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bollard, Cockermouth
Street:-   Market Place
locality:-   Cockermouth
civil parish:-   Cockermouth (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   bollard
coordinates:-   NY12293074
1Km square:-   NY1230
10Km square:-   NY13


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Dialect words for sheep counting in Cumberland are:-
yan, tan, tethera, methera, pimp, sethera, lethera, hovera, dovera, dick
These occur in various spellings, and are different in different parts of Cumberland and Westmorland.
Look closely; the standard English number name is hidden in the sheep's fleece.


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