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Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 10:12 am
by Louisa Gidney
Heifer, steer, bullock, store all in common usage.
What about stirk? Still common locally.
Anyone use Quey, or any of the other variants derived from Twinter?
What about Stot?
Any more I have yet to come across?
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 10:18 am
by Duncan MacIntyre
In west of Scotland, heifers, bullocks, stirks and queys abound. Stots are more common in Perthshire, sometimes sounds more like "stoat" on the phone so can be confusing to vets' wives.
A heifer twin to bull hereabouts is a "Jenny Willocks" - freemartins only occur in posher areas.
Duncan
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 10:36 am
by Saffy
Oh Duncan you have made my Day!!!
A twin to a bull calf was always a freemartin here! :D
Stephanie
Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 1:24 pm
by Louisa Gidney
Jenny Willocks is wonderful, never heard that one before. Sounds like a relative of Betty Swollocks!
Thanks for the stots & queys. Stot is interesting as originally Old English but appears to survive around & north of the Border nowadays.
Quey is apparently a corruption of twinter, which was used locally for sheep into recent past.