Well i think it was a griddle for making mealie bread or cakes. mealie oats was very fine small oats used in the making of bread and mealie puddins.Perhaps someone else knows different because i'm not 100% sure.
I'm a bit lost with the language stuff, but last night we watched a program called "The Last Battle of the Vikings" with prof John Henderson. Was interesting since it was all up around the Orkneys and Isle of Skye and various other northern sites and a large part of the discussion was about the languages. Makes a lot of sense when you learn where they came from and who was left. The Norwegians were settled there for centuries.
Liriodendron, dad was from Pruhoe and he called Christmas pudding and cake scran, I asked him why, "well Son, Sultana's Currants Raisins and Nuts"? now Dad was a joker though I believed him until starting work. The bell would ring and the Foreman shouted Scran up for break time, the men said they were going for scran, it is widely used in the North and Scotland. My Mother from Yorkshire always called lamb stew scran, more to do where you were born me thinks.
The kitchen is now a burach (real mess) with the new door going in but, as it has a large glass panel, I can now look at the hanging basket, the patio plants and the pots on the steps Previous door was solid.
Afternoon all, been outside planting a couple of new clematis and admiring all the new flowers that have appeared.
Born and bred in the Black Country my dads accent was very strong. He asked my visiting niece, who lived in Shropshire and was keen on horse riding, aye that os giddup on yo yet? She went into the kitchen and asked my mum what an 'os giddup' was.
One of his other favourite sayings, when someone stood in front of the TV, was 'shift, yo wor med at Chances' Chance Bros was the local glass factory.
Yviestevie, if someone was in the way in our house, it was shift yer ar** e make a better door than a windy, and i think your dad said has that horse given up on you yet that right?
I know kist my mum used kist a lot. we had a mealie kist as my mum and dad were both farm workers. I thought a girnel was maybe a regional variation of gridle. Everyday's a school day!
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Well i think it was a griddle for making mealie bread or cakes. mealie oats was very fine small oats used in the making of bread and mealie puddins.Perhaps someone else knows different because i'm not 100% sure.
I'm a bit lost with the language stuff, but last night we watched a program called "The Last Battle of the Vikings" with prof John Henderson. Was interesting since it was all up around the Orkneys and Isle of Skye and various other northern sites and a large part of the discussion was about the languages. Makes a lot of sense when you learn where they came from and who was left. The Norwegians were settled there for centuries.
Liriodendron, dad was from Pruhoe and he called Christmas pudding and cake scran, I asked him why, "well Son, Sultana's Currants Raisins and Nuts"? now Dad was a joker though I believed him until starting work. The bell would ring and the Foreman shouted Scran up for break time, the men said they were going for scran, it is widely used in the North and Scotland. My Mother from Yorkshire always called lamb stew scran, more to do where you were born me thinks.
Frank.
The kitchen is now a burach (real mess) with the new door going in but, as it has a large glass panel, I can now look at the hanging basket, the patio plants and the pots on the steps
Previous door was solid.
I'm a happy bunny
Afternoon all, been outside planting a couple of new clematis and admiring all the new flowers that have appeared.
Born and bred in the Black Country my dads accent was very strong. He asked my visiting niece, who lived in Shropshire and was keen on horse riding, aye that os giddup on yo yet? She went into the kitchen and asked my mum what an 'os giddup' was.
One of his other favourite sayings, when someone stood in front of the TV, was 'shift, yo wor med at Chances' Chance Bros was the local glass factory.
Yviestevie, if someone was in the way in our house, it was shift yer ar** e make a better door than a windy, and i think your dad said has that horse given up on you yet that right?
I know kist my mum used kist a lot. we had a mealie kist as my mum and dad were both farm workers. I thought a girnel was maybe a regional variation of gridle. Everyday's a school day!