REPTILES 465 



Order BA TRA CHI A ANURA . Fam. RAN1DM. 



COMMON FROG. 



Rana temporaria, L. 



This Frog shares the soubriquet of Paddock or Paddick with 

 the Common Toad, at any rate in the north of Lakeland. The 

 spawn of Frogs or Toads is ' Paddick rud ' or i Paddick rid.' 

 ' Star sleet ' is Frog spawn dropped on the ground. 1 

 1 Dickinson, Cumberland Glossary, p. 93. 



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