Datapoint English dialects in the Southwest of England/He/him used for inanimate referents

Variety: English dialects in the Southwest of England
Feature: He/him used for inanimate referents
Value: B - feature is neither pervasive nor extremely rare
Informants: Susanne Wagner

Examples

Example 1155:
I've got a barley fork out there and I've had him there for years. I used to have him when I thatched the ricks - push him in the rick to keep the bottom reeds from slipping

Source: Kortmann (eds.) 2000-2005: Som_022