BATCHELORS BUTTONS - (Old name for the Burdock Plant).
BACK-ZE-VORE - (Back to front) "Yer gurt gawk, yer vest be Back-Ze-Vore"
BISSLY,BISSLE,BISSLY - (Beastly, Dirty) "Get rid 'o 'th Bissly ole thing will 'ee?"
BLADDERS - (Blisters) Jan Stewer in one of his famous books wrote that he had "Bladders on both veet 'n was pummel vooted ver a vortnight".
BRIMMLES, BRIMBLES - (Brambles) "You watch yer 'ands buye, they ole Brimbles 'o scratch 'ee 't bits".
BROKEN MOUTHED - (Without Teeth) "This yer oss be master Broken Mouthed"
BLIDDY WARRIORS - This is a very old Devon name for Wall Flowers, it is said that it is called this because they resemble lines of warriors in bright tunics!
BAINT - "Uz Baint" (We are not) "Baint right (It is not right)
BRANDY BOTTLE - (Yellow Water Lilly) BILLERS - (Hollow stems of plants such as Cow Parsley) | BELVE - (Shout or sing loudly) "Listen 't thikky cheel belve"
BLOOTH, BLOATH - (Blossom, Bloom) "Caw kin' 'ee zee 'th blooth on 'th 'ole tree"
BELLERZIZ, BELLAZIZ - (Bellows) "If you want a tune out 'o thikky orgin maister, you 'ad better give thikky bellaziz a maister pumpin', else uz'l end up with nort"
BLESS VORE - (A "charm" or "spell" usually used to cure disorders such as warts, ringworm, etc.)
BLACKAID - (Tadpole)
BIRDS EYE - (Seedwell)
BISHOPS WEED - (Ground Elder)
BLACK ARMY - (Fleas) A good way to catch a flea in the bed is to get a bar of soap, soften in hot water a little, hold above the flea and let go. Pick up the soap and you will see the flea stuck in the soft soap.
BREAD 'N CHEESE - (Hawthorne leaves and berries) |
