Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Canny Bit Verse is a book, written and published by poet Robert Allen from Northumberland, England, in 1994. It contained a variety of poems, which between them praise the valley of the North Tyne, talk about local village cricket, or tell of sad occurrences as in the \"whee's deid\" (obituary) column, and according to the sales details \"and for those who don't know their cushat (wood pigeon) from their shavie (chaffinch), there's a glossary of dialect words\".The poems were written at an earlier date and had been recorded by Allen on to three audio tapes, which he had produced; these are The Canniest Place on Eorth, Ridin' High and The Lang Pack.The 128 page book is illustrated by local writer and artist Henry Brewis.The Northumbrian Language Society, of which Allen was a founder member, is the sole supplier of this and other of his books and recordings."@en }
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- Canny_Bit_Verse abstract "Canny Bit Verse is a book, written and published by poet Robert Allen from Northumberland, England, in 1994. It contained a variety of poems, which between them praise the valley of the North Tyne, talk about local village cricket, or tell of sad occurrences as in the \"whee's deid\" (obituary) column, and according to the sales details \"and for those who don't know their cushat (wood pigeon) from their shavie (chaffinch), there's a glossary of dialect words\".The poems were written at an earlier date and had been recorded by Allen on to three audio tapes, which he had produced; these are The Canniest Place on Eorth, Ridin' High and The Lang Pack.The 128 page book is illustrated by local writer and artist Henry Brewis.The Northumbrian Language Society, of which Allen was a founder member, is the sole supplier of this and other of his books and recordings.".