yess n also iss English Dialect Dictionary easse : yes(se) ‘large earthworm’ …

Webster’s Third New Internationl Dictionary eaceworm. Earthworm.

1895 Journal of American Folklore viii, 34 Earthworms are termed yesses.

– Dictionary of Newfoundland English edited by G. M. Story, W. J. Kirwin, and J. D. A. Widdowson.