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Billy5959's avatar

Lovely writing. As a Lancashire lass, with family who straddle the border with Yorkshire, I recognised the variety of Graces used by the older people. I suggest that your Eccles cake was a wrong'un however.

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Alice's avatar

Loved this. (Full disclosure: I’m Lancastrian). I use ta’ra all the time (usually followed by luvvie). My relatives in Durham/Northumberland say it too so I think the word must be used across the north of England. The other words I’m not so familiar with. I moved to the south when I was 18, this article brought back memories of trudging along rivers on school hiking trips. It’s beautiful and wild up thurr on the pikes and dales and piers.

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