PCC BOAT TRIP & CRAB SUPPER:
Sat 12th June The PCC’s delicious Annual Crab (or Chicken Pie) Supper, preceded by the usual fascinating Boat Trip to the Point to see the seals and terns, will be on Saturday 12th June. The Main Course will be accompanied by a super side salad; and to follow this there will be a splendid selection of home-made puddings. Wine or beer will be available from the Bar. The Boat-Trip-&-Supper Tickets at £16 a head are available from Mary Athill (01263-740306) or from Hope Todd (01263-740118). 6.00 pm Boats start from Morston Quay. 7.15 pm: Supper in Morston Village Hall. All proceeds go to the PCC for Morston Church.
MORSTON QUIZ
MORSTON BIRD QUIZ
The Annual Morston Quiz run by The Committee of Friends of Morston Church was perhaps the best one yet in its seven years of existence, with a wide range of questions “with something for everyone”. Taking part were: Carolyn Miller’s Binham Barleybirds and Nick Jeffery’s Binham Ballroomers, Maureen Sturgeon’s Langham Bombers, Neil Thompson’s Morston Coastguards, Carole Bean’s Morston & Cockthorpe Cockles, Susy Harrison’s Morston Mousehunts, 6-times Champions Graham Lubbock’s Morston Pishmires, Jane Temple’s Missing the Point, Jill Tibbets’ Morston Macaroons and David Carnwath’s Morston Nattlers. Mally Bullard and Sara Wingfield organised a superb supper and Carole Ban and Susy Harrison ran a great Raffle (and the Committee would like to thank them and those who presented Raffle Prizes and all those who helped with the supper. Neil & Chenda Thompson kindly presented a Giant Wooden Spoon engraved with a Morston Dodman logo as a permanent Runners Up Prize, together with a bottle of vodka. Graham Lubbock’s Pishmires were finally toppled with victory going to David Carnwath’s Nattlers, closely followed by Jane Temple’s Missing the Point. To quote our intrepid scorers, Rob & Sally Metcalfe and Sue Smith, “all teams achieved good scores and the last eight only just failed to catch Jane’s team for 2nd Prize”. The Quiz raised £1,328.00 for Friends of Morston Church (repairs & maintenance of All Saints’ Church).
By Samphire (Answers on Page 12) By what name are the following birds, listed here in Norfolk Dialect, better known? 1) Barley-bird? 2) Bay-duck? 3) Bee-bird? 4) Biddle? 5) Billywix? 6) Blood-ulf? 7) Bottle-bump? 8) Caddow or cadder? 9) Cob? 10) Develin? 11) Diddleton Frank (or Harnser)? 12) Dow? 3) Dunnock? 14) Felfit? 15) Flapper?
LARN YARSELF SOME NORFOLK Two dozen of my favourite words or expressions in Norfolk dialect include: Annic - to fool about (& “skywannicking” - fooling about). Arsle - to wriggle backwards. Bandy - a hare. Barney - an argument. Bezzle - to drink greedily.Bosky - tipsy, very merry. Brangle - to dispute something, to argue. Bumble-footed - clumsy. Carney - to flatter, or wheedle or fawn upon. Churky - under-cooked (so crunchy) veg. Cooshies or cushies - sweets. Crimbling - to sneak/creep around. Crud-barrer - wheelbarrow. Cuckoo - cocoa Dauby - wet-muddy/sticky. Dingin’ - showery Dint - Didn’. Dudder - to shiver Dumduckerdummer - very faded colour or a colour mix. Duzzy - stupid. Dwile - a floorcloth or rag Ewe - owed (e.g. I ewe him £5) Fapes (or Thapes) - gooseberries. Finnicking - very fussy
YOUR BOOKS WANTED for 1st May Sale Friends of Morston Church are collecting second-hand books of all kinds for a Grand Charity Book Sale to be held in Morston Village Hall on 1st May 2010 from 10am to 4pm. Books of all kinds and on all subjects are wanted - from holiday paperbacks to collectors' items. We have already had a large military book collection donated to help raise funds for the upkeep of All Saints’ Morston. To arrange collection of any books you have available, please call Sally Metcalfe on 07813 369145
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