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More Norfolk Dialect Trivia Quiz

More ramblings from a Broad Narfolk Mawther.

A multiple-choice quiz by itsannier. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
itsannier

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
244,014

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
800

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Question 1 of 10

1. When winter is drawing in it's time to put on your shimmy; so what is it? Hint

A wooly hat

A vest

Thick socks

Wellie boots

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Question 2 of 10

2. Ok, I will give you a clue on this one; what is a dwile, that is usually found in the kitchen? Hint

A small saucepan

A tea towel

A colander

A dish cloth

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Question 3 of 10

3. Shall we go for a walk down the loke? Where am I taking you? Hint

To the shop

Down the pub

Down the lane

To the beach

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who or what is said to haunt the sand dunes of North Norfolk? Hint

Od Bor

Black Bob

Black Shuck

Fiery Bess

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the farm labourer doing when he went a troshin? Hint

Potato picking

Threshing

Muck spreading

Taking the cows to milking

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Question 6 of 10

6. Yew do talk sum rum squit at toims. What do you talk at times? Hint

Drunken ramblings

Funny nonsense

Sense

Truth

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Question 7 of 10

7. What do you do if you dudder? Hint

Shout

Sing

Shiver

Swear

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Question 8 of 10

8. If you are lucky you might see a harnser. What is a harnser? Hint

Heron

Adder

Buzzard

Newt

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Question 9 of 10

9. What would you do if you gawped? Hint

Smiled

Felt sick

Pulled a face

Stared

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Question 10 of 10

10. What would a jip be? Hint

Rats

A good laugh

A sharp pain

Next doors dog

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. When winter is drawing in it's time to put on your shimmy; so what is it?

Answer: A vest

When I wuzz a child central heating and double glazing was unhard of and thart wind she usetar whip orft tha North Sea and tha farst thing she useter hit was my bedroom winder. Them thar rooms war cold as ice an that jack frorst usetar mek patterns orn the inside o' tha winder.

2. Ok, I will give you a clue on this one; what is a dwile, that is usually found in the kitchen?

Answer: A dish cloth

You mean to tell me you have never heard of dwile flunking? Now listen carefully and concentrate .. it's played between two teams of twelve. The dwile is held by the flonker on the end of the driveller (a broom handle) while the girter (a ring of opposing team members) dance round the flonker who must hit one with his dwile. Three points are given to a hit on the head (a wanton), two for a hit on the body (a marther) and one for a hit to the leg (a ripple). If after two shots he fails to score he is swadged. Easy eh? Oh you want more, well swadged means drinking a gazunder full of beer in a given time.

After all the team have flonked then the other team is put in. The winners are those with the most points after two innings usually the one with more members still upright.

3. Shall we go for a walk down the loke? Where am I taking you?

Answer: Down the lane

A loke is a short country lane, often between fields, complete with tractor ruts which fill with water and make walking treacherous when they freeze in winter.

4. Who or what is said to haunt the sand dunes of North Norfolk?

Answer: Black Shuck

Black Shuck is told as a big black dog with fiery eyes and to see him meant death within twelve months. Very handy for keeping locals in their beds in the time of smuggling and in more modern times of keeping children off the sand dunes at night (myself included!)

5. What was the farm labourer doing when he went a troshin?

Answer: Threshing

Oim gorn ta Swaffhum fer a derz troshin all fer nothin.
I am going to Swaffham for a days threshing all for nothing.
Dew yew keep a troshin. Carry on with the threshing, but it is another way of saying "goodbye" or "look after yourself".

6. Yew do talk sum rum squit at toims. What do you talk at times?

Answer: Funny nonsense

A popular phrase with my mother aimed in my direction; come to think of it she still does .. she is the grand age of 91!

7. What do you do if you dudder?

Answer: Shiver

To shiver "all of a dudder" .

8. If you are lucky you might see a harnser. What is a harnser?

Answer: Heron

Even Shakespeare had heard of a harnser, although he spells it differently. Hamlet Act 2 Scene 2.

9. What would you do if you gawped?

Answer: Stared

"What yew gawpin' at"? Another of my mother's sayings.

10. What would a jip be?

Answer: A sharp pain

A sharp pain, as in 'thart gie me jip'.

Source: Author itsannier

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