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• The English Dialect Grammar: Comprising the Dialects of England, of the Shetland and Orkney Islands, and of Those Parts of Scotland, Ireland and Wales Where English is Habitually Spoken (Oxford et al.: H. Frowde, 1905), by Joseph Wright
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• Dialect, proverbs and word-lore; a classified collection of the chief contents of The Gentleman's magazine from 1731-1868. (E. Stock, 1886), by George Laurence Gomme (page images at HathiTrust)

• Rustic Speech and Folk-Lore, by Elizabeth Mary Wright (Gutenberg ebook)

• A grammar of the dialect of Adlington (Lancashire) (C. Winters̓ Universitätsbuchhandlung, 1904), by Alexander Hargreaves (page images at HathiTrust)

• Buckinghamshire dialect (Hazell, Watson & Viney, 1929), by Horace Harman (page images at HathiTrust)

• An attempt at a glossary of Cheshire words. (Printed for R. Todd, 1826), by Roger Wilbraham (page images at HathiTrust)
• An attempt at a glossary of some words used in Cheshire. Communicated to the Society of antiquaries (Printed for T. Rodd, 1826), by Roger Wilbraham (page images at HathiTrust)
• An attempt at a glossary of some words used in Cheshire-- (E. Lumley, 1836), by Roger Wilbraham (page images at HathiTrust)
• An attempt at a glossary of some words used in Cheshire (Printed by W. Bulmer and W. Nicol, 1820), by Roger Wilbraham (page images at HathiTrust)

• A glossary of the Cleveland dialect: explanatory, derivative, and critical. (J.R. Smith, 1868), by J. C. Atkinson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Randigal rhymes, and a glossary of Cornish words. (F. Rodda, 1895), by Joseph Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cornish tales, in prose and verse, with a glossary. (Netherton & Worth, 1873), by I. T. Tregellas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cornish tales, in prose and verse, with a glossary. (Truro, 1865), by I. T. Tregellas (page images at HathiTrust)

• The ancient language and the dialect of Cornwall : with an enlarged glossary. (AMS Press, 1983), by Frederick W. P. Jago (page images at HathiTrust)
• Glossary of the Cornish dialect (Netherton & Worth, 1882), by Fred. W. P. Jago (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cornish tales, in prose and verse (Netherton and Worth, 1890), by I. T. Tregellas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Glossary of words in use in Cornwall. (Pub. for the English dialect society, by Trübner & co., 1880), by M. A. Courtney, Thomas Couch, and Thomas Quiller Couch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sketches of the West Countree; original studies of rural life in Devon and Cornwall, in verse and prose. (Besley and Dalgleish ltd., 1908), by W. Gregory Harris (page images at HathiTrust)

• A glossary of the Cotswold (Gloucestershire) dialect (J.R. Smith, 1868), by Richard Webster Huntley (page images at HathiTrust)

• Horæ momenta cravenæ, or, The Craven dialect, exemplified in two dialogues, between farmer Giles and his neighbour Bridget. To which is annexed a copious glossary. (Hurst, Robinson and co.; [etc., etc.], 1824), by William Carr (page images at HathiTrust)
• The dialect of Craven, in the West-Riding of the county of York (Printed for W. Crofts; [etc., etc.], 1828), by William Carr (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Craven dialect : exemplified in a dialogue between Farmer Giles and his neighbour Bridget (Printed and sold by J. Tasker, 1834), by J. Tasker and William Carr (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lakeland words; a collection of dialect words and phrases, as used in Cumberland and Westmoreland, with illustrative sentences in the North Westmorland dialect (Printed by T. Wilson, 1898), by B. Kirkby (page images at HathiTrust)
• A glossary of the words and phrases pertaining to the dialect of Cumberland (Bemrose and sons; [etc., etc., 1899), by William Dickinson, Simon Dickson Brown, and Edward William Prevost (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dialogues, poems, songs, and ballads (J.R. Smith, 1839), by Ann Coward Wheeler (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Westmoreland dialect in four familiar dialogues, in which an attempt is made to illustrate the provincial idiom. (J.R. Smith, 1840), by Ann Coward Wheeler and Wordsworth Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
• A supplement to the glossary of the dialect of Cumberland (H. Frowde, Bemrose & Sons, 1905), by E. W. Prevost, William Dickinson, and S. Dickson Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• Westmoreland and Cumberland dialects. Dialogues, poems, songs, and ballads (John Russell Smith, 1839), by John Russell Smith, R. G. Latham, and Wordsworth Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ballads in the Cumberland dialect (Printed for H.K. Snowden; sold by Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh, 1828), by R. Anderson and Thomas Sanderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The poetical works; to which is prefixed the life of the author, written by himself; an essay on the character, manners, and customs of the peasantry of Cumberland; and observations on the style and genius of the author (B. Scott, 1820), by R. Anderson and Thomas Sanderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• A glossary of the words and phrases of Cumberland. (Callander & Dixon;, 1859), by William Dickinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• A glossary of provincial words used in the county of Cumberland. (J.G. Bell, 1851) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Poems (Printed by and for J. Mitchell, 1798), by Josiah Relph, J. Mitchell, and Thomas Bewick (page images at HathiTrust)
• The folk-speech of Cumberland and some districts adjacent; being short stories and rhymes in the dialects of the west border counties (Bemrose & sons, 1891), by Alexander Craig Gibson (page images at HathiTrust)
• A miscellany of poems : consisting of original poems, translations, pastorals in the Cumberland dialect, familiar epistles, fables, songs, and epigrams (Printed by Robert Foulis for Mr. Thomlinson, 1747), by Josiah Relph (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ballads in the Cumberland dialect. With notes descriptive of the manners and customs of the Cumberland peasantry, a glossary of local words, and a life of the author. (W. Davison, 1840), by R. Anderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lakeland and Iceland; being a glossary of words in the dialect of Cumberland, Westmoreland and north Lancashire which seem allied to or identical with the Icelandic or Norse, together with cognate place-names and surnames, and a supplement of words used in shepherding, folk-lore and antiquities (Pub. for the English dialect society by H. Frowde, Oxford university press, 1895), by T. Ellwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• The folk-speech of Cumberland and some districts adjacent; being short stories and rhymes in the dialects of the west border counties. (Bemrose & sons; Carlisle, G. & T. Coward, 1880), by Alexander Craig Gibson (page images at HathiTrust)

