Tiggy-hoggies

[FionaH]

HFW likes eating them......toasted!!!!!!

Yuk!

[sweetiepea]

We call them slaters, but my mum's family called them God's little pigs!!

[Mac]

yup, always been slaters to me...

[HeyWayne]

I seem to remember as a child that they'd roll up into a ball (I think the Merkans call them pill bugs), or are they different?

Actually I'm sure they looked different, but don't recall having seen any of the rolling up ones for years.

[di]

I seem to remember as a child that they'd roll up into a ball (I think the Merkans call them pill bugs), or are they different?

Actually I'm sure they looked different, but don't recall having seen any of the rolling up ones for years.

I think you have to irritate them to make them roll up...maybe now you're all grown up you tend to leave them in peace!...still,before long Bean'll be able to!...iritate them that is...not roll up,although I'm sure he'll be able to do that too!

[ann-the-nan]

Tiggy-hoggies

Well. I never realized there were so many names for one li'l critter. Thanks everyone. Iv'e never had such a knowledgeable thread.

[basketcase]

We call 'em...

Woodlice!

Boring or what?

[kentvegplot]

Yes, we always called them cheesy-bugs - think it must have come from Grandad...

[roitelet]

In Devon they are chiggy-pegs and the ones that roll up are, guess what? Roll-ups

[Comfreyfan]

I'm from Cornwall (where we had grammersows), living in Devon where I've only ever heard them called Woodlice - they didn't know what grammersows were!

Pasties are tiddy oggies. I suppose you could make them with hedgehog - the whole point of the pasty was to put anything in it! Think I'll stick to meat, teddy and turnip.

[maytreefrannie]

Here we call them fat pigs

- I was grown up before I discovered they were called wood lice.