522 GUERNSEY DIALECT NAMES. 



Saint Martin ais. Kingfisher. 

 Sereelle. Teui. 



Et sous la forme d'linc scrccllc Lu t'cnvolis. (Arctivier). 

 And under the form of a teal you flew away. 

 Soueique. Golden-crested Wren. 

 Teurt-eo or Toreo. Wryneck or jNIackcr^ Dird. 



Dans Tormo d' la verte rue I'teui't-co s'laniente et brait. (Metivicr). 

 In the elm tree in the green lane the wryneck wails and cries. 



Touptere : Tourterelle. Turtle Dove. 



Fiddle coum un tourtere. (Metivier). 

 Faithful as a turtle dove. 

 Turbe. Wryneck. 



0-tu rturbe qu'egache en d'sous la fenetre, 

 Et qui rprumicr I'aguinche k sa faQon? (Corbet). 

 Do you hear the wryneck piping under the window, the first to greet 

 (the spring) in his own way? 



Vanne : Vanniaux. Lapwing or Peewit. 



VePbPUant or VePbelle. Greenfinch. 



Verdeleux et verbruants 

 J'en vcrron de pu d'une sorte. (Metivier). 

 Hedgesparrows and greenfinches, we shall see some of more than one 

 kind. 



VePdeleu. Hedge Sparrow. 

 Video. Woodcock. 



Ve-tu rtemps qui s'ass'tembrie 

 Mais nos videos n'sont pas v'nus. (Metivier). 

 Do you see how the weather has become autumnal, but our woodcocks 

 have not come. 



FISHES. 



AlputPe. Sea Loach. 



I be coum un alputre. (Proverb). 

 He drinks like a fish. 



Angule. Eel. 



Pour denichier I'angule de d'dans sa houle. (Corbet). 

 To drag out the eel from its burrow. 



Bap. Basse. 



Quand I'boeuf est las, Thar est gras. (Proverb). 

 When tlie ox is tired (i.e., when ploughing is at an end) basse is fat, 

 or in good condition. 



BPOquet or Bpoehet. Picked Dogfish. 



La machaine r'semblle ecardair 

 Quiqu'enorme broquct tout I'long du jour. (Corbet). 

 All day long the (mowing) machine seems to be scaling some enor- 

 mous dogfish. 



Cabot. Blenny. 



I n'y avait dans ma banatre ni loche, alputre ou cabot. (Metivier). 

 There was in my fishing basket neither rockling, loach nor blenny. 

 Cabot- volant. Sea Bullhead or Father -lasher. 

 CongPe. Conger. 



Rouetre coum congre au pique. (Corbet). 

 Rancid like pickled conger. 

 Coueou. Striped or Cuckoo Wrasse. 

 Cpasset. Cornish Sucker, also the Top -Knot. 



