| BOCK |
PORTHLEVEN PRONOUNCIATION OF BAULK-THE LARGE BLOCKS OF WOOD USED TO CLOSE UP THE HARBOUR GAP IN TIMES OF STORMY WEATHER |
| CANNY KEEPER |
SPIDER CRAB |
| CHAD |
IS A SMALL OR IMMATURE BREAM |
| CHADDING |
TO FISH FOR SMALL BREAM –CHAD BREAM,SOMETIMES ALSO KNOWN AS PLOSHERS AS THEY HAD A TENDANCY TO JUMP OR LEAP OUT OF THE WATER |
| CHINK |
A SMALL CLEFT OR SPLIT IN SOMETHING LIKE A ROCK OR A WALL- or perhaps a chink in your
armour! |
| CHINKING |
TO GO CHINKING OR FISHING FOR CRABS AT LOW WATER IN THE ROCK POOLS AND SOMETIMES USING A METAL HOOK- USED AS BAIT |
| CREASE OIL |
CREOSOTE |
| DRY ARRY - OR DRY
HARRY |
A SMALL SPECIES OF CRAB BUT NOT VELVET CRAB-A HARBOUR CRAB WITH NOT MUCH MEAT |
| JACK OR COCK |
COCK CRAB - A MALE CRAB – JACK CRAB |
| LAUNDERS |
GUTTERING ON ROOVES OR WOODEN CHANNELS TO DRAIN WATER AWAY |
| LIKES 0R LITES |
SEAGULLS ON THE WATER |
| MOCKET |
BABY’S BIB OR APRON |
| MOSSET |
FISHERMEN’S APRON |
| MUR |
GUILLEMOT |
| MURGIES OR MURGEY |
SPOTTED DOG FISH |
| OLD WOMAN |
POUTING, Type off ish |
| PEELER |
A CRAB WHO’S SHELL HAS YET TO HARDEN AFTER SHEDDING ITS OLD ONE |
| PLOSHER |
A PORTHLEVEN VARIANT OF SPLASH OR SPLASHER |
| PESSACKS |
ROTTEN SALTED DOWN PILCHARDS-THE SALT COULD NOT PENETRATE EVERYWHERE AND THIS IS WHERE THE FISH BECAME ROTTEN-IT WAS THEN
USED AS CRAB- POT BAIT |
| POOCHES |
A POOCH IS A HEN-CRAB-FEMALE CRAB |
| SCORE |
THE SLOT IN THE TRANSOM OF A PUNT TO PUT THE PADDLE FOR SCULLING |
| SKAD |
OR SCAD- THIS IS A HORSE MACKEREL |
| TAILIES |
A TAILY-IS A SPOTTED RAY |
| UPSTAIRS FISH |
RAY |
| I managed to record a couple of local pronunciation of certain places: |
| BLACK SANDS |
MIDDLE HARBOUR,BREAGESIDE BY THE SHIP INN WHERE THE STEPS ARE.(THIS MAY BE WHERE DUE TO CURRENTS BLACK SANDS COULD ACCUMULATE.
THE HARBOUR WAS DUG FROM TIME TO TIME FOR ALLUVIAL TIN |
| MERLA - |
MATELA-METHLEIGH.METHLEIGH MANOR FARM |
