528 GUERNSEY DIALECT NAMES. 



Avoutresse. Grasshopper. 

 BateleUP. Water iioatman [Nototiecta). 

 Berbion. Slieep Tick. 



Bibet. Midge or Gnat. 



Les bibets piquent, j'airon d'la pUie d'main. {Proverb). 

 The gnats are stinging, we shall liave rain to-morrow. 

 Bourde. Leaf-cutter Bee. 



The cells or " honey-barrels " of these bees are called caille-boiirdea. 

 Boupdelette. Hive Bee. 

 Bourdon. Humble Bee. 



Ch'est tout la d'que qui n'A'aut poui I'ieil d'un vior bourdon. {Corbet). 

 That's all stuff that isn't worth the cj^c of an old bee. 

 Catte. The grub of the Cockchafer. 



Dans I'courti catte apres catte gatant les navets. {Metivier). 

 In the field grub after grub spoiling the turnips. 



Catte-pelaeure. Caterpillar. 



Coehon. Weevil. 



CoppeUP. Wire-worm or grub of the Skipjack Beetle. 



CotteUP. The grub of the Fern Chafer. 



Quand not' forment se I'vait, j'disais il est superbe 

 Mais la catte et Tcotteur en ont villainai I'herbe. (Metivier). 

 When our wheat was sprouting I said it was splendid, but the chafer 

 grubs have quite ruined the stalks. 



CPabe. Spider. 



Cpasset. Cranefly or Daddylonglegs. 



CPiquet. House Cricket. 



Chantant, fler coum un criquet. (Corbet). 

 Singing, merry as a cricket. 

 EquePbot. Great Dung Beetle. 



J't'6macllirai coum un equerbot. {Metivier). 

 I will crush you like a beetle. 



Fouapmion. Ant. 



Hann'ton. Cockchafer. 



J'nouz-endormon coum des hann'tons. {Metivier). 

 We go to sleep like cockchafers. 



Iragne or Ipagnie. Spider. 



In some parts of Guernsey the word Iragnie signifies both a spider 

 and a cobweb ; in others it means the cobweb only, the spider itself being 

 une irdgne. 



L'ir^gne dort su la par6. {Metivier). 



The spider sleeps upon the wall. 

 II ot fin coum une iragnie. {Proverb). 

 He is as quick of hearing as a spider. 



Mouque. Fly. 



Mouque apres mouque vient a ma f'netre et rouane. {Metivier), 

 Fly after fly comes to my window and buzzes. 

 Mouque a paisson. Green Blowfly. 

 Opillepe. Earwig. 



Orill6re et 6querbot furent enfin d6nichis. {Metivier). 

 Earwig and beetle were at last unearthed. 



