Fish: From the Sarnian Monthly Magazine, May 1815
A list of fish in Guernsey French and their relative presence in island waters, from 1815, p. 15. The Monthly Magazine folded before the list could be continued.
Guernsey French
Guernsey French
Written by Louisa Lane Clarke for Redstone's Guide to Guernsey, first published in 1841. A copy of this Guide was given to Queen Victoria when she visited the island, and it was retitled Redstones' Royal Guide. This extract is from the fifth edition, published in 1856.
La vielle rue d'la Fontaine, et les Nouviaux Marchis: par Un Catelain
A poem in Guernsey French, author unknown, about the demolition of Fountain Street and the building of the Markets, quoted by Louisa Lane Clarke in The Folk Lore of Guernsey and Sark, 1880. The linguistic notes are hers.
Rimes Guernesiaises: a counting rhyme
Gros-det, aridet, longuedon ou maitre-det, Jean des sceâs ou Jean des sceaux, petit coutelas ou courtelas: telle est la nomenclature des cinq doigts, selon les nourrices.
Lamentations de Damaris: a poem about old Fountain Street
The remodelling of Fountain Street was undertaken by the States at their own expense. They formed a Committee to oversee the works, which took place over several years in the 1820s. George Métivier wrote a poem in Guernsey French about the demolition of the street, which was so narrow in places that residents were said to be able to shake hands from the third storeys of their houses, from the point of view of one of its oldest denizens.
New Year in Guernsey
Once upon a time Guernsey's biggest party day.
Les Vill'ries, November 1947
Guernsey French section of the Guernsey Eisteddfod. From the Star.
The will of Suzanne L'Homme, 1668
Transcribed by Edith Carey from the original (copy on film in the Library) into her Wills and Legacies notebook (41).