• The folk-speech of Cumberland and some districts adjacent; being short stories and rhymes in the dialects of the West border counties ... (J.R. Smith, etc., etc., 1869), by Alexander Craig Gibson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Landnama book of Iceland as it illustrates the dialect, place names, folk lore, & antiquities of Cumberland, Westmorland,and North Lancashire. (T. Wilson, Printer, Highgate, 1894), by T. Ellwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ballads in the Cumberland dialect (B. Crosby and co.; [etc., etc.], 1808), by R. Anderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anderson's Cumberland ballads and songs. (W. Holmes, 1904), by R. Anderson and T. Ellwood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ballads in the Cumberland dialect, with notes, a glossary, and a biographical sketch of the author. (Ismay, 1834), by R. Anderson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Westmoreland dialect in four familiar dialogues, in which an attempt is made to illustrate the provincial idiom. (J.R. Smith, 1840), by Ann Coward Wheeler and Wordsworth Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
• Westmoreland and Cumberland dialects. Dialogues, poems, songs, and ballads (John Russell Smith, 1839), by John Russell Smith, R. G. Latham, and Wordsworth Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
• Specimens of the dialect of Westmorland. (Atkinson and Pollitt, 1887), by Thomas Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)

• Propriety ascertained in her picture; or, Inglish speech and spelling rendered mutual guides. (Printed by J. Walter, 1787), by James Elphinston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Examples of printed folk-lore concerning Fife, with some notes on Clackmannan and Kinross-shires (Sidgwick, 1914), by John Ewart Simpkins (page images at HathiTrust)
• Legal & other lyrics (T.N. Foulis, 1916), by George Outram, Edmund J. Sullivan, and Henry Glassford Bell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ancient Scottish poems. (Printed by A. Murray and J. Cochran, for John Balfour, 1770), by George Bannatyne, Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, and David Dalrymple (page images at HathiTrust)
• An essay on the Scoto-English dialect. Part I. An academical dissertation. Along with some French and German theses, with the permission of the Philosoph. faculty of Lund, to be publicly defended by Zacharias Collin in the lecture-hall n:01, on the 5th of March, 1862 at 10 o'clock, A.M. (Berlings Print. Off., 1862), by Zacharias Collin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Desultory notes on Jamieson's Scottish dictionary (W. Hodge & company, 1899), by Fleming-Montgomerie James B. (page images at HathiTrust)
• The poetry and humor of the Scottish language. (A. Gardner; [etc., etc.], 1882), by Charles Mackay (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of the Scottish language ; Containing an explanation of the words used by the most celebrated ancient and modern Scottish authors. (Printed for J. Sawers, 1818), by Ebenezer Picken (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lyrics : legal and miscellaneous (W. Blackwood, 1874), by George Outram and Henry Glassford Bell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The rime-vowels of Cursor mundi; a phonological and etymological investigation. (Almquist, 1919), by Otto Strandberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Supplement to Jamieson's Scottish dictionary : with memoir, and introduction (AMS Press, 1966), by John Jamieson and David Donaldson (page images at HathiTrust)

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