All ye oul wans and oul fellas out there! Wakey wakey, rise and shine!

Cicero

^^^Oysters are off the menu too Spread for the rest of the Summer .."R" in the month, and all that...

Alice1

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

'Ne'er cast a cloud 'till May be out' is what we say in these here parts. Backwards it has us of one.

I probably have it backwards - I like backwards, makes some things more er.... interesting..

JuliusCaesar

Alice1 wrote: »

Cast ne'er a clout til May is out....

Does this mean "remove no clothes till June"? As in didn't people get sewn into clothes for the winter.....with little flaps to allow excretion and other nether activities? :eek:

looksee

Well it might mean that or it might mean until the May blossom is in flower. Which comes to much the same thing.:D

Alice1

looksee wrote: »

Well it might mean that or it might mean until the May blossom is in flower. Which comes to much the same thing.:D

'Course it doesn't. Sure everyone knows that it means "keep yer vest on til 1 June"

Janey!

OldGoat

My missus (of Welsh decent) uses this all the time but has yet to explain what a clout is.

Jellybaby1

OldGoat wrote: »

My missus (of Welsh decent) uses this all the time but has yet to explain what a clout is.

'Tis a wee cloud, so it is.

Jellybaby1

Just saw someone giving away an 'oval shaped object' on Adverts.ie. It's an egg!

Spread

BY JACQUELINE JACKSON
clout (clothing) poem #1

may is here I’m missing my
elderly friend jessie with her
crown of white hair and spritely
ways lived on a farm in dorset
she frequently quoted her mum
(“ketchup is an insult to the cook”)
(“men are a necessary nuisance”)
one quote was an old english rhyme:
“ne’er cast a clout till may be out”
we debated its meaning – do we
not mothball our woolies till
the month be over this fits with
dips in english weather I like jessie’s
other reasoning better we can cast
our clouts when the hawthorne, the
may tree, blossoms the madrigals
agree it’s in the month of maying
that each lad is with his bonny lass
upon the greeny grass and how many
clouts think you they’re wearing

2012 Jacqueline Jackson

Spread

Goodnight and Good Moaning

JuliusCaesar

Buon giorno - and a lovely day it is!

Irish people are casting clouts here there and everywhere!

Alice1

OldGoat wrote: »

My missus (of Welsh decent) uses this all the time but has yet to explain what a clout is.

Crikey! Ye oul' peoples are distracted at times. Didn't I just tell ye, yer clout is yer vesht - yer vesht I tell you.

Spread

Alice1 wrote: »

Crikey! Ye oul' peoples are distracted at times. Didn't I just tell ye, yer clout is yer vesht - yer vesht I tell you.

Alice1! I know you are a comely peaceful maiden. Bless! But could 'clout' mean 'wallop' as in, "I'll give you a clout if you irritate me again". Surely you would not give your vest to someone who behaved thus? ........... unless you were overheating or drenched in sweat and you would then 'give them a clout of your wet, er, clout.

Also, in plastering, a zinc-dipped tack is called a 'clout nail'.

I'm off. Don't want to get a clout

Chucken

Well Im paying no heed