Ah! that was supposed to read : british only??????????

This thread is related to parts of the "Counting Songs" thread from May 1999, which I also just refreshed ... (can some kind link pixie do a blue clicky thing here and there : puleeze!!)

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 thread mentions the songs : Old Molly Metcalfe and The Lincolnshire Shepherd (with links to), 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 in the British Isles??
What about in other countries???
Any other info???

Cheers! R-J