Calling all norfolk born or people living in norfolk

[4getmenot]

Why do some people call ladybirds bushy barnabys?

[rinkins]

Is this tractor talk 4get?! Certianly never heard it down here!

[MWB]

No idea of course, but I LOVE that better than ladybugs, 4get!

[4getmenot]

yes rinkins :-) I would just like to know why

[lankeela]

Not born there but living there for narerly tharty yares, the name is bishy barney bee, named after Bishop Bonner's bee, referring to the red and black costume (or sometimes the bloody outcome of his dealings). In Dereham you can visit Bishop Bonner's Cotttage.

[4getmenot]

Well no wonder I couldnt find it on google!! lol. Thank you x

[rinkins]

wow lankeela I had no idea!

[4getmenot]

I have never heard of this bishop and I'm always in dereham

[shaneystar2]

Bishy bishy barnabee,
Tell me when your weddin' be
If it be tomorrer day
Teark your wings and floi away.

I haven't got a Norfolk accent at all :)

[4getmenot]

it was more irish towards the end :-)

[shaneystar2]

Haha .....some of the old boys round here sound as if they are speaking a foreign language !
Even having grown up in Norfolk and landing up back here I sometimes find them hard to understand ...the slang that is .
My own family were really broad and to be fair when I yarn with them I find myself doing it :))
And we dew like a good jangle .

[ruthann58]

that i do bor

[lankeela]

Hea ya fa'r got a dicky bor?

[surbabu4]

you can get tips on how to make pet carriers from this site:

http://cutepets.50webs.com

[redcrx]

do they make them small enough for ladybirds?

lol

anyone else get annoyed at how shows like kingdom have awful west country accents instead of Norfolk ones!

[4getmenot]

but I was born here and am not as bad as some people above

[lankeela]

surbabu4 I am getting really p*ssed off with keep getting the same url which is totally irrelevant to the current threads. This smacks of advertising to me, and I shall be reporting it to the Editor.

[lankeela]

Wow looks like my complaint worked!