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see also LYR ADD : Old Molly Metcalfe

I'm STILL intrigued about these Shepherd Counting rhymes!!!

I just read a novel which mentions that in Suffolk, 1 to 10 was : unna / tina / wether / tether / pinkie / hater / skater / sara / dara / dic

The above posts mention the songs : Old Molly Metcalfe and The Lincolnshire Shepherd, which use these fascinating systems, supposedly relics from the old Celtic languages (pre Nordic and Norman conquest) - is this still thought to be the case?? Are they still in use anywhere?? What about examples from further north??

Maybe I'll start a new thread on this in hopes of some new replies .. Cheers! R-J