Vocabulary of Herefordshire Dialect in 1905

1.    mother           mother
2.    father           vaither
3.    sister          
4.    brother          
5.    daughter           daughter
6.    son           zunn


1.    water           waiter
2.    fire          
3.    sun           zunn
4.    moon           moon
5.    wind          
6.    rain          


1.    one           one
2.    two           two
3.    three           dree
4.    four           vawer
5.    five           vive
6.    six           zix


1.    cat           c-yat
2.    dog          
3.    horse           ’oss
4.    cow           cow
5.    fish          
6.    bird          
7.    tree          
8.    flower          


1.    white           white
2.    black           black
3.    red           red
4.    green           green
5.    yellow          
6.    blue          
7.    grey          
8.    brown          


Herefordshire dialect was spoken in

Leominster
Kington
Hereford
Ross-on-Wye


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