northerndancer
Well-Known Member
Hello
Hope this isnt too off topic, but I have an interest in traditionallocal sayings, words or proverbs and I thought sincea lot ofuswere all from different corners of the globe here it mightbe interesting to compare!
Here in the north of scotland we have a local word for:bunnydance:rabbit which is "map map" or "mappy". Seemingly Scots fishermenconsider it unlucky to say "rabbit" on a ship and so this is howanother word developed for it. There is a flower (antirhynum) which haspetals that fold in like a rabbits top lip and they get called "mappymoos(mouths)"!
We also have lots of sayings about the weather eg "not a day for a craw(crow) to be out without a blanket" really bizarre! meaning its too wetto go out!! And a great word "dreich" to describe that cold foggy dampweather when the wet just hangs in the air.
I'd love to hear of any unusual sayings from other places, rabbit related or not!
ND
Hope this isnt too off topic, but I have an interest in traditionallocal sayings, words or proverbs and I thought sincea lot ofuswere all from different corners of the globe here it mightbe interesting to compare!
Here in the north of scotland we have a local word for:bunnydance:rabbit which is "map map" or "mappy". Seemingly Scots fishermenconsider it unlucky to say "rabbit" on a ship and so this is howanother word developed for it. There is a flower (antirhynum) which haspetals that fold in like a rabbits top lip and they get called "mappymoos(mouths)"!
We also have lots of sayings about the weather eg "not a day for a craw(crow) to be out without a blanket" really bizarre! meaning its too wetto go out!! And a great word "dreich" to describe that cold foggy dampweather when the wet just hangs in the air.
I'd love to hear of any unusual sayings from other places, rabbit related or not!
ND