104 OUR INSULAR DIALECT. 



Cat6gorique. As usual, one's self. 



Le grand chemin. The road leading to Jerbourg beginning at the 



Blanches, Calais and Vail on cross-road, also the road from the Palloterie 



to the well opposite the path leading to the Creux Maine. 

 ChOU. The oh to be pr. like the ow in eng. how. A kind of cabbage cultivated 



by farmers for the sake of the leaves on which they put their butter to 



take to market. 

 La tete du Cimetierre. Situated on the W. of Guernsey. 

 Faire ripe les eats. To make cats laugh, the expression is used with 



respect to a person that is very amusing and successful in causing 



merriment. 

 Couarraie. Lights (of an animal or bird). 

 Corbinerie. The neighbourhood of Oberland. 

 Cceur. A very small, round, thin, scalloped cake, rather rare at present, but 



the term is still applied to heartshaped queen cakes. 

 Crottai. Spattered with mud. 

 C03Ur grOS. Sore, wounded heart. 

 Coupe. Bunch, applied chiefly to grapes. 

 La Roeque OU le Coq Chante. This rock is situated at the Catel. 



Les houilles or houles Collas Du Mont. See 520. 



Deroute. 1. Spree. 2. The Channel lying between Jersey and Serk. 



Demonta'l. Mad, furious. 



Dedage. Reprimand. 



Deganai'r. To scold incessantly, habitually, to speak peevishly. 



Dipothequer. The contrary of Fr. hypotheqner. To redeem rentes or other 



property at the same price for which it had been mortgaged. 

 Douit de la porte. The valley between the Hubits and Ozanne's Mill. 



La Houque a la Pierre Duquemin. This is situated near Lihou island 

 (538) and la Fourchie (472). 



D'visai'r. To chat. D'vis, chat, gossip. 



Effaneible. Childish. 



Erete. Fish-bone, ereta'i, to have such a bone in the throat. 



Effrontai. Impudent, bold face. Affrontair means to deceive. 



Fere. Allair a la fere. In former times a fair was held on the 25th June. 

 After the cattle were removed that part of the Catel was a rendezvous for 

 everybody, crowds of people used to gather and walk about until very late 

 in the evening although there was nothing to see. The custom seems to 

 have passed away when the Wimbledon was established at l'Ancresse. 



Faire du froment. To sow wheat. 



Fon^ai'r de la rente. To sell rente on one's property, borrow money and 

 constitute it a yearly rente due on your property. All rentes are now 

 redeemable, but formerly those of two quarters and above could not be 

 repurchased without the consent of the owner ; they could, however, be 

 transferred to another individual. 



Feugrel. The furze brake between Jerbourg monument and Bee du Nez, it 

 contains a well. 



FiChi. Done for. 



La frigate de Pierre Bres. This ditty is obscure, but it was used by 

 parents when amusing their children with toy ships. 



Fouatume. A good fire. 



See Folklore, p. 589. — I heard the description of the event from my 

 own grandfather, who knew Mr. P. Thoume very well. The latter asked 



