Dialect of South Lancashire or Tim Bobbin's Tummus and Meary

by John Collier

Book Overview

John Collier was an English caricaturist and satirical poet known by the pseudonym of Tim Bobbin. His first and most famous work, A View of the Lancashire Dialect, or, Tummus and Mary, appeared in 1746, and is the earliest significant piece of Lancashire dialect to be published He died in 1786 leaving the sum of 50 and was buried in the churchyard of Rochdale Parish Church, St. Chad's. He wrote his own epitaph 20 minutes before he died, "Jack of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1326080962
• ISBN13: 9781326080969
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"