This category will hopefully provide a home for a wide variety of items. When I left school for college, my headmistress wrote:'She has been involved in many aspects of school life:
it will be interesting to see which of these she eventually decides to develop'. I did not feel she meant to pay me a compliment!
A Cumbrian Cure for Insomnia?
In Ancient Britain, the numerals were as follows:
1= yana
2= tana
3= tethera
4= pethera
5= pimp
6= sethera
7= lethera
8= hovera
9= dovera
10= dik
11= yana-dik
12= tana-dik
13= tethera-dik
14= pethera-dik
15= bumfit(pimpit)
16= yana-bumfit
17= tana-bumfit
18= tethera-bumfit
19= pethera-bumfit
20= gigit
In Cumbria it was usual for shepherds to count their sheep, using these ancient numbers, well into the nineteenth century.
Jake Thackeray, the great folk singer, wrote a song using the Cumbrian shepherds' numbers. They certainly have a rhythmic and soothing quality.
1= yana
2= tana
3= tethera
4= pethera
5= pimp
6= sethera
7= lethera
8= hovera
9= dovera
10= dik
11= yana-dik
12= tana-dik
13= tethera-dik
14= pethera-dik
15= bumfit(pimpit)
16= yana-bumfit
17= tana-bumfit
18= tethera-bumfit
19= pethera-bumfit
20= gigit
In Cumbria it was usual for shepherds to count their sheep, using these ancient numbers, well into the nineteenth century.
Jake Thackeray, the great folk singer, wrote a song using the Cumbrian shepherds' numbers. They certainly have a rhythmic and soothing quality.
Next time you find it hard to sleep,
Use Cumbrian to count your sheep!