The phrases all sound like trading phrases, which makes sense.
― www.ramenclassaction.com (man alive), Friday, 20 May 2016 01:46 (seven years ago) link
In many parts of rural northern England, a system of counting sheep based on ancient Brittonic persisted until relatively recently. In the Dales, 1-10 was yain, tain, edderoa, peddero, pitts, tayter, leter, overro, coverro, dix (or variants thereof). https://t.co/F0ZjxB9pXG— History of Leeds | James Rhodes (@rh0desy) July 9, 2019
― calzino, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:10 (four years ago) link
See also: Jake Thackray - Molly Metcalfe
https://youtu.be/TiXINuf5nbI
― ShariVari, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:22 (four years ago) link
Yeah, that's pretty well known - and not confined to Yorkshire by any means.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:33 (four years ago) link
My immediate thought was Jake Thackray, that's how I knew about this. I really like the song, too.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:34 (four years ago) link
... or the North... or England...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yan_Tan_Tethera
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 22:35 (four years ago) link
a Thackray wormhole on you tube is a very good hour spent.
― calzino, Tuesday, 9 July 2019 23:03 (four years ago) link
Jake was The Man.
― Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Tuesday, 9 July 2019 23:22 (four years ago) link
Beautiful song. I never knew there were so many variants of Yan Tan Tether Mether (the version I knew, which according to the wiki, turns out to be the Swaledale variant!).
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 10 July 2019 10:20 (four years ago) link