tegater 789 Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 I took some of the lads up to the lakes today, for a bit of a trek, and while we sat down for a bite to eat, and chew the cud, I noticed a plant we dont get much of, were I live now, in the peaks, but I used to see a lot of as a kid. I remembered my grandad always used to call it "eggs and bacon" (birds foot trefoil I think it really is. It got me thinking about other names we used to call things when we were younger that for some reason as I got older we stopped doing. For example the common woody was a quist, and the sparrow that we so used to love hunting on the summer hedgerows, once the wheat had been cut, were "spugs or spuggies" I just wondered what other names you used to give things in nature, that perhaps dont get used much today? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,536 Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Starlings were Sheps, Sheppies or Shevvies when we were kids (and used to shoot them from the bedroom window with the old Diana .177) Cheers, D. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tegater 789 Posted June 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Starlings were Sheps, Sheppies or Shevvies when we were kids (and used to shoot them from the bedroom window with the old Diana .177) Cheers, D. Mmmmm, I sometimes feel guilty we used to kill so many spugs now they are fewer, but then again they were a pest. I had not heard of any of those names for starling before! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darbo 4,774 Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 as above starling-sheppy. sparrow-spadger moorhen -woggie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tegater 789 Posted June 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 as above starling-sheppy. sparrow-spadger moorhen -woggie. I did hear of spadger or spadges, but not woggie! It did just make me chuckle though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
darbo 4,774 Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 (edited) another blackcap-scribbler. thrush-throlly. Edited June 26, 2012 by darbo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dytkos 17,536 Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 as above starling-sheppy. sparrow-spadger moorhen -woggie. I did hear of spadger or spadges, but not woggie! It did just make me chuckle though Yeah spadgers, earlier post was Shev v ies although it looked like shewies LOL Cheers, D. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wullz 408 Posted June 27, 2012 Report Share Posted June 27, 2012 Sparrows - speugs (similar?), Thrush - mavis, Starling - stukkie, Crow - dabber, Woodie - cushie.......must be more I cant remember..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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