Or rather counting in the Swaledale dialect. as used by Jake Thackray in his song Molly Metcalf
yan tan tether mether pip
azer sezer akker conter dick
yanadick tanadick tetheradick metheradick bumfit
yanabum tanabum tetherabum metherabum jiggit
Different dales had different variations, shows just how little people used to travel if even counting could be so different from dale to dale.
I love it, but I keep forgetting more than the first five, it only went up to 20 then they would transfer a pebble from one pocket to another and start again. I don't know what they did once they'd got up to 20 20's.
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