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HeartinthedirtHeartinthedirt Posts: 300
in The potting shed
Had so many splinters! (lot of wooden raised beds. Still doesn't explain it though) 
It's knowing what to do with things that counts - Robert Frost

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  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    Did you wear gloves?  ;)
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Or “spelks” if you’re in the north east. 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Skelfs here @TheGreenMan :)

    I hardly ever notice them, unless they get in deep and get a bit manky. I don't notice lots of scrapes and bruises etc either though  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    Fairygirl said:
    Skelfs here @TheGreenMan :)

    I hardly ever notice them, unless they get in deep and get a bit manky. I don't notice lots of scrapes and bruises etc either though  :)

    Very similar @Fairygirl Yours may stem from the Dutch word "schelf" (flake or scale) and ours from Old English.

    I've just checked and I have one :D

    I never notice cuts, bruises etc either.  It's always other people who spot them:

    "How did you do that?"

    "No idea...."
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I get bruises all the time and can never figure out I get them @TheGreenMan. Daughter often says 'how did you get that bruise?' My response is usually the same as yours   :D

    That sounds a good possibility re the skelf origin. I've never thought about it - they were always called that when I was growing up. A lot of our words stem from Norse as well. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Lots of Geordie words have Norse and Dutch origins including the pronunciation of words like film with two syllables.  A few years ago I had one splinter/spelk in my thumb that got infected and made it swell to double size.   Couldn't shift it with usual methods.

    Off to the doc who dug out 2mm of wood and couldn't understand why that was having such an effect so prescribed antibiotics and soaking of thumb in warm salty water twice a day and then a gentle squeeze.  Two days later out popped the other 11mm - and yes, I measured it!

    I get cuts and scrapes from both gardening and cooking and bruises from just banging into furniture.   Have a corker on my left ankle at the mo and no idea how.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • mikeymustardmikeymustard Posts: 495
    @Obelixx 11mm?? That's not a splinter, it's a plant stake! 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Felt like it too @mikeymustard!
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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