530 GUERNSEY DIALECT NAMES. 



C6nuet. Cuttlefish. 



^ C6nuct laid coum Ic diatre. (Metivier). 



Cuttlefish as ugly as sin. 

 Coque. Cockle. 

 Coque de Verm. Wart Cockle. 



Coquelin. Periwinkle. 



S'i m'61ourde trop. jT^cUamirai coum un coquelin. (Metivier). 

 If he bothers me too much I will smash him like a winkle. 



Coqueluehe. Dog Whelk. Also applied to small bivalves. 

 Eplluquer coq'lnche et coq'lin. (Corbet). 

 To gather whelks and winkles. 



Fllie. Limpet. 



Su I'roquer h flllair des fllies 

 Pour nourrir pirette et pirot. (Corbet). 

 On the rock gathering limpets to feed duck and duckling. 



Fllie d'cat. A large rough -shelled limpet, too tough to eat ; supposed to 

 be a distinct species. 



Gainotte. Cowry. 



Heriehon. Sea Urchin. 



I piquait coum un h6richon. (Corbet). 

 It pricked like a sea urchin. 

 HitPe. Oyster. 



I mangit I'hitre et I'autre en aeut I'^cale. (Proverb). 

 He ate the oyster and the other man got the shell. 



Limaehe. Slug. 



Moule. Mussel. 



OPmer. Sea Ear or Haliotis. Much eaten in Gruernsey as a delicacy 

 J'apporte dans ma behotte une fricachie d'ormers. (Metivier). 

 I am bringing in my basket a feast of ormers. 



Orillepe k ehent pids. Centipede. 



P^ton. Scallop or Queen Shell. 



Pepie. Cuttle bone, the osseous part of the CSnicet. 



Pi d'pOUlain. Comb Shell [Pectunculus) . 



Pieuvre, Pievpe and Peurve. Octopus. 



Sen pid fut prins par les huit bras d'la pi6vre. (Metivier). 

 His foot was seized by the eight arms of the octopus. 

 Sandon. Sandworm. 

 Sangsue. Leech. 



Adi, poudre et visicatouaire, 

 Sangsue, purge et vomitif. (Corbet). 

 Farewell powder and plaster, leech, purgative and emetic. 



Ver. Earthworm. Also various kinds of worms and maggots. 



Nu coum un ver. (Proverb). 



Naked as a worm. 



Le bouais tout roguis d'vers. (Metivier). 



The wood all wormeaten. 



Verlingue. Covrry. 



Ramassair des verlingues 



A basse iaue coum autant d'ormers. (Corbet). 

 To collect cowries at low tide, like ormers. 



