Posted(#39198, Bill o'th' Hoylus End)
Random Rhymes and Rambles, by William Wright 39198 [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/3/9/1/9/39198 ] [Files: 39198-8.txt; 39198-h.htm] For those wishing to know: this is a very rare book of poetry (and one long prose piece) written in broad Yorkshire dialect. Bill o'th' Hoylus End (his name was William Wright and he was born at Hoylus End, near Haworth in Yorkshire) was a "real character" - Gutenberg already has his autobiography - and he used to sell his poems in the pubs. His most famous piece, "T' History o't Haworth Railway" is included in this book, but every time he printed it the spellings and text changed - so it's sustantial different from the other copy already in Gutenberg. All the best, David, England, blue skies and bright sunshine
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