GLEANIES - Guinea Fowl
"I zeed thikky Gleanies oe'r yonder hill avore noon"
GODS 'O MIGHTY COW - Ladybird
GOLDEN GLADDY - The Yellow Hammer bird
This one is for all you horny bird watchers!
GOO'COOS - Blue Bells
GOOD FER NORT - Good for nothing
"That gurt guzzle guts be good fer nort, 'ee's as much good as a dog with zide pockets".
GOOZE GOBS (Also known as Gooze Gogs) - Gooseberries "Do uz a faver maid will 'ee, go out 'n git uz zome Gooze Gobs".
GRANFER GRIGG - Woodlouse
Also sometimes known as 'Sow Pig'. Best place I have found for Granfer Griggs is in old Moots. I have also been told that some people use this name for a long legged water insect?
| GRANNIES BONNET - Colembine
GREY BIRD - Song Thrush Bit like mezel!
GRUTUS I once mentioned this word on BBC Radio Devon and got some very interesting responses. The variations of this word that I received were: GRIDUS, GRAWDIS, GROOTUS, GROOT REST AND MOULD BOARD. On checking up it would appear that the original word was Groot Rest (Untilled soil being put to rest). It is a Devon name for the part of a plough that turns a furrow.
GROCKLE - Visitor
This is a fairly recent word, but has become very common, so I think that I have to include it. In Devon and Cornwall you will hear visitors referred to as 'Emmets', which is a very old word.
GUZZLE GUTS - Someone who drinks to extreme.
"Thikky cheal be nort but 'n ole Guzzle Guts"
GWAIN - Going
"Where be gwain me boody?" "If 'eed 'ev asked me I could 'o told 'ee, 'ee wuz lost!" |
