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While we're on the subject of ladybirds, why are they called ladybirds - they look noting like ladies or birds? Perhaps someone knows their real name?
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In various parts of Britain they have been given other names; in Lancashire they are known as 'God's Horses', in Wales they call them the 'Red Cows of God', in Lincolnshire they are known as' Lambladies', in Yorkshire they are often called 'Dowdy Cows' and in Norfolk they're known as Bishy-Barny-Bees.
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