140 THE DIALECT OF Tod, a fox. Not used here now, but found in the word TWmorden, a neighbouring town ; perhaps also in Toadhole&y the name of a field belonging to the Grammar School, which may be TodholeB, similar to • Brockholes ' not far off (?). Toil, perhaps tirl^ the wheel of a barrow. Toil. * To keep in toil ' is to keep in action. Toit. ' To keep in toit ' is to keep in good order, temper, &c., as of a machine. At Golcar the word is ' in toy,* Tombo, one who acts sillily. Very common. Used adjectively as well. A boy looking at a clock said, ' Eh ! whafen a tombo fSeuse ! ' Tommy Loioh. See Loich and Beardie. To-mom, to-morrow. * To-mom at neet,' i, e, to-morrow night. See under Letter M. In the *Peregrini' (Toumeley Mysteries) Luke says—
- Tbou art a pilgreme, as we ar,
This nyght shalle thou fare as we fare^ Be it les or be it mare Thou shalle assay, Then to-morne thou make the yare (ready) To weynde thi way.* Tompimpemel, the Pimpernel : Anagallis arvensis. Tomspiimer, the Crane-fly, or tipida, T'oue or t'other (pronounced toon— two syllables — or 4uther)y the one or the other. See Colin Clint : 'They each of other blother, The fone against the tothery* where notice the doubled article, ' the fone,' Topping, the hair, and particularly that in front of the head. See Snod. Also the top stone of a walL Tormochel (ch soft), applied to a troublesome child : ' A regular tormocheV Tormoit, torment. Tot, a small drinking-glass holding a quarter of a pint Touchous, touchy, or tetchy. Town's hall, t. e. town-hall, a curious word, not only because contrary to the use of all England, but even more particularly of this part, where the usual *s is so freely omitted. * Tnat*8 Tom Smitii voice ; '
- Look at it tail.'
Towser, i, e, tolser, a prison. In some parts tolsey. Strictly a toll- place, a kind of exchange. Tollhooth also is a prison.
