Among the many books I inherited from my Dad is a delightful book about the various dialects in England, “Word Maps A Dialect Atlas of England”. I turned to this after one of my followers commented about an obsolete word I had shared, quanked, saying that in the North East, the word jiggered is used to express extreme weariness.
I was hoping to find other dialect words for tiredness but, sadly, not in this collection. I have, however, marked several pages to share with you at some point. Today, it is a variety of words to name a female cat. My favourite is Betty Cat. It would be interesting to know if any of these are still in use. I haven’t ever heard ‘ewe’ used for a female cat in Cornwall but that doesn’t mean it isn’t used. The book was published in 1987…… 
The lilies in the beautiful bouquet sent last weekend by Daughter no 2 for Mothers’ Day, have opened today and are glorious.
February was unusually warm as well as wet and our tulips opened a month early. They are now nearly over and looking rather blousy and lovely. 
After a lovely morning having breakfast out with friends, I have spent much of the afternoon on the embroidery project that I mentioned a few weeks ago. It is nearly ready to show you……
