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     • A "bishy-barney-bee", the most striking example, is the local word for a ladybird (it is said that it was inspired by a Bishop Barnabas of Norwich, who wore a similarly coloured cloak).
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   What is a bishy barnabee?

   • He said "bishy barnabee" was one of the first words newcomers to the county learned. "It is splendid news that proper Norfolk is being recognised in this way," he said. The OED's earliest example of bishy barnabee was as "bush a benny tree" in a 1789 manuscript of Norfolk words.

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   What rhymes with bishy bishy Barney Bee?

   • In Norfolk it goes: Bishy Bishy Barney Bee, Fly away home, Your house is on fire, And your children all gone. Perhaps the rhyme has some connection to Bishop Bonner, though throughout the rest of the UK it is recited as : Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home etc. I can't actually believe that someone has given this a negative vote. Why?

   What is the origin of Bishy Barney Bee? - English Language & Usage

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   What is an example of a bishy-Barney-Bee?

   • From an article in the Telegraph A "bishy-barney-bee", the most striking example, is the local word for a ladybird (it is said that it was inspired by a Bishop Barnabas of Norwich, who wore a similarly coloured cloak).

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   What is a bishy Barney Bee Ladybird?

   • bishy barney bee ladybird. Apocryphal or not, bishy barney bee is meant to be named after a Saint Barnabas, who wore the red cappa magna. Here we recite the lines: ‘Bishy, bishy barney-bee, When will your weddin’ be?, If it be ‘amara day, Tairk your wings an’ floi away.’ blar cry bootiful beautiful

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   Is the Bishy Barney Bee a bug?

   • The OED seems to known nothing about the Bishy Barney Bee. FYI, Americans (at least in my experience) call them "ladybugs," and the rhyme is otherwise identical. Bugs can also be spoken of endearingly in expressions such as "as snug as a bug in a rug". :-) Technically, this is not a bee, nor a bug (nor a bird), but a beetle.

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   Are 'billywitch' and 'bishy barnabee' the same thing?

   • The definitive record of the English language is planning to include 'billywitch' - a term for a cockchafer beetle, and 'bishy barnabee' - a ladybird, later this year. Professor Peter Trudgill, president of the group Friends of Norfolk Dialect (Fond), said the terms were among many regional words for creatures.

   Do you speak Norfolk? East Anglian words Bishy barnabee and billywitch

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   A "bishy-barney-bee", the most striking example, is the local word for a ladybird (it is said that it was inspired by a Bishop Barnabas of Norwich, who wore a similarly coloured cloak).

4. www.visitnorfolk.co.uk › post › how-to-speak-norfolkHow to speak Norfolk – do diff’runt and larn yew Norfolk

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   Apocryphal or not, bishy barney bee is meant to be named after a Saint Barnabas, who wore the red cappa magna. Here we recite the lines: ‘Bishy, bishy barney-bee, When will your weddin’ be?, If it be ‘amara day, Tairk your wings an’ floi away.’

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6. www.spectator.co.uk › article › why-is-a-ladybirdWhy is a ladybird called a ‘bishy barnabee’? - The Spectator

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   In Norfolk a favourite is bishy barnabee for ‘ladybird’. Ladybird, as I have mentioned before, refers to Our Lady, the Virgin Mary. But there have been attempts recently to derive bishy ...

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   May 1, 2018 · The definitive record of the English language is planning to include 'billywitch' - a term for a cockchafer beetle, and 'bishy barnabee' - a ladybird, later this year.

8. www.bbc.co.uk › norfolk › talkTalk - Norfolk dialect - BBC

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   They laughed when I said Bishy-barney-bee - they are Norfolk too , but will lose their accents. At work I am laughed at for being broad, but I don't care.

9. www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-england-norfolk-43950084Oxford English Dictionary to feature East Anglian bug terms - BBC

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   May 1, 2018 · The OED's earliest example of bishy barnabee was as "bush a benny tree" in a 1789 manuscript of Norfolk words. Theories suggest the term may relate to a Bishop Barnaby or a Bishop Bonner.

10. www.northnorfolknews.co.uk › lifestyle › 23033916'Bishy barnabee!' - 7 signs you're from Norfolk | North ...

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    Oct 9, 2022 · He said: "An old schoolyard rhyme goes: 'Bishy-bishy-barney-bee, tell me when my wedding be, if it be tomorrow day, take your wings and fly away. Fly to east and fly to west, but fly to him (her) that I love best'."