On a tiny scrap of paper ...

... is the "Purbeck Edition" of the "Twelve Days of Christmas" (a Christmas carol dating back to the 18th century)

This version is known to have existed for many years, and must have been updated from time to time.

Some elucidation of the terms may help many co-blippers:

Purbeck:  The Isle of Purbeck - to give it its full title - is located in South East Dorset.  Not so much an Island, more a state of mind, so its precise boundaries have never needed to be mapped.  You will know it once you see it.

Piddle:  A beer from a brewery near Dorchester, thus not native to Purbeck, it was named after the Piddle River which enters Poole Harbour at Wareham.

Dorset Knobs:  The second odd-man out in this collection.  Hard dry savoury biscuits not native to Purbeck, in fact produced in a far away land called West Dorset - but you can buy them in Purbeck.

Fish and chip shops:  please note that the Harry Ramsden's recently acquired premises in Swanage are not considered to be local.  Much better LOCAL fish and chips shops are to be found elsewhere in the town.

Ramblers and rambling:  Dedicated groups of walkers who appreciate the many Purbeck landscapes.

Cyclists:  Dedicated herds of people who clog the lanes and roads of Purbeck with alarming frequency.  Few of them have ever heard of bicycle lamps, bells or rear view mirrors.  They shun available cycle lanes (created at great expense) and prefer to dice with death.  Sometimes they even try - illegally - to deny the use of public roads to vehicular traffic.

Grockle:  a visitor from foreign parts, including everyone from outside Purbeck.  The older designation for a grockle was an "emmet," a dialect term which also meant an ant.

Purbeck Ice Creams:  are produced just to the south of the village of Corfe Castle.  Their fame has spread over a large area, and they are even supplied to the Houses of Parliament.  Well worth a taste!

Gurt big tra'ors:  great big (i.e. enormous) tractors which regularly patrol the narrowest of Purbeck's lanes.

Quarry lorries:  lorries transporting Purbeck and/or Portland stone from the numerous quarries in Purbeck.

Old Harry and his rocks:  "Old Harry and his Wife" are chalk pinnacles at the eastern edge of the Purbeck Ridge (their counterpart are the Needles on the Isle of Wight).

Trains: the trains of Swanage Railway, mainly steam locomotives but there is also one diesel in operation.

Castle in the valley:  Corfe Castle, world-famous for being a ruin.