GUERNSEY DIALECT NAMES. 527 



Chancre. Edible Crab. 



J'v6yaime les chancres, broue au mnset, et grins en haut. (Metivier). 

 We saw the crabs with froth at the mouth and claws upturned. 

 Chervette. Prawn. 



Chervette a sabllon. Shrimp. 



Crabe a eo. Crayfish. 



Qui peut faire un pu grand frico, 

 Que I'houmard et la crdbe a co? (Corbet). 

 What can make a finer feast than lobster and crayfish ? 



Crabe foiraeuse. Shore Crab. 



Cpabe g'Pgeise. Velvet or Lady Crab. 



Crabe de pare. Spider Crab. 



Crapllin. A kind of crab. 



ECPelle. Water-hopper or Brook Shrimp. 



Car j'sis failli coum la fleille, 

 Et maigre coum I'ecrelle du douit. {Metivier). 

 For I am as weak as a leaf, and as lean as a hopper of the brook. 

 EqUGPViehe. False Cray -fish [ScijUancs) and also the larger species of 

 Galathea. 



Haeulin. Spider Crab. 



Bordinguant coum des haeulins. {Metivier). 

 Staggering about like spider crabs. 

 Houmapd. Lobster. 



I n'y avait dans ma banfttre 

 Ni houmard ni cr^be a co. {Metivier). 

 There was in my fishing basket neither lobster nor crayfish. 



Houvlin or Houblin. Spider Crab. So called in the western parishes of 

 Guernsey. 



Port Souef r'noummai pour ses coques, 

 Et ses ormers et ses houvlins. {Corbet). 

 Port Soif renowned for its cockles, ormers and crabs. 

 Painellos. Spider Crab. 



Coum un painellos, bordinguant et t^tant. {Metivier). 

 Staggering and feeling his way like a spider crab. 

 Pihane. Metivier says this is the Jersey name for the Spider Crab, occa- 

 sionally used in Gruernsey. 



PilleUPe. Woodlouse. 



Pouae d'VPae. The fish parasite Anilocra, found on some kinds of Rock- 

 fish. 

 TpehaP. A small species of Crab. 



TPiette. Woodlouse. 



Si ch'nest quiqu' triette, iragne ou orill6re. {Metivier). 

 If it is not some woodlouse, spider or earwig. 

 Tpiette de banque. Great Eock Woodlouse {Lygia) . 



INSECTS. 



Ai'sse. Bee. 



Biaucaoup pus embarrrssai quTaisse 



Qui volait d'bouton en bouton tout autouar d'm6. {Corbet). 

 Much more busy than the bee that flew from bud to bud around me. 

 ArrOUtPesse. Dragonfly. 



J'oyais I's arrotitresses d'flleur en flleur volair. {Metivier). 

 I heard the dragon-fiies flitting from flower to flower. 



