526 GUERNSEY DIALECT NAMES. 



Mulot. Field Mouse. 



II ot criair I'lnulot qu'un cahouan tue. (Metivi r). 

 He hears the field mouse scream which an owl is killing. 

 Orve : Orviaux. Slow-Worm or Blind Worm. 



II est nichi coum un orv6. (Metivier). 

 He is hidden away like a slow-worm. 



Poulain : Pouliehe. Colt : filly. 



Nous A^'la tous dans nos vetures 

 Su pouliehe o\\ su poulain. (Metivier). 

 There we are all in our vehicles or on horseback. 



Poupche : Pourehiaux. Pig. 

 Pourehe d'fossai*. Hedgehog. 

 Raine. Frog. 



J'ai I'chant pus enrimai qu'les raines de la Cllair' Mare. {Metivier). 

 My voice is hoarser than the frogs of Claire Mare. 



Rai'nn't^ : Rainn'quiaux. Young Frogs. 



Dame, il en plleut ! chers amis, j'en avon 

 Coum de rainn'quiaux cie la roue Faraon. (Metivier). 

 Ah ! they are raining down ! dear friends we have got them as thick 

 as frogs upon King Pharaoh. 



Rat. Rat. 



Dans I'etre a ch'va les rats font leur sabba. (Metivier). 

 In the horse's stable the rats are frolicking. 

 SouaPi. Mouse. 



Chu qu'nous n'a jamais veue, et jamais n'verra, 

 Ch'est I'nic d'une souari dans I'oreille d'un cat. (Proverb). 

 What one has never seen, and never will see, is a mouse's nest in a 

 cat's ear. 



Souapi, bllanehe. Field ]\touse. 

 Tehen. Dog. 



Sachant que I'n^glligent va dret es tchens su I'drain. (Corbet). 

 Knowing that the careless man goes straight to the dogs at last. 



Touape. Bull. 



Un ner tchen gi'and coum un touare. (Corbet). 

 A black dog as big as a bull. 



Tpie. Sow. 



A I'u du pare la trie hermounne. (Metivier). 

 At the door of the sty the sow is clawing. 



Vaque. Cow. 



Quand les vaques jiiqu'ront dans les poummiers. 

 When cows roost in apple trees (A local proverb which signifies never). 

 VePPO. Boar Pig. 



Coum daeux verros dans un belle, 

 S'accoursent, mourtrant leus crocs. (Metivier). 

 Like two boars in a farmyard race away, showing their tusks. 



Viau. Calf. 



Les viaux nets devergondais d'ji. (Corbet). 

 The calves quite delirious with play. 



CRUSTACEANS. 



Bepnaque or Bepnaelle. Ship Barnacle. 



Bouve. False Crayfish (Scyllarus) . 

 Cabot. Water Hopper or Brook Shrimp. 



