romantical on the matter o' children

The context:
‘You always seem very sorry for Jim,’ said old William musingly.
‘Ah! I do. Such a stay to mother as he’d always have been! She’d never have had to work in her old age if he had continued strong. Poor Jim!’
‘What was his age when a’ died? ’
‘Four hours and twenty minutes, poor Jim. ’A was born as might be at night; and ’a didn’t last as might be till the morning. No, ’a didn’t last. Mother called en Jim on the day that would ha’ been his christening-day if he had lived; and she’s always thinking about en. You see, he died so very young.’
‘Well, ’twas rather youthful,’ said Michael.
‘Now to my mind that woman is very romantical on the matter o’ children?’ said the tranter, his eye sweeping his audience.
‘Ah, well she mid be,’ said Leaf. ‘She had twelve regular one after another, and they all, except myself, dies very young; either before they was born or just afterwards.’


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