ROODENS and ROODING
Rooding is the job of mowing the reeds and weeds
from down the side of a Dyke or Drain with a Scythe, the reeds
and weeds after they were cut the cuttings were called Roodings
and were used to cover thing up to keep them warm and dry, like
heaps of Sugar beet or Potatoes.
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HOVEL
A cart shed.
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LONG HEADED
Educated City people.
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WRETCH
A length on land that was giving to work on. A
field 200 Mtr long divided by 10 would give you a wretch 20 Mtr
long, with 10 wretches through the field. I will help you on your
wretch.
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HEADLAND
The edge of a field where Horses turn.
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SCARRUN UP
A form of field cultivation
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YOUN
This word meant other or far end, as in youn end of a field.
Your wretch is youn end of the field. |
BALKIN UP
Ridging up Celery
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BLUBBER
Cry.
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SCOOTS
Scoots meant the row on a out of square field where on one side
the rows would became shorter and shorter.
You wretch has scoots in it youn end.
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CLOBBER
Summons.
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COP
To throw.
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SLUB
Slub or Slubby meant Mud or Muddy
Your going to get slubby, its upto your neck in slub.
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DAB HAND
Proficient
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FAIR TO MIDDLING
Not bad, reasonable.
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SCUFFLE
A light agricutural implement on wheels and with curved tines
for weeding, etc.
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FUZBALL
The Fungus lycoperdon Vovista.
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FUDER
Further away.
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SHUT-KNIFE
A pen knife.
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GAWPING
Looking.
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GOB
Mouth.
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CLODS
Compact soil, making hard lumps |
LUG-HOLE
Ears.
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QUICK STICKS
Immediately
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TILTING.
To lightly plough a field after harvest.
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MIZZLE
A light rain
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RANNY
A small Vole
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MUCK GROOM
A long handled tool normally made from a four-tine fork with the forks bend to make a tool
like a rake, used for pulling farmyard manure off of the cart on the fields.
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RIME
Frost.
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RUB-STUN
A sharpening stone.
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CHOPPUN OUT
Preparing sugar beet rows for hand singleing.
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SINGLEUN
singleing out sugar beet plants by hand
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DIB orDIBBER
A small tool used for setting plants .
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