puddock

[haysi06]

can anyone tell me what 'puddock' means - i have been given 2 very different definitions one is a 'frog' and the other is part of the anatomy - as 'I am fu to the puddock'

[Sammy Snake]

I've no idea about 'puddock' OR 'fu'!!

[gen2]

Up here (Scotland) a puddock is a frog as in this poem:

The Puddock
by John M Caie

A puddock sat by the lochan's brim,
An' he thocht there was never a puddock like him.
He sat on his hurdies, he waggled his legs,
An' ****** his heid as he glowered throu' the seggs.
The bigsy wee cratur' was feelin' that prood,
He gapit his mou' an' he croakit oot lood:
"Gin ye'd a' like tae see a richt puddock," quo' he,
"Ye'll never, I'll sweer, get a better nor me.
I've fem'lies an' wives an' a weel-plenished hame,
Wi' drink for my thrapple an' meat for my wame.
The lasses aye thocht me a fine strappin' chiel,
An' I ken I'm a rale bonny singer as weel.
I'm nae gaun tae blaw, but th' truth I maun tell-
I believe I'm the verra MacPuddock himsel'."

A heron was hungry an' needin' tae sup,
Sae he nabbit th' puddock and gollup't him up;
Syne runkled his feathers: "A peer thing," quo' he,
"But - puddocks is nae fat they eesed tae be."

[gen2]

Those damn robots again have had ago at that. Please replace the stars with:

C + O + C + K + I + T

[Narolines]

In England (or at least in the Midlands) a "paddock" is a toad.

[Quizmonster]

A puddock or paddock can be a frog or a toad in Scotland nowadays. The origin of the word is Old English 'padde' which referred specifically to toads. The old word, 'paddock-stool' was another name for a toadstool, for example.

[haysi06]

thanks everyone - i think whilst i like the idea of being 'fu to the puddock (full up)' i accept that the correct definition is indeed the frog/toadl

[Quizmonster]

You may possibly have misheard "Fu' as a puddock", toads and frogs being noticeably round, squat and full-bodied.

[Quizmonster]

In the 19th century, one dialectal meaning of 'pug' was anything short and stumpy. It is also common - in Scotland especially - to add a 'y/ie' sound in order to make something into a diminutive. For example, house = hoose and a small house is a hoosie. So perhaps, IAP, a puggy was just such a little, squat thing.

[haysi06]

thanks again for your comments - my friend tells me that her mother uses the phrase ' fu to the puddock' meaning full to the stomach