1916.] 



OUR INSULAR DIALECT. 313 



Vent d'amont. Easterly wind. 



Vent d'Ava (1), Westerly wind. 



Vent de Suez (suee or suede). South-east wind. 



Gris vent d'amont. Easterly wind, but dull, cloudy weather. 



Winvier, Ouinvier. To loiter. Fr., veiller. 



Beequet. A place situated between Tcart and Petit Bot. See Trans. 1898, 

 List of Names, Nos. 23, 516. 



Souffleur, Souffleux. Situated opposite le " Tas Pois d'Aval." 



La Cave Victor Hugo. Before the poet named this cave it was called 

 " Le creux a coups marants." No. 1,094. Br., mar, numerous, fre- 

 quent. Perhaps the cave where the sea strikes rather violently and 

 frequently. 



Minquiers. A group of rocks situated southward of Jersey. Br. aud W., 

 min, point, edge. The Keltic root quier, querr, signifies a rock. 



Paternosters or Pierres de Leeq. A rocky group nearly abreast of 

 Greve de Lecq, Jersey. Heb., luach ; Br., lech, lecq, rock. Com. also 

 cromlech. 



Ecr6hOS. These rocks lie N.E. of Jersey. The Keltic root crehou signifies 

 " height," and the prefix e would be the 3rd person plural. 



Dirouilles. Situated 3 miles west of the Ecrehos. The word is sometimes 

 spelt Drouilles. Taking " Dirouilles," di would have a privative mean- 

 ing. Br., railher, to roll, to flow back. The idea may be that the tide 

 cannot go any further. 



Roches Douvres. A well-known dangerous rocky ledge. N. Fr., domre, 

 reservoir, receptacle of water. Allied to Br., donvcz or douves, pit, trench. 

 Pits, trenches of water. 

 There is a rock at Jerbourg quite near the ruins of the old signal station, 



in the neighbourhood of Doyle's Monument, where it is said the devil laid his 



hand, and as a proof the marks are pointed out' 



" Le Ricou ' (33), in a line with " La Rocque au Picgne " (36), and " Les 



Apotres " (77), between the two heads of '-La Guerande" (84). Also 



" Longue Pierre" (75), between the " Terres Point" (15), and "Castle 



Cornet, ' ' and the summit of "La Guerande ' ' (84) , in a line with a yellow 



spot in the cliff above " Vaubete Bay " (86) (see my list of names, Transactions, 



1898) are marks for spots noted for whiting in ancient times. 



I may add the following proverb used in the western parishes : " Fin 



nord, epais sud fait Is mare a lu. Fin sud, epais nord fait le marinier entrer 



dans son port." Clear weather in the north, cloudy in the south, brings a 



pool of water at your door. Clear in the south, cloudy in the north, makes 



the sailor enter into port. 



Christian Names of Men and Women 



Formerly used in the Island, collected from public and private records or 

 handed down from our ancestors. A few marked with an asterisk are 

 still occasionally used. 



MEN. 



Bernard 

 Barnaby 



Chrestien 



Cosmes 



Clement* 



Cardin 



Chauff 



Ambrose* 



Bastien 



Alles 



Brandein 



Amice* 



Bertram 



Aubin 



Benoist 



Augustin 



Baudin 



Amelot 



Blaize 



Amellin 



Bryan 



Aubert 



Bertin 



