fo'k

Fancy thee leavin 'me to get wed, an' livin 'i' a strange place, and all th 'fo'k set agen thee afore they see thee!

Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

'That, mi lad, is th' hoile where all th 'bad fo'k go.'

Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

It 'll noan dry th' een o 'th' poor fo'k he's made weep, tho '-- will it, Mr. Penrose?'

Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

There's some fo'k think they can eyt their cake and hev it.

Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

It's a long road, I know, when fo'k luk for'ards; but it's soon getten o'er, and when thaa looks back'ards it's nobbud short.

Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

Mi own fo'k wernd look at me naa, 'cose he caanty-courted aar Bella's husband.'

Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

It wor happen as weel if aw'd a bit more o 'thi spirit i' me, owd lad; but if there wor more fo'k like thee there'd be less like me. '

Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

Aw know mi wark; and if fo'k willn'd pay for what they get, then they mun be made to. '

Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

Then it was Abraham Lord's wife suggested that Joseph should 'find th' parson a pair o 'wings, so as he might mate hissel wi' a angel, for she was sure naught less 'ud suit Rehoboth fo'k.'

Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather

And whenever awm a bit daanhearted, or hardhearted, or fratchy wi 'th' missus, or plaguey wi 'fo'k, aw goes to th' owd flute, and it helps me o'er th 'stile.

Lancashire Idylls (1898) Marshall Mather