524 GUERNSEY DIALECT XAMES. 



Paisson. Fish. 



Penehette. Power Cod or Bib. Also called locally Whiting Pout. 



Piqueux. SculiDin or Dragoiiet. 



Pllaie. Plaice. 



Faignaient, te v'lo, couiii im pllaie accravauai tout du long. (Metivier). 

 There you are, lazy fellow, sprawling at full length like a plaice. 

 Porpeis or Pourpais. Porpoise. 



It is convenient to place this species here, rdthough of course the 

 Porpoise is not strictly a fish, but a mammal. 



Qui v'nait sufllant coum un porpeis. {Corbet). 

 Who came blowing like a porpoise. 

 Rai. Skate. 



Rais et dravans, les ricn-qui-vaillc. (Metivier). 

 Skates and thornbacks, good-for-nothing rabble. 

 Roselet. Sand Smelt. 



Sardaine. Sprat, 



J'ai oui qu'il est fre coum unc vieille sardaine. (Metivier). 

 I have heai-d he is as cold as an old sprat. 

 Sarde. Sea Bream. 



Etalais la su quiq'brin d'fouaille 

 ^ ongre, sarde, liottin, niacre. (Metivier). 

 Spread out there on some bits of fern were conger, bream, whiting 

 and mackerel. 



Saumon. Salmon. 

 Sole. Sole. 



I nouent par mille auve les soles et les pllaies. (Metivier). 

 They swim in thousands with soles and plaice. 

 Tehen-rousse. Spotted Dogfish. 

 Turbour or Tupbot. Turbot. 



Baillies-me I'tTirbct! (Metivier). 

 Give me turbot ! 

 Var. Basse. 



Vieille. A large kind of Rockfish or Wrasse. 

 Violon. Angel Fish or Monk Fish. 

 Vrae : Vras. Wrasse or Rocktish. 



Nouant coum un vrae au fond d'la maire. (Metivier). 

 Swimming like a wrasse at the bottom of the sea. 



MAMMALS AND REPTILES. 



Agne: Agniaux. Lamb. 



Quand ragn6 sauticotte, egnilli, bel et fier. (Metivier). 

 When the lamb skips about, sprightly, bright and merry. 



Aver. Pig. 



Et notre aver fait r'fugnac a sen br^ge 

 Pour se gav'lair sous I'arsion du soleil. (Corbet). 

 And our pig neglects his food to sprawl in the heat of the sun. 

 Belette. Stoat or Weasel. 



S'tu veur attrapai un' belette, me li du sail sous la coue. _ (Proverb). 

 If you wish to catch a weasel put some salt under his tail. 



Berbi. Sheep. 



Les berbis suppant la rousaie. (Corbet). 

 The sheep sipping the dew. 



