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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2015 21:15:28 GMT
Inspired by someone on Facebook calling Common Striped Woodlice "grandfathers" as a child, I wonder if other people had pet names for wildlife. Maybe you still use the word. Or maybe you knew an old country name for something. "Piss-a-bed" springs to mind.  |
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Post by snowlynx on May 22, 2015 21:26:14 GMT
My mum used to call the Coot a "shovel head"!
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Post by rowanberry on May 22, 2015 21:27:08 GMT
I used to call Greater Plantain 'Turtle plant' because I thought the leaves were shaped like a turtle's shell.  |
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Post by shirl100 on May 23, 2015 14:12:17 GMT
We called woodlice baby armadillos
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Post by T on May 24, 2015 2:07:04 GMT
We called woodlice baby armadillos We called them slate beetles or slaters for some reason. We called very big earthworms, bloodsuckers. We called dandilions, pee the beds too and sticky willy for that plant that sticks to you (I have no idea what it's called to this day). |
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Post by Harold Smith on May 24, 2015 8:30:09 GMT
We called woodlice baby armadillos We called them slate beetles or slaters for some reason. We called very big earthworms, bloodsuckers. We called dandilions, pee the beds too and sticky willy for that plant that sticks to you (I have no idea what it's called to this day). Sticky Willy is Common Cleaver and is also known as Goose grass and Velcro weed which is rather an apt name for it.
Harold.
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Post by rowanberry on May 24, 2015 9:18:12 GMT
We called woodlice baby armadillos We called them rolly-pollies!  |
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Post by Harold Smith on May 24, 2015 18:26:42 GMT
We called woodlice baby armadillos We called them rolly-pollies! Also known as 'Pill Bugs'.
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Post by tigertom on May 26, 2015 20:50:06 GMT
We called woodlice baby armadillos We called them slate beetles or slaters for some reason. We called very big earthworms, bloodsuckers. We called dandilions, pee the beds too and sticky willy for that plant that sticks to you (I have no idea what it's called to this day). Sticky Willy my OH uses that name for Bedstraw, When I was younger (Long time ago) we called starlings Shebys why I dont no |
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Post by matt52 on May 28, 2015 18:06:26 GMT
Woodlice were always roll up spiders,my dad always called shrews rannies and now my grandson calls spiders piedieuns??
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Post by T on May 29, 2015 15:36:18 GMT
We called them slate beetles or slaters for some reason. We called very big earthworms, bloodsuckers. We called dandilions, pee the beds too and sticky willy for that plant that sticks to you (I have no idea what it's called to this day). Sticky Willy my OH uses that name for Bedstraw, When I was younger (Long time ago) we called starlings Shebys why I dont no Yeah bedstraw, that's the stuff. It will always be sticky willy. We sometimes changed it to sticky willow when adults were about, in case we got into trouble for saying willy. Starlings used to be called stuckies around my way, I don't think they get called that now. |
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Post by matt52 on May 31, 2015 11:57:23 GMT
That sticky stuff i think is cleavers about heremy dad used to call it scratch Willy,if you can find some that's growing where it don't get peed on by dogs it taste like pea pods
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Post by hank on May 31, 2015 12:24:32 GMT
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Post by artdemole on Jun 4, 2015 15:31:07 GMT
Starlings are always called "Squabblers:.. The young are doing that now on the fat balls.
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Post by insomniak on Jun 7, 2015 19:01:31 GMT
We called them slate beetles or slaters for some reason. We always called them Slaters, too. Rude awakening when I found out they were wood lice! Always welcome in my garden no matter what you call them. |
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