Rustic Speech and Folk-Lore. Elizabeth Mary Wright
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ABBREVIATIONS
| Bck. | = Bucks. |
| Bdf. | = Bedford. |
| Bnff. | = Banff. |
| Brks. | = Berks. |
| Chs. | = Cheshire. |
| Cmb. | = Cambridge. |
| Cor. | = Cornwall. |
| Cth. | = Carmarthen. |
| Cum. | = Cumberland. |
| Cy. | = country. |
| Der. | = Derby. |
| Dev. | = Devon. |
| Dnb. | = Denbigh. |
| Dor. | = Dorset. |
| Dur. | = Durham. |
| e.An. | = East Anglia. |
| Ess. | = Essex. |
| Glo. | = Gloucester. |
| Hmp. | = Hampshire. |
| Hnt. | = Huntingdon. |
| Hrf. | = Hereford. |
| Hrt. | = Hertford. |
| I.Ma. | = Isle of Man. |
| Irel. | = Ireland. |
| I.W. | = Isle of Wight. |
| Ken. | = Kent. |
| Lakel. | = Lakeland. |
| Lan. | = Lancashire. |
| Lei. | = Leicester. |
| Lin. | = Lincoln. |
| lit. | = literary. |
| M.E. | = Middle English. |
| Mid. | = Middlesex. |
| Midl. | = Midlands. |
| Nhb. | = Northumberland. |
| Nhp. | = Northampton. |
| Not. | = Nottingham. |
| Nrf. | = Norfolk. |
| O.E. | = Old English. |
| O.N. | = Old Norse. |
| Or.I. | = Orkney Isles. |
| Oxf. | = Oxford. |
| Pem. | = Pembroke. |
| Rut. | = Rutland. |
| Sc. | = Scotland. |
| Sh.I. | = Shetland Isles. |
| Shr. | = Shropshire. |
| Som. | = Somerset. |
| Stf. | = Stafford. |
| Suf. | = Suffolk. |
| Sur. | = Surrey. |
| Sus. | = Sussex. |
| Wal. | = Wales. |
| War. | = Warwick. |
| Wil. | = Wiltshire. |
| Wm. | = Westmorland. |
| Wor. | = Worcester. |
| Yks. | = Yorks. |
The asterisk * prefixed to a word denotes a theoretical form.
INTRODUCTION