wo-up

Updated: May 22, 2025

But folk han to trust us a bit for their stuff, dunnot yo see, or else it would be 'Wo-up! soon." I heard of one beerhouse, the owner of which had only drawn ls. 6d. during a whole week. His children were all factory operatives, and all out of work.

Edwin Waugh - Home-Life of the Lancashire Factory Folk during the Cotton Famine