Thirteen hundred old time words of British, continental or aboriginal origins, still or recently in use among the Pennsylvania mountain people.
Compiled by Henry W. Shoemaker, with notes and a collection of mountaineer women's names, copied from tombstones in Central Pennsylvania.

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Main Author: Shoemaker, Henry W. (Henry Wharton), b. 1880.
Language(s): English
Published: Altoona, Pa., Times Tribune Press, 1930.
Subjects: English language > English language / Dialects > English language / Dialects / Pennsylvania.
Physical Description: 75 p. 25 cm.
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