GUERNSEY DIALECT NAMES. 525 



Biehe. Goat. 

 Bouve. Ox. 



CroUant la tete et s'eloquant 



Coum un jane bouv6 qii'nouz-ajoue. (Metivicr). 

 Wagging his head, and giving himself a shake like a young ox being 

 subdued to the yoke. 



Bziraine or Dzirai'ne. Shrew Mouse. 

 Caout-souari or Caou-d'souari. Bat. 



Les pUaintucheries des cahouans et des caous-souaris. {Corbet). 

 The plaintive wailings of the owls and bats. 

 Cat, Catte, Catton. Cat .- male, female and young. 



Cat engantai n'attrape pas d'souaris. (Proverb). 

 A cat in gloves catches no mice. 

 Cavale. Mare. 



J'aime a vee I'fermier queruair 

 Atou sen ch'va et ses cavales. (Lenfestey). 

 I love to see the farmer ploughing with his horse and his mares. 

 Ch'va. Horse. 



Un ch'va dounai nou n'li r'garde pas les dents. {Proverb). 

 One does not look at the teeth of a gift horse. 



Coehe. Sow. 



Coimi not' coche atou sa fouillere. {Corbet). 

 Like our sow with her litter. 

 Couitron. Tadpole. 



Veyous les couitrons coum i nouent, 

 D'leus coues i font leus avirons. {Metivicr). 

 See the tadpoles how they swim, making oars of their tails. 



Couitrouniere. A mass of frog-spawn. 



Goret or Gourret. Young Hog. 



Sen goret dans I'vier parquet couine. {Metivier). 

 His porker is squealing in the old sty. 



Guedot. Pig. 



Les guedots couinaient dans leus cottes. {Metivier). 

 The pigs were squealing in their sties. 

 J'niehe. Heifer. 



A' sievait la j'niehe k bllianche tete par monts et vaux. {Metivier). 

 She followed the white-headed heifer up hill and down. 



Jument. Mare. 



Niet apr6s niet, un' grand' jument 

 X^re, i parait bien, coum la sie, 

 Y cllopine, en clloquant ses fers. {Corbet). 

 Night after night a big mare as black it seems as soot, hobbles about 

 there, clanking her chains. 



Lapin. Babbit. 



A s'entre aimair coum les lapins 

 D'la meme houle ou d'la meme nichie. {Corbet). 

 To love one another like rabbits from the same burrow or the same 



litter. 



Lezarde. Lizard. 



Les Ifezardes et les orviaux diront adi es jourolles. {Metivier). 

 Lizards and slow- worms will bid farewell to their frolics. 



Lievre. Hare. 



Enn'yais d'sachier lapin et lievre. {Corbet). 

 Tired of hunting rabbit and hare. 



