17 SEPTEMBER 1910, Page 15

OUR ENGLISH SKY.

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—In connexion with your article on " Our English Sky" in the issue of September 3rd, and the examples of Yorkshire words referring to the weather, I think the following specimens are distinctly characteristic. A native of Ingleton, discussing

the weather with some Yorkshire Ramblers, said :—"It might donk and dozzle a bit, and there may be a fluster or tew ; but I think as 'ow there'll be no greeat pels." At Pateley Bridge our landlady used the following sentence :—" There'll 'a to be a plash o' some mak o' pels afore it's any waarmer." " Pels " appears to mean a heavy downpour in each case.—I am, Sir,