Friday 29 December 2023

Tuesday 26 December 2023

La pathole d'aniet – Jèrriais word of today

 La pathole d'aniet – Jèrriais word of today: aller crier san Noué - when children went round neighbourhood houses at Christmas begging for treats 



Bouônjour à matîn - Good morning

    Bouônjour à matîn - Good morning



Saturday 23 December 2023

Friday 22 December 2023

Thursday 21 December 2023

La Saint Thonmas - Saint Thomas's Day

Aniet ch'est la Saint Thonmas. S'lon la crianche les hardelles peuvent vaie chutte niet dans un rêve lus bouonhomme à v'nîn. N'en v'chîn l'arînmée:


Today is Saint Thomas's Day. It was believed that after repeating a rhyme on this day, girls could dream of their future husbands.


La pathole d'aniet – Jèrriais word of today

 La pathole d'aniet – Jèrriais word of today: ches Noué - this Christmas 



Bouônjour à matîn - Good morning

    Bouônjour à matîn - Good morning



Wednesday 20 December 2023

Tuesday 19 December 2023

Pub Jèrriais

This evening's Jèrriais pub session (5.30-6.30pm at the Adelphi in The Parade) will be the last Tuesday session of 2023. Join the table with the toad!

La pathole d'aniet – Jèrriais word of today

 La pathole d'aniet – Jèrriais word of today: du dgèrrue - ivy 



Bouônjour à matîn - Good morning

    Bouônjour à matîn - Good morning



Monday 18 December 2023

Au café

 Today's drop-in lunchtime Jèrriais 1-1.50pm at Santander Work café will be the last of 2023 (upstairs in SANTIAGO room)

La pathole d'aniet – Jèrriais word of today

 La pathole d'aniet – Jèrriais word of today: eune êtaile - a star 



Bouônjour à matîn - Good morning

    Bouônjour à matîn - Good morning



Sunday 17 December 2023

Saturday 16 December 2023

Friday 15 December 2023

Lé Cantique des Brandons - Torches

Here's a Jèrriais version of the carol "Torches". Originally a Spanish carol from Galicia, an English version was included in The Oxford Book of Carols with a folk tune collected by Felip Pedrell. The tune most popularly associated with the carol nowadays is that by John Joubert published in 1961. This Jèrriais version of the words fits the Pedrell tune; with repeats it will fit the Joubert setting.


Lé Cantique des Brandons


Brandons, brandons, auve nos brandons
couothons vaie lé p'tchiot dans l'tro.
Christ est né, et j'l'adouoth'thons.
Couothons lî chanter lô-lô.

Ah, lô-lô, lô-lô, chièr pétit.
Ah, lô-lô, lô-lô, man p'tchiot.
Dors en paix où'est qu'châque brandon lit
quandi qu'jé t'chantons lô-lô.

Chantons, m's anmîns, séyons rêjouis:
jouaie et leunmiéthe tréjous.
Nos brandons sont à êcliaithi
l'êfant tch'a 'té né pouor nous.

La pathole d'aniet – Jèrriais word of today

 La pathole d'aniet – Jèrriais word of today: des mèrlifiches dé Noué - Christmas baubles 



Bouônjour à matîn - Good morning

   Bouônjour à matîn - Good morning



Wednesday 13 December 2023

Monday 11 December 2023

Friday 8 December 2023

Thursday 7 December 2023

La pathole d'aniet – Jèrriais word of today

 La pathole d'aniet – Jèrriais word of today: un corset d'oeuvre dé Noué – a Christmas jersey