stealin' on me wi' his hosts,
And when Deeath has won his battle,
I'll go seek my Roman ghosts.

Then I'll hear their shout o' welcome
"Here cooms Bob 'o Dick 'o Joe's,
Bred an' born at Cambodunum,
held th'owd fort agean his foes;

"Fowt for ancient ways an' customs,
ne'er to feshion bent his knee;
Oppen t' ranks, lads, let him enter;
he's a Roman same as we."

1. Poured, 2. Slave. 3. Moles.
4. Fleas 5. Cow-house.
6. Affected pronunciation.




TELLING THE BEES


On many Yorkshire farms it was perhaps still is the
custom to tell the bees when a death had taken place in the
family. The hive had to be put into mourning, and when
the arval, or funeral feast, was held, after the return
from the grave, small portions of everything eaten or
drunk had to be given to the bees in a saucer. Failure