DAYCHIN’ - Thatching
"Jan was busy at ‘ee’s work a Daychin’ ‘n a ditchin’
DEESH WASHER - Wagtail
DEEVE - Deaf
"Tiz no good spaikin’ ‘t ‘ee. Ee’s Deeves a pawst"
DEW SNAIL - A Slug
"Jist git a scat ‘o rain ‘n ‘th ole Dew Snails be all auver ‘th plaace"
DIMPSY, DIMMETT - Twilight
Just as the sun has faded and it is starting to get dark. "Tiz zaid ‘t be getting’ Dimpsey"
DOLLOP - Measure
Git on me boody, trait yerzel ‘n eve a gurt Dollop ‘o craame"
DONNIKIN - This was the name given to the earth privvy that you would find at the bottom of the garden or across the yard. I remember being amazed at how small my Grandfathers newspapers used to be, and how strange it was storing them on a bit of string | DRANGWAY - Narrow passage way, alley
"Ee jist rinned up thikky drangway"
DRECKLY, DREKLY - Later on
Cornwall will always tell you that this word is Cornish. Devonians will always tell you that the word is Devonian!
DREXIL, DRECKSILL - Threshold, doorstep
"Eb’m got time ‘t stop ‘n yap me boody, I got ‘t git out ‘n scrub ‘th ole Drexil"
DOWEL - The Devil
DRUMBLE DRANE - Bumblebee "Twaz ummin’ jist like a Drumble Drane on a Floppy Dock"
DIP CHICK - Moorhen
DUG - Dog
Here in Ashburton the ‘Red Lion Inn’ was always known as the ‘Red Dug’! |
