Vocabulary of Lancashire Dialect in 1905

1.    mother           muther
2.    father           faither
3.    sister           sister
4.    brother           bruther
5.    daughter           doter
6.    son           lad


1.    water           watter
2.    fire           fire
3.    sun           sun
4.    moon           meeun
5.    wind           wind
6.    rain           rain


1.    one           won
2.    two           tiw
3.    three           three
4.    four           four
5.    five           five
6.    six           six


1.    cat           cat
2.    dog           dog
3.    horse           ’orse
4.    cow           cah
5.    fish           feeash
6.    bird           budd
7.    tree           tree
8.    flower           flower


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


Lancashire dialect was spoken in

Morecambe
Lancaster
Preston
Burnley
Blackburn
Manchester
Bolton
Wigan
Liverpool


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