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Thread #11483   Message #2899969
Posted By: Rob Naylor
04-May-10 - 02:46 PM
Thread Name: Yan Tan Tethera - more words in the count?
Subject: RE: Yan Tan Tethera - more words in the count?
The one I learned in Gunnerside (Swaledale) was slightly different to that given in Wikipedia:

Yan
Tan
Tether
Mether
Pip
Sitra
Litra
Hobra
Dobra
Dick
Yanadick
Tanadick
Tetheradick
Metheradick
Bumfit
Yanbumfit
Tanbumfit
Tetherabumfit
Metherabumfit
Jigget

Which, although I was taught it by an old bloke in Gunnerside about 50 years ago, sounds closer to the Westmorland version given in Wikipedia than it does to the Swaledale version.