Pudding-pokes, Flittermice and Bishy-barney-bees

Subtitled, ‘How our ancestors referred to the natural world’, this charming, whimsical and useful book is divided into two parts – starting with an A to Z dictionary of folk names (with a description, explanation and probable place of origin for each term given where possible). The second part is an A to Z of the accepted modern names, with their folk version. Thus the book both allows you to ‘translate’ words you may find in old family letters, journals or poems, and it also allows you to teach, or refresh, yourself with some of the delightful names as used by our ancestors for the plants, insects, birds and animals they encountered. From Airymouse to Zoozoo you’ll be intrigued. • Published by Virtual Valley in paperback, RRP £20 Stockists include Amazon and the Natural History Book Service, www.nhbs.com ISBN: 9780993254338 HT