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Folks in Norfolk refer to a ladybird as a "bishy barnaby". Anyone heard of this or able to give the origin?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It's actually Bishy Barnabee and there is a road in Bowthorpe near Norwich called Bishy Barnabee Way . It is supposed to refer to the Bishop Edmund Bonner or bloody Bonner as he was named for his persecution of heretics during the reign of Mary ! . Probably a derivative of the name Bishop Bonners Bees (whatever they were ) . There is a cottage museum about him in Dereham .
The best book on Norfolk dialect is by Peter Trudgill, in the Norfolk Origins series published by Poppyland Publishing.
http://www.poppyland.co.uk/
The best book on Norfolk dialect is by Peter Trudgill, in the Norfolk Origins series published by Poppyland Publishing.
http://www.poppyland.co.uk/