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Norfolk Animals
Items marked Skip are mentioned in more detail in Keith Skipper's book
"Larn Yarself Norfolk"
| English | Norfolk |
| Pronounced |
|---|
| ant |
pishamire |
|
pishamoire |
| badger |
badget |
|
badge(t) |
| boar |
brawn |
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| butterfly (3 types!) |
King George |
Skip |
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| calf (early horns) |
bud |
Skip |
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| calf (weaned) |
wennel |
|
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| caterpillar |
canker |
|
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| chicken (young) |
biddle |
|
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| cockchafer (1) |
chovy |
|
choovey |
| cockchafer (2) |
mitchamador |
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| cockchafer (3) |
kittywitch |
Skip |
ki(tt)ywitch |
| cockles (Stiffkey) |
Stewkey Blues |
|
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| colt (young) |
nobby |
|
naarby |
| cricket |
bandy-wicket |
|
...wicke(t) |
| donkey |
dickey |
|
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| dragonfly (1) |
merrymay |
|
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| dragonfly (2) |
tom-breezer |
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| duckling |
mardlin |
|
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| duck (wild, young) |
flapper |
|
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| earwig (1) |
erriwiggle |
|
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| earwig (2) |
pishamire barneybee |
Skip |
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| eel |
gloat |
|
gl@t |
| flounder |
butt |
|
bu(tt) |
| frog |
jacob |
|
jaircob |
| frog (small) |
fresher |
|
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| frog (1) |
jumpin(g) jacks |
|
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| frog (2) |
march-bird |
Skip |
...baad |
| gnat |
mingin |
|
|
| greyhound |
long-dog |
|
laarng-dorg |
| hare (1) |
bandy |
Skip |
|
| hare (2) - (4) |
sally/sarah/sukey |
|
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| horse |
cob |
|
caarb |
| ladybird |
bishey-barney-bee |
Skip |
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| lamb (year-old) |
dan |
|
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| mayfly |
merrymay |
|
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| mice |
meezen |
|
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| midge |
mingin |
|
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| mole |
moll |
|
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| moth |
miller |
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| newt |
swift |
|
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| pig (sex n/k) |
Jonamy Jones |
|
...Joones |
| pig (smallest) 1 |
petman/pitman |
Skip |
...pi(t)mun |
| pig (smallest) 2 |
barrow-pig |
Skip |
barrer- |
| pig (snout of) |
grunny |
|
|
| pony |
hobby |
|
haarby |
| porpoise |
bottle-nose |
|
baartl-noose |
| shrew mouse |
ranny |
|
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| snail (1) |
dodman |
Skip |
|
| snail (2) |
hodmadod |
Skip |
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| sow (young) |
yelt |
|
yal(t) |
| stickleback |
stannickle |
|
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| stoat (1) |
minifer |
Skip |
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| stoat (2) |
mouse-(h)unt |
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| tadpole (1) |
pollywiggle |
|
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| tadpole (2) |
pot-ladle |
|
paa(t)-lairdl |
| tadpole (3) |
poddle-ladle |
|
paadl-lairdl |
| toad |
puddock |
|
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| wasp |
wapsy |
|
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| weasel |
minifer |
Skip |
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| winkle |
pinpaunch |
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| woodlouse |
sow |
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