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Eleven
names
in
Laver’s
table
(just
over
6%)
are
of
the
“carpenter”
type,
a
name
for
woodlice
also
recorded
in
Shropshire
and
Warwickshire.[…]
Apparently
a
Newfoundland
word
for
woodlouse
is
“carpenter”
or
“cafner”
(another
is
also
“boat-builder”).
These
names
clearly
relate
to
the
animals’
affinity
to
wood
as
will
“carpenter’s
flea”,
“wood-pig”,
“wood-bug”,
“grampus
wood-bug”
and,
of
course
“woodlouse”.
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Eleven names in Laver’s table (just over 6%) are of the “carpenter” type, a name for woodlice also recorded in Shropshire and Warwickshire.[…] Apparently a Newfoundland word for woodlouse is “carpenter” or “cafner” (another is also “boat-builder”). These names clearly relate to the animals’ affinity to wood as will “carpenter’s flea”, “wood-pig”, “wood-bug”, “grampus wood-bug” and, of course “woodlouse”.
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