1898, Richard Jefferies, The Toilers of the Field Chapter , "I'd 'ave sooner had 'un of anybody else," said he, "but thur war nur anuther to be had, and it bean't such a bad 'un nither, only Measter Humphreys be hardish in the mouth."
1905, Joseph Hocking, Roger Trewinion Chapter , Any-rate, thur wur lots of talk, fur 'twas seed not only in the church, and churchyard, but up at the house."