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Counting (Spennithorne Wensleydale)
Yan 1, Taen 2, Tethera 3, Ethera 4, Pip 5, Seeza 6, Rara 7, Cuttera 8,
Ohna (Horna) 9, Dick 10, Yan-dick 11, Taen-dick 12 etc., Bumfit 15, Yan-bum
16 etc., Jigget 20.
Other words:
Swadel/Swardle
- Swaledale
Clouty
- heavy/damp (as
in "clouty hay")
Hastin
- hearth
Lile
- little
Mell
- harvest home
Wicket -
gate
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Heughed (pronounced hewfed)
sheep - equivalent to the
Cumbrian "hefted" sheep, ie. sheep put out onto the fells to
graze
Tewp - tup (ram)
Yow - ewe
Tway - two
Brant - steep
Thrang - busy
Brossen - full
Burden - used to describe
anything being carried manually, eg. a burden of hay
Sista/sither - "look
at..."
Hasta - "have you..."
Ista - "are you..."
Lakein - messing about
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