What does Dockey Time mean?

Lunch time

Home time

Bed time

What does Whaddon Organs mean?

Sheep

Frogs

Pigs

What is Rodham/Roddon?

A local sport

A raised bed of a body of water

Spokes

What is Smuise?

A drink at lunch time down the pub

A bet on the horses

A small hole at the foot of a hedge

What is Tizzick?

An irritating or particularly bad cough

A big fly

A flower

What are Fen Blows?

The way a tree grows in the wind

A bad hair day

Heavy wind can sweep grains of soil and sand across the farmland of the Fens

What does Cuttla mean?

Two beers

Nail clippers

A type of horse saddle

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