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Here is the sentence:

> おおっ くせえのう… おらあぶた小屋だけはマスクなしではそばにも **よれん** わい。

It is probably said by Kansai speaker which I'm not certain.

I understand that よれん or よれない means 'not to get twisted'. But I think it would
be conflicted because if he is coming near pig pen without wearing a mask, his
face should be getting twisted because of stinky smell.
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What does the word よれん mean?
He is basically saying that the pig pen stinks and won't go near it (without a
mask, to be more precise).

「よれん」means in this case not to go near the pig pen. It does not mean 'not to
get twisted'. When referring to the mask, he just means that a mask would be
able to get him near a pig pen. In this instance 「おらあ」means, he is talking
about himself.

I should also point out that this type of talk would be from an older man or
the story that it came from is rather old, as no one here in Kansai really
speaks like this any more.

If you were to say the same thing in the Kansai area (More specifically
Wakayama and south Osaka) nowadays it would go something like this.

> おぇ、くっせなぁ。。。 わし、マスクなかったらブタ小屋ちかよれやんわ
>
> ahh, this stinks... There is no way I could go near a pig pen without a
> mask.

Same sentence in what Kantou region would say.

> うわぁ、くっさいな。。。 おれ、マスクなかったらブタ小屋にはちかよれない
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よれ (wrinkle) is a different verb to よれん.  
よれん is from よらない which is the negative of よる (寄る come near).

> おおっ くせえのう… おらあぶた小屋だけはマスクなしではそばにもよれんわい。  
> Oh, so smelly... Pig house is the only place I can't go near without a mask.
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