Keelmin's Comic Annewal Explained

The Keelmin's Comic Annewal, for (followed by the actual year)
Author:	John W. Chater
Country:	United Kingdom
Language:	English, many in (Geordie dialect)
Genre:	annual – book
Publisher:	John W. Chater
Release Date:	between (at least) 1869 and 1883
Media Type:	Print
Pages:	varies but generally less than 50 pages

The Keelmin's Comic Annewal, for 1869 was a book, published and printed annually by John W. Chater, between (at least) 1869 and 1883. It contained a mixture of songs, poems, humorous tales, jokes, conundrums, tongue twisters and other items of frivolity.^[1]

The full title of the book was “The Keelmin's Comic Annewal, for 1869, gi'es ye the best bits o' wit an' wisdim, be the clivvorest cheps aboot Tyneside; Awl M'yed Oot O' Thor Awn Heeds, An 'Lustrayted Wi' Lots Iv Curius An' Clivvor Comic Cuts.Be J. L. Marcke an' C. H. Ross,(B'yeth Reg'lae Cawshins.) Price Sixpence – Reddy Munny------------(followed by 7 rules te buyers)------------J. W. Chater, 89, Clayton Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne”

A copy of most years books are now held at Beamish Museum.

The publication

The front cover is as thus :-

THE
KEELMIN'S COMIC
ANNEWAL,
FOR 1869
GI'ES YE
THE BEST BITS O' WIT AN' WISDIM
BE THE CLIVVOREST CHEPS ABOOT TYNESIDE;
AWL M'YED OOT O' THOR AWN HEEDS,
AN 'LUSTRAYTED WI'
LOTS IV CURIUS AN' CLIVVOR COMIC CUTS.
BE
J. L. MARCKE AN' C. H. ROSS,
(B'YETH REG'LAE CAWSHINS.)
PRICE SIXPENCE – REDDY MUNNY
– - – - – - –
RULES TE BUYERS
– - – - – - –
J. W. CHATER, 89, CLAYTON STREET
Newcastle-upon-Tyne

The cost of the publication was “Price sixpence- Reddy Munny

Contents

The contents cover many topics, mainly written in the Geordie dialect, often very broad.

Below is a small sample of the type of items these annuals contained :-

Songs

• Awd Grey Meer – (The), to the tune of The Pladdie awa (1873 annual)
• Bellman's penshun, to the tune of Bow, wow, wow (1873 annual)^[2]
• Bobbies and the claes line – (The) or the weshorwives' rivvenge, to the tune of Weshorwife or Man i' the m'yun (1869 annual)^[3]
• Dispairin' K'yuk O' Howdin – (The) (1869 annual)
• Drop ahint the door – (A), to the tune of Yen kiss ahint the door (1873 annual)^[4]
• Fortniths Wages Weekly – (A), to the tune of King o' the Cannibal Islands, written by Ralph Blackett, (1871 annual)^[5]
• Gannin' te the well, to the tune of Awd lang syne (1873 annual)^[6]
• Geordy Black, written by Rowland Harrison, (1873 annual)^[7]
• Janey Grey, to the tune of Robin Thomsin's smiddy (1869 annual)^[8]
• Jimmy's brocken oot, to the tune of Row upon the stairs, written by Thomas Kerr, (1871 annual)^[9]
• Midhap – (A) or After Tom Hood – A long way (1873 annual)
• Nowt like a hoose o' yer awn, written by Rowland Harrison, (1873 annual)^[10]
• Penny show peep – (The), to the tune of Canny Newcassel (1873 annual)^[11]
• Pitman and the quack – (The) – (1873 annual)^[12]
• Shields forinor – (The) (Founded on facts), to the tune of Charmin young widow (1873 annual)^[13]
• Since aw hev been away, to the tune of An' sae will we yit, written by John Kelday Smith, (1871 annual)^[14]
• Thro' havin' nowt te de!, written by Joe Wilson, (1869 annual)^[15]
• When will they get it D'yun, to the tune of Ne luck aboot the hoose (1873 annual)^[16]
• Ye Knaw! Ye See, to the tune of The Railway Guard, written by Joe Wilson, (1873 annual)^[17]

Example of riddles (1873 annual)

• What local name puts you in mind of Highland Firs? – Scotswood
• Why is a Circus Proprietor like a Clergyman at a wedding? – Neither can perform without a ring

See also

• Geordie dialect words
• John W. Chater
• Chater’s Annual – a yearbook published between 1861-1882
• Chater's Canny Newcassel Diary and Remembrancer 1872

External links

• Bibliography. List of works published in English dialects by W W Skeat & J H Nodal 1877
• Farne archives Chater’s Keelmin's Comic Annewal for 1869 front cover
• Northumberland Words by R O Heslop 1892
• Allan’s Illustrated Edition of Tyneside songs and readings

Notes and References

1. Web site: Farne Archives – select "Keelmin's comic annewal" . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100206175536/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/browse_by_collection.asp . 6 February 2010 .
2. Web site: Farne archives – Bellman's penshun. 16 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002141452/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B1205001. 2 October 2013. dead.
3. Web site: Farne archives – Bobbies and the claes line – (The) or the weshorwives' rivvenge. 16 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002141523/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0902001. 2 October 2013. dead.
4. Web site: Farne archives – Drop ahint the door – (A). 16 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002141457/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B1206501. 2 October 2013. dead.
5. Web site: Farne archives – Fortniths Wages Weekly – (A). 16 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002141449/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B1002302. 2 October 2013. dead.
6. Web site: Farne archives – Gannin' te the well. 16 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002141459/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B1207001. 2 October 2013. dead.
7. Web site: Farne archives – Geordy Black. 16 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002143036/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B1206401. 2 October 2013. dead.
8. Web site: Farne archives – Janey Grey. 16 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002141502/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0900802. 2 October 2013. dead.
9. Web site: Farne archives – Jimmy's brocken oot. 16 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002135938/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B1002101. 2 October 2013. dead.
10. Web site: Farne archives – Nowt like a hoose o' yer awn. 16 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002134356/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B1207702. 2 October 2013. dead.
11. Web site: Farne archives – Penny show peep – (The). 16 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002143028/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B1207101. 2 October 2013. dead.
12. Web site: Farne archives – Pitman and the quack – (The). 16 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002144543/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B1207401. 2 October 2013. dead.
13. Web site: Farne archives – Shields forinor – (The). 16 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002134354/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B1205702. 2 October 2013. dead.
14. Web site: Farne archives – Since aw hev been away. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002141445/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B1002201. 2 October 2013. dmy-all.
15. Web site: Farne archives – Thro' havin' nowt te de!. 16 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002141518/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B0900702. 2 October 2013. dead.
16. Web site: Farne archives – When will they get it D'yun. 16 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002135935/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B1205102. 2 October 2013. dead.
17. Web site: Farne archives – Ye Knaw! Ye See. 16 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002141516/http://www.asaplive.com/archive/detail.asp?id=B1207302. 2 October 2013. dead.