" JANNOCK." •
[To THE EDITOR 05' THE "SPECTATOR."]
'SIR,—Your reviewer, when noticing Miss Fothergill's new novel, in your issue of the 21st inst., states that for the first time he formed acquaintance with the word "jannock," in her work. In Lancashire and Yorkshire the word is well known, and in -common use, and possesses much quaint significance and force. It has two applications. One person having dealings with .another says," Do jannock,"—that is, act squarely and. uprightly. If a man is declared to be " jannock," it sums up all the quail- -ties and virtues that go to form an honest, straightforward, and manly man. The Bishop of Manchester is no stranger to the use of this local but very forcible term.—I am, Sir, &c.,
J. B. RoangsoN.
The Inner Hey, Marsden, near Huddersfield, .0ctober MT/.
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