Yes in my first days in Ramsbottom ,chatting with a neighbour,,a woman passéd,, the woman to whom I was speaking said .”who’s been ill?”
Well that is what I thought she said ,in fact it was “ hoo’s bin ill”.
A statement not a question about the passing woman.
An old lady used to say “Cast your bread upon the waters and it will come back buttered toast “
ie. be kind and kindness will be shown to you.
Cast yer bread upon th’wathers an it’ll come back butherrd thoast.
There was also the tradition of naming someone using their antecedents ,so my eldest so would be John o’ Bill’s o’ Jack’s o’ Sam’s o’ Tom’s etc.
Only worked everyone knew families generations back.
Eee,nowt so strange as fowk!
Viktoria.
