LOST WORDS OF SOUTHERY AND THE FENS

ROODENS and ROODING

Rooding is the job of mowing the reeds and weeds from down the side of a Dyke or Drain with a Scythe, the reeds and weeds after they were cut the cuttings were called Roodings and were used to cover thing up to keep them warm and dry, like heaps of Sugar beet or Potatoes.

HOVEL

A cart shed.

LONG HEADED

Educated City people.

WRETCH

A length on land that was giving to work on. A field 200 Mtr long divided by 10 would give you a wretch 20 Mtr long, with 10 wretches through the field. I will help you on your wretch.

HEADLAND

The edge of a field where Horses turn.

SCARRUN UP

A form of field cultivation

YOUN

This word meant other or far end, as in youn end of a field.

Your wretch is youn end of the field.

BALKIN UP

Ridging up Celery

BLUBBER

Cry.

SCOOTS

Scoots meant the row on a out of square field where on one side the rows would became shorter and shorter.
You wretch has scoots in it youn end.

CLOBBER

Summons.

COP

To throw.

SLUB

Slub or Slubby meant Mud or Muddy
Your going to get slubby, its upto your neck in slub.

DAB HAND

Proficient

FAIR TO MIDDLING

Not bad, reasonable.

SCUFFLE

A light agricutural implement on wheels and with curved tines for weeding, etc.

FUZBALL

The Fungus lycoperdon Vovista.

FUDER

Further away.

SHUT-KNIFE

A pen knife.

GAWPING

Looking.

GOB

Mouth.

CLODS

Compact soil, making hard lumps

LUG-HOLE

Ears.

QUICK STICKS

Immediately

TILTING.

To lightly plough a field after harvest.

MIZZLE

A light rain

RANNY

A small Vole

MUCK GROOM

A long handled tool normally made from a four-tine fork with the forks bend to make a tool like a rake, used for pulling farmyard manure off of the cart on the fields.

RIME

Frost.

RUB-STUN

A sharpening stone.

CHOPPUN OUT

Preparing sugar beet rows for hand singleing.

SINGLEUN

singleing out sugar beet plants by hand

DIB orDIBBER

A small tool used for setting plants .