GUERNSEY DIALECT NAMES. 529 



Paen-paen. Blood-nose Beetle [Timarcha). 



Paen-paen moiirte m6 ten sang 



Et j'te dounerai un verre da vin bllanc. {Children's Rhyme), 



Beetle, show me your blood 



And I'll give you a glass of white wine. 



Papan or Pafo. Cockroach or Black Beetle. 



Par I'aire piasottaient cote a cote 

 Les equerbots et les papans. (Metivier). 

 Along the floor beetles and cockroaches were crawling along side by 

 side. 



Papillon a maCPe. White Cabbage Butterfly. 



Papillon du Roue. Red Admiral Butterfly. 



Pimpernuehe or Pimpepluehe. Wasp. 



Coum pirapernuches en ganes de satin Tieuf. {Metivier). 

 Like wasps in new satin gowns. 



Pinehe-tehu. Earwig. 



Pouae. Louse. 



Orguillaeux coum un pouae su mante d'vlousse. {Proverb). 

 As proud as a louse on a velvet mantle. 

 Pouae d'Cat. Cat Tick. 

 PretPe. Cranefly or Daddylonglegs. 



Un vier pr6tre a long guerets 

 De quiqu' laid pertu s'dehale 

 Et s'frotte au bee de men crasset. {Metivier). 

 An old long-shanked cranefly drags himself out of some ugly hole and 

 brushes against the spout of my lamp. 



Puche. Flea. 



Et d'puches, ah dame, ber et lliet 

 Cadaus et c'minses tout en bouillait. {Metivier). 

 And fleas, ah well, cradle and bed, cloaks and shirts, everything was 

 swarming with them. 



Puehon. Aphis or Greenfly. 



Punais. Leaf -bug or Field-bug. 



Sautieo. Frog-hopper. 



SautPillon or SautePiau. Grasshopper. 



H y en a m'nu coum sautrillons dans I'fain. {Metivier). 



They are as plentiful as grasshoppers in the hay. 



Pernaguant coum des sauteriau;-:. {Metivier). 



Skipping about like grasshoppers. 



Souneux. Dronefly. 



Taon or Tant. Gadfly or Horsefly. 



Vaque et j 'niche i vont les laies 



Des qu'un taon les piques es fllancs, 



Cachant les flns faeux al6es 



Les coues en haut par les camps. {Metivier). 

 There they go the rogues, cow and heifer, scampering in all directions 

 at a furious speed with their tails in the air, as soon as a gadfly stings 

 them. 



SHELLS, WORMS, &c. 



BePhau or Behau. Periwinkle. 

 Cllame. Razor Shell. 



Colimaehon. Snail. 



Enfrumai dans sa cruque coum un colimaehon. {Corbet). 

 Shut up in his shell like a snail. 



