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· Almost a fifth of respondents thought the Yorkshire term for a silly person – a ‘daft ha-porth’ – is a foreign phrase from Denmark or Poland.

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· Almost a fifth of respondents thought the Yorkshire term for a silly person – a ‘daft ha-porth’ – is a foreign phrase from Denmark or Poland.

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Nin portzadikin almucatin milko prin alelmin en thoth dalheben ensouim; kuthim al dum alkatim nim broth dechoth porth min michais im endoth, pruch dalmaisoulum hol moth danfrihim lupaldas in voldemoth.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

Nin portzadikin almucatin milko prin alelmin en thoth dalheben ensouim; kuthim al dum alkatim nim broth dechoth porth min michais im endoth, pruch dalmaisoulum hol moth danfrihim lupaldas in voldemoth.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

End. The name may probably be interpreted as _porth izic_, the "corn port," though certainly this is not a grain country.

The Cornwall Coast

"And spoiled the dog for a ha-porth of water," said Garnet.

Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm Armand [Illustrator] Both 1928

A short distance inland from the porth is St. Columb Minor, the church of which, together with that of St. Columb Major some six miles farther inland is said to be dedicated to Columba, a maiden saint who is not to be confounded with the great Irish saint of the same name.

The Cornish Riviera Sidney Heath 1907

The village is a pretty one that lies in the centre of the beautiful Vale of Mawgan, or Lanherne, which stretches from St. Columb to the porth, or cove on the coast.

The Cornish Riviera Sidney Heath 1907

Though the cold did not lift, the weather grew tolerable once more: and each time I crossed the townplace [2] with a lamb in my arms, I heard the surf running lower and lower in the porth below

Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903

I shouted to him and pointed towards the boat: and after looking a moment, he set down his pails and started off at a run, down towards the porth.

Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903