleeas te
mak issen lewk like yan o� t� coounthry fooakes, d�ye
see. Yah daay � scraffling alang � �e cam tiv a lahtle
wooden �oose � an lifted t� sneck an gooad in. E seed
at ther wer greeat rooaring fire � an at t� ooad
wooman were beeaking keeakes. 

�Cum thi ways in�, sha said, �Ah�s fair clashed ta
deead , an ain�t tahme te dawdle wi thee � fer ahve
joost getten t� keeakes it yune, an ah es anutter
joadther te neead, sea tha can joost lewk efther em,
an whativer tha dis, mahned tha dissent bon em � fer
ahve joost sliped oot t� worral ole � ant yune�s varry
nigh rid yat: an be sartin te ton em beath sahds tit�
uther � else thou�ll kep it.� 

Bur �is mahnd were moithered like an e fergat all
aboot t� keeakes - an tha began ti bon, an t� ooad
wooman smelt t� reek � an cam back i� sike a fullock
an all ...................


(G. Hardwicke (North Riding) 1924)



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