picot = turkey (also: spot, motherwort, erysipelas) #jerriais
— L'Office du Jèrriais (@le_jerriais) December 18, 2014
"Du picot pouor les picots à Mess Picot tch'ont l'picot!" - Motherwort milk for Mr. Picot's turkeys that have erysipelas! #jerriais
— L'Office du Jèrriais (@le_jerriais) December 18, 2014
goguelu comme un picot = as proud as a turkey #jerriais
— L'Office du Jèrriais (@le_jerriais) December 18, 2014
rouoge comme un picot = red as a turkey; red-faced with anger #jerriais
— L'Office du Jèrriais (@le_jerriais) December 18, 2014
"Picot, picot, picot! J'sis pus rouoge qué té!" - traditional call to turkeys #jerriais
— L'Office du Jèrriais (@le_jerriais) December 18, 2014
"À la Saint Miché les pithots et à Noué les picots" = geese at Michaelmas and turkeys at Christmas #jerriais
— L'Office du Jèrriais (@le_jerriais) December 18, 2014
gâche à picots = spotty cake, i.e. cake with raisins (no turkeys involved in this recipe!) #jerriais
— L'Office du Jèrriais (@le_jerriais) December 18, 2014
N'y'a pon d'picots dans la Rue ès Picots - there aren't any turkeys in La Rue ès Picots (road <= surname) #jerriais pic.twitter.com/vYl6CsOScP
— L'Office du Jèrriais (@le_jerriais) December 18, 2014
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