tethera-a-bumfit

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Yan Tan Tethera

Etymology

From Celtic numerals.

Cardinal numeral

tethera-a-bumfit

(West Cumbrian, Borrowdale) (dialect) eighteen in Cumbrian sheep counting

See also

(Borrowdale sheep counting) yan, tyan, tethera, methera, pimp, sethera, lethera, hovera, dovera, dick, yan-a-dick, tyan-a-dick, tethera-a-dick, methera-a-dick, bumfit, yan-a-bumfit, tyan-a-bumfit, tethera-a-bumfit, methera-bumfit, giggot

References

[1995], Peter Wright, Cumbrian Chat, Dalesman Publishing Company, ISBN 185-568-092-0, page 7:
[2007], Michael A.B. Deakin, Leigh-Lancaster, David editor, The Name of the Number^[1], Australian Council for Educational Research, ISBN 0864317573, retrieved on 2008-05-17, page 75:
[2002], Aliki Varvogli, Annie Proulx's The Shipping News: A Reader's Guide^[2], Continuum International Publishing Group, ISBN 0826452337, retrieved on 2008-05-17, page 24-25:

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