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<F L5>
<S FO & WB>
<G M>
<A 80 & 84>
<O RETIRED FARMWORKER & RETIRED FARMER>
<C LINCOLNSHIRE>
<V TEALBY>
<D 10-01-52>
<I SE>
<L CN S60>
<T 8:23>
<FO I went to plough. FO>
<WB Aye. WB>
<FO And there was a man come [: came] from +…
past once,
# he says,
+” If the bobby comes,
he ‘ll lay you up. “+
# I says,
+” What for? “+
+” Why, “+
he says,
+” For making pig xxx. “+
Well,
it was +…
we ‘d broken it.
xxx xxx (the) plough slipped out and # couldn’t +…
wasn’t long enough to hold it. FO>
<WB Oh. WB>
<FO And then another time,
there was a man come [:came],
he says,
+” You ‘ll be getting xxx. “+
I says,
+” Why? “+
+” Why, “+
he says,
+” Them calves ‘ll be breaking their legs. “+
+” Oh. “+
I said,
+” What for?
Why, “+
He says,
+” They can’t walk down that far,
it ‘s [*summat*] cruel. “+
Well,
we had to yoke out at six. FO>
<SE Hmm. SE>
<FO And so you xxx xxx time and uh # we had uh # our horses to fetch up. FO>
<WB You hadn’t xxx xxx xxx. WB>
<FO No.
And we always had to be # out of the +…
from the breakfast,
with xxx xxx xxx on,
when the clock struck six. FO>
<SE Hmm. SE>
<FO And then they make so much to-do about it today.
If they go to # work before eight.
# And we stopped while six,
it were +…
in +… FO>
<WB Aye.
You had to stop while six. WB>
<FO And when we was in service,
we had to be doing [*summat*] while seven. FO>
<SE Hmm. SE>
<FO And then we could go off,
and have us [: our] # suppers,
as we call it. FO>
<SE Yeah. SE>
<WB And then go to bed and get ready for morning. WB>
<FO Aye. FO>
<WB And they didn’t use to let you go to no dances,
and xxx to no pictures. WB>
<FO And they come [: came] to me,
# while a Sunday morning.
He says,
+” You ‘ll have to go and # get some turkeys out of yon field. “+
We had one for dinner.
The xxx says,
+” Why.
Do it xxx.
Go on. “+
# We couldn’t get them a(t) Saturday.
We had to go digging [*mysen*]. FO>
||
<FO And my boss,
he used to go and +…
If I went away from home,
he used to # get to the pub and stop.
And he stopped two or three days out there.
that # time.
You ‘ll excuse me if I say wrong.
[!= laughs]
And uh so when he come [: came] home,
# they called me Jack.
He says,
+” Right Jack. “+
xxx xxx he came to sleep wi(th) me like.
+” Uh what have you # been doing?
Have you gotten so and so done? “+
# I said,
+” Yes. “+
+” Have you gotten so and so? “+
+” Yes. “+
# +” And have I gotten so and so done? “+
I said,
+” No. “+
+” # How ‘s that? “+
+” Well, “+
I says,
+” I haven’t had time. “+
+” Time be buggered. “+
[!= laughs]
He says uh,
+” You know you ‘ve a bloody great wage. “+ FO>
<SE [!= laughs] SE>
<FO He says,
+” I want +…
I [/] I [\] don’t keep you to look at.
So remember that “+ FO>
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<WB It was worth eighteen for a shilling at that time of day. WB>
<SE Hmm. SE>
<WB And I were going up (the) hill and # [/] and [\] I said to that +…
this young fellow,
I said,
+” You ‘ve a lot of eggs there Fred,
I shall happen have one. “+
And he says,
+” xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx. “+
And he xxx me half a shillings worth.
And I sucked seventeen on [: of] (th)em,
and xxx xxx that two were rotten.
[!= laughs] WB>
||
<WB Well,
I can remember one time we were going to xxx,
and bringing a load of iron ore for a blacksmith.
And he sent his man down to help me to load this iron,
and we had to bring # ten stone of flours home.
We got it to (the) top of the iron,
and we ‘s kept going on,
and both on [: of] us had gotten +…
# Well,
as much as we xxx out of that stuff (th)at makes you silly.
Our horses started to trot.
A bit of shirt iron kept tumbling off now and again,
we was picking this here shirt iron up,
one xxx xxx a bigger xxx xxx,
but anyhow,
somebody stopped (th)em.
And when we gets to the far end,
we put the horses at the shoeing shed,
I ‘s to go in have my dinner,
he gets up and puts a flour # onto the wagon wheel,
and I gets it on my back,
he goes in the house,
he says,
+” Here,
why don’t you bring this here xxx mill? “+
I dropped the flour on the floor and I says as I should xxx [*mysen*].
# And then when we ‘d gotten our dinner,
we had xxx xxx,
as soon as I ‘d got a bit of it,
well I had to nip outside.
# And I went to one # wheelbarrow was stuck in the place where I wanted to put my wagon,
and I xxx xxx xxx horses,
and I says,
+” Come on! “+
Soon as they got xxx from the shed, they shot back and # ran over the barrow and broke it. WB>
<FO xxx xxx xxx xxx. FO>
<WB And the fellow swore,
what had I run over that barrow for.
I says,
+” I shouldn’t ‘a done if you hadn’t ‘a set the bugger in the road.
[!= laughs]
I said,
+” that ‘s done that. “+
[!= laughs] WB>
Transcription by Juhani Klemola and Mark Jones, 1999 See http://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/381/1/LSE_1999_pp17-30_Klemola_Jones_article.pdf and http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/ach-allc.99/proceedings/scott.html
