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




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