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6 Responses to “Can Anyone Help with a Toe Rhyme called Tom Tiddler that’s Possibly Welsh?”

1. sel Says:
   January 20th, 2013 at 7:42 am

   I doubt very much that this is Welsh….we have no “v” in our language. I live here in Wes and have never heard of such names for mountains

2. Ellen Dumm Says:
   January 10th, 2014 at 5:50 pm

   I think this is the Welsh nicknames for toes that my grandmother taught me in Welsh. I’m not going to be able to write them in the correct Welsh language, so I’ll do it phonetically –

   Bis Boosten (Big Buster)
   Tom Schoonken (Tom something)
   Long Haary (Tall Harry)
   Short Daavey (short David)
   Willy bik bik bik (Willy something – can’t remember)

   If anyone has it in the original Welsh, would love to see it. Can’t find it online.

3. Monique Says:
   January 11th, 2014 at 12:55 pm

   Well, in my opinion, this is not Welsh. In Welsh, big is “braisg” or “mawr” and “bys” (not “bis”) means “finger” (a toe is “bawd” or “bys y troed” = ” finger of foot”; tall is “tal”, long is “hir”; short is “pwt” or “ber”… so I think that it’s good old English with Welsh names or a Welsh accent.

4. Robin Says:
   March 19th, 2014 at 9:33 am

   I know a very similar version from my Northern Irish grandfather. Here is my best phonetic translation:
   Twoey Tit-la-match, Hopla, Hopla Hoy, How Harry, Bow Berry, Buttery Gan, Gan Gilbey, Gilbey Nod, Whiskey Todd, and Twoey Ten Again.

5. Domi Says:
   February 2nd, 2019 at 4:39 am

   That looks like English, this is a Welsh poem about toes –

   Fini, Fini, fawd
   Brawd y Fini fawd,
   Wili Bibi,
   Siôn Babw,
   Bys bach druan gŵr,
   Dal ’i ben o dan y dŵr.

   Which roughly translates as:

   Big vinny
   Big Vinny’s brother
   Will the smaller one
   John the baby
   and the little toe.
   [pitiful man,
   broke his head while carrying water.]

6. Joanna B Says:
   October 27th, 2019 at 12:48 pm

   Enwi’r bysedd

   Modryb y fawd,
   Bys yr uwd,
   Hirfys,
   Cwtfys,
   Robin ewin bach.

   Robin y fawd
   Bys yr Uwd
   Pen y Gogor
   Dic y Peper ac
   Ali Co Bach.

   Bawd mawr,
   bys yr uwd,
   hirfys,
   byrfys
   a’r widw fach.

   Robin y Bawd,
   Bys yr Uwd,
   Corn y Clagwydd,
   Bys Bach
   a’r Ewin Fychan.

   Modryb y fawd
   Bys yr Uwd
   Pen y gogor
   Dic y bibell
   A Sionyn bach bach.

   Modryb Bawd,
   Bys yr Uwd,
   Hir Fys,
   Corfys,
   a’r Bys Bach cyfrwys.

   Modryb y Fawd,
   Bys yr Uwd,
   Hir Fys,
   Cwt Fys,
   a Robin yr Ewin Fach.

   Modryb Bawd,
   Bys yr Uwd,
   Hir Fys,
   Cwt Fys,
   a’r bys bach lleiaf i gyd.

   Modryb y fawd
   Bys yr uwd,
   Pen y cogwr,
   Dic y peipar
   Joli cwt bach.

   Beni, Beni,
   Brawd Beni, beni
   Sioencyn Crogwr
   Bys bach olaf un, yn gas i bawb arall
   Yn dda iddo’i hun.

   Bys twmpyn,
   Twm swchlyn,
   Long Harries,
   Short Morris,
   Wil bach.

   Bys brwcsyn,
   Tom Sgwlyn,
   Long Harris,
   Jac Dafis
   Sut mae heddiw Bili bach?

   Bowden,
   Gwas y Fowden,
   Ibil, Obal,
   Gwas y Stabal,
   A’r bys bach, druan gŵr,
   Dorrodd ei ben wrth gario dŵr.

   Bowden,
   Gwas y Fowden,
   Libar labar,
   Gwas y stabal,
   Bys bach, druan gŵr,
   Dorrodd ei ben wrth gario dŵr
   I mam i dylino.

   Beni beni,
   Cefnder beni,
   Beni dapwr,
   Cefnder beni dapwr,
   Bys bach, druan gwr,
   Tynnu’r drain trwy’r dwr.

   Feni, Feni, Feni,
   Cefnder Feni Feni,
   Twm Barbwr,
   Dai’r Badwr,
   Yn llusgo drain trwy y dŵr
   A chario tân i Fari.

   Bawdyn,
   Gwas y Bawdyn,
   Ibil Obal,
   Gwas y Stabal,
   Truan bach dorrodd ei ben,
   trwy gario dŵr i’w fam.

   Fini, Fini, fawd
   Brawd y Fini fawd,
   Wili Bibi,
   Siôn Bobwr,
   Bys bach druan gŵr,
   Dal ’i ben o dan y dŵr

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