Shetland Norn (Jakob Jakobsen)The dialect and place names of Shetland; two popular lectures; by Jakob Jakobsen. 1897 Faroese Icelandic Orcadian dialect of Scots (not Norn) English translation Four hang, four walk, Two stand skyward, Two show the way to the field And one comes shaking behindTraditional version from England Four dilly danders Four upstanders Two lookers Two crookers And a wig-wag The answer is a cow: four teats hang, four legs walk, two horns and two ears stand skyward, two eyes show the way to the field and one tail comes shaking (dangling) behind.
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