The local lingo
 

One of the things I’ve learned since leaving Amble is the number of words that are unique to Northumberland. Just the other day, I was out walking our dog with a friend and her dog, and she asked if we would take the short-cut across the field. Oh no, I said , it's too clarty. Clarty? Yes clarty. What’s clarty? Muddy! This got me thinking of other words unique to Northumberland.

There’s probably quite a number but here is a little list, you don’t hear these words anywhere else on the planet unless they’re from the mouth of someone from Northumberland.

Hacky
Muckle
Canny
Clarty
Hadaway
Hawehman
Dunch
Guffy
Bagey (Turnip) If you ask for a turnip here , you get a little white thing:- a sweede. I’m sure when I was little turnips were big purple things:- we used to hollow them out for Halloween :- Turnip Lanterns- they were massive!

If you can think of any other unique to Northumberland words add em to the list...:D

clemmy.

chebble - that's one from the old folks, I've not heard it said in decades.

Ah yes, stone and table, my mum still says chebble now and again.

Clemmy remindeds me of my brothers playing skimmers on the little shore. Sometimes I would go plodging up to my honkers. :D

gann
 

gann doown

I love the word ket and for us country folk, of course, there's always the need to avoid the cuddy plat, not forgetting rabbit's dottles :) The avoidance of plats and dottles is particularly critical when cowping your creels you daft gowks.

Moont the cuddy.


http://www.fusilier.co.uk/amble_nort..._glossary.html

:) by one of our forum members. Sterling effort.

Great piece of work....something to shake my gamp at. We also knew gowk as a cuckoo. An apple gowk was the core, I think.

So who knows the song "three craas sat upon a waal"?

I'm so pleased "boily" is in there , hot milk and bread, usually with lots of sugar too . My southern jessy hubby had never heard of it. That's a fab compilation of local words. I like it!

divent howk ya shneck (don't pick your nose)
kets (sweets)
chud ( chewing gum )
kna (know)

Re: Local lingo
 

I love having a good spoach on the site, but nowt since last month. Hev yer al gone blank?

It's that het wiv awl passed oot.

Re: Bein ower het.
 

Hev a gud doosh in the sea man.

Had on! Aal these posts and nae mention of a proggy mat??

Three craws sat upon a wall
Sat upon a wall, sat upon a wall
Three craws sat upon a wall
On a cold and frosty morning

The first craw wiz greetin' for his maw
Greetin' for his maw, greetin' for his maw
The first craw wiz greetin' for his maw
On a cold and frosty morning

The second craw fell and broke his jaw
Fell and broke his jaw, fell and broke his jaw
The second craw fell and broke his jaw
On a cold and frosty morning

The third craw got up and flew awa'
Got up and flew awa', got up and flew awa'
The third craw got up and flew awa'
On a cold and frosty morning

The fourth craw wisnae there at a'
Wisnae there at a', wisnae there at a'
The fourth craw wisnae there at 'a'
On a cold and frosty morning
............................................


a Scots rhyme though

Cleek, hook on the end of a pole used for getting lobsters from crevices on the Hadstone and Bondicar rocks.

Well, here's the Broomhill version, or at least my dad's :)

Three craas sat upon a waal
Sat upon a waal, sat upon a waaal
Three craas sat upon a waal
On a caad and frosty morning

First craa craaing for his ma
Craaing for his ma, craaing for his maaaa
First craa craaing for his ma
On a caad and frosty morning

Second craa craaing for his pa
Craaing for his pa, craaing for his paaa
Second craa craaing for his pa
On a caad and frosty morning

Third craa couldn't craa at all
couldn't craa at all couldn't craa at all
Third craa couldn't craa at all
On a caad and frosty morning.

prefer your dads!Jan

Stotty Caek
 

1 oz yeast
1/2 teaspoon sugar
pinch of pepper
8 ozs plain flour
1/2 teaspoon of salt
3 tablespoons watter

Crumble the yeast, sugar and pepper altogither like the folks of Shields. And the watter, just warm and let it aal gan bubbly in the warming cupboard. Add the salt te the flour and mix in the yeast. Add in a bit of watter to get a stiff dough. Kneed the dough, cover wi a cloot till it gans bigger. Roll oot flat and prick the surface wi a fork. Bake in a greasy tin for 20 minutes at 230 - 450f.
Keep the fire gan under the oven.