LADYBIRD
NOUNS
1606 ► LADY-COW a ladybird
1656 ► COW-LADY a ladybird
1691 ► BISHOP the ladybird, Cocinella septem punctata → Eng. dial.
1714 ► LADY-FLY a ladybird
1766 ► LADY-BEETLE the ladybird Coccinella septempunctata → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1790 ► LADY-COUCH the ladybird Coccinella septempunctata → Eng. dial.
1796 ► JEWDICOW a ladybird → Eng. dial. obs.
1799 ► BURNEY-BEE → BURNIE-BEE a ladybird → Eng. dial.
1808 ► LADY-LANDERS the ladybird Coccinella septempunctata → Sc.
1848 ► LADY-CLOCK a ladybird
1855 ► BISH-A BARNEY BEE → BISHOP BARNABEE → BISHOP BARNABY → BUSHEY BARNEY BEE → BUSHY BARNABY the ladybird, Cocinella septem punctata → Eng. dial.
1855 ► BUSHY BANDY BEE the ladybird, Cocinella septem punctata → Eng. dial.
1859 ► LADY-ELLISON the ladybird Coccinella septempunctata → Sc.
1871 ► GOD’S HORSE the ladybird → Eng. dial.
1879 ► GOLDY the ladybird → Sc.
1898 ► BABY-BOT the ladybird → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BARNABEE → BARNEY BEE → BURNEY BEE the ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► GOD’S COW the ladybird → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► GOLDING the ladybird → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 ► GOOLABEE the ladybird → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► LADY-LOCK the ladybird Coccinella septempunctata → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► LAMB-LADY the ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► MARY-BIRD the ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata, the most common European ladybird → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► RAINY CLOCK the ladybird → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► RAINY CLOCKER the ladybird → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1955 ► QUEEN CHRONICLE the ladybird → Sc.
1966 ► VIRGIN MARY the ladybird → Sc.