Into the Guille-Allès Library at St Peter Port a couple of days ago, to photocopy a few poems by George Métivier. The Guernseyman George Métivier (1790-1881) was apparently known as the “Guernsey Burns”, and was the ‘national poet’ of the island. He also prepared the first Dictionnaire Franco-Normand, the first dictionary of Guernsey French. He…