10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «YAFFLE»
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1
Dictionary of Newfoundland English
2] [He] was charged with havine purloined a quantity, known in this land as a
yaffle of dry fish. [cl894] PANL P4/I4. p. 198 -To spell -a vafful of crunnocks' is to
gather an armful of dry wood for kindling purposes. 18967 A Folklore ix, 25 ~ an ...
George Morley Story, W. J. Kirwin, John David Allison Widdowson, 1990
Tired of the cold, wet weather of Newfoundland but not willing to leave behind the things that he loves, Yaffle the seagull comes up with a plan to have the best of both worlds.
On finding something suitable, Emily recites a rhyme that wakes Bagpuss (
whereupon the picture becomes full-screen and colour), who then wakes his toy
chums in sequence; the last of these, the scholarly woodpecker Professor Yaffle,
steps ...
4
Tales from the Outer Fringe: Five Stories and a Novella
She's friendly to everybody. But perhaps she wonders if I'm specially fond of her.
After all I don't love to be yaffling Skipper Tom's fish. We've lots of our own to
yaffle, and across the cove I can see my own ma bending down to pick up a yaffle
, ...
5
The Complete Back Garden Birdwatcher
Green Woodpecker For some utterly inexplicable reason, the call of the Green
Woodpecker is often known as a 'yaffle' and in former times the word was
sometimes used as a name for the bird itself. But if you say, 'Yaffle, yaffle, yaffle'
out loud, ...
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The English dialect dictionary
(Is-,3». YAFFLE, El). and v.' Yks. Not. Lei. \Var. Hrf. Glo. Ken. Sur. Sus. Hm . \Vil.
Som. Dev. Also written yaffel Glo.l Sus.2 mp); and in forms yaffil llrl'.l ; yaffier Snr.l
Som. [ja'fi, jae'fi.] l. sb. The green woodpecker, Gerimrs virz'dz's. See Hickwall, w.
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Aces, Warriors and Wingmen: The Firsthand Accounts of ...
A habit devel- oped of a “yaffle” box being kept in every tent. In it was stored any
food that we could lay hands on: gazelle meat, which tasted like venison,
collected during shoots in the desert and butchered expertly by the Aussies, Ted
Sly and ...
Timothy Claypole, Hazel McWitch, Miss Popov, Professor Yaffle? Professor Yaffle
- the others were characters in"Rentaghost", Professor Yaffle was in "Bagpuss". 3,
13, 23, 33? 33 - the others are prime numbers. Austria, Canada, Argentina ...
Pinkmint Publications, 2007
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The Last Angry White Man
Sailor: But the Yaffle is alive and is a woodpecker, as you would know if you
poets had not all your senses corked...For when the Woodpecker cries “Yaffle” in
the woods, all the world of it, except poets, is aware. Moreover, in my song there
are ...
10
British Theatre Between the Wars, 1918-1939
34. Red Stage, No. 5 April-May 1932, p. 3. One question however is hard to
answer: although Trotsky in Yaffle's play is clearly portrayed as a mouthpiece not
for Bolshevism, but for the New Leader, the ILP's attitude to Trotsky (and, indeed,
...
Clive Barker, Maggie Barbara Gale, 2000
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «YAFFLE»
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Crossword solutions: Saturday, May 9
Down: 1 Vocabulary, 2 Nucleus, 3 Trek, 4 Yaffle, 5 Embitter, 6 Raise, 9 Hysterical, 12 Joystick, 15 Lasagna, 16 Acumen, 18 Coral, 20 Blip. Like puzzles? «The Dominion Post, May 15»
A yaffle of jaegers
A murder of crows, a gaggle of geese, a siege of bitterns — so I am christening the event that occurred on the Avalon Peninsula this week a yaffle of jaegers ... «The Telegram, May 15»
Weaselly understood
... answered via Twitter, where, with the help of Photoshop it was demonstrated that the Russian President too could easily be accommodated on the yaffle's ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
Photo of Weasel 'Riding' Flying Woodpecker Goes Viral on Twitter
The green woodpecker is also known as a “yaffle” for its laughing call. After the shock of being targeted by a hungry weasel wears off, we can only hope it lives ... «KTLA, Mar 15»
Natalie Bennett car-crash LBC interview: She had it coming
“Charliemouse then tells Bagpuss and Yaffle that the mill makes chocolate biscuits out of breadcrumbs and butterbeans. The mice run the Mill, and it does ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 15»
Yeovil Country Park to hold events for service families after netting …
'Yaffle Missions' will be held for four consecutive days at Yeovil Country Park for children and teenagers. Activities will include T-shirt design, willow sculpture, ... «Western Gazette, Jan 15»
The ultimate Christmas quiz
Professor Yaffle, in the children's TV series Bagpuss, was based on which Nobel laureate (1950 – Literature), someone Oliver Postgate had encountered as a ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 14»
Monsoon Shootout set for India release
Produced by the UK's Yaffle Films and India's Sikhya Entertainment and Dar Motion Pictures, Monsoon Shootout premiered at Cannes 2013. Navalakha Arts ... «Screen International, Nov 14»
Bagpuss, the marmalade cat
Also of interest to Bagpuss fans will be the drawing reproduced in the book which reveals that Professor Yaffle started life as a 'Professor Bogwood', a human ... «Creative Review, Oct 14»
Why CGI is now the estate agent's best friend
Yaffle Hill, in St George's Hill, Weybridge, Surrey, is considered such an iconic house that attempts to adapt it to meet the demands of today's high-net-worth ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Aug 14»
