Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| bollard, Cockermouth | ||
| Street:- | Market Place | |
| locality:- | Cockermouth | |
| civil parish:- | Cockermouth (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | bollard | |
| coordinates:- | NY12293074 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY1230 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY13 | |
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| Dialect words for sheep counting in Cumberland are:- |
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| yan, tan, tethera, methera, pimp, sethera, lethera, hovera, dovera, dick |
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| These occur in various spellings, and are different in different parts of Cumberland
and Westmorland. |
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| Look closely; the standard English number name is hidden in the sheep's fleece. |
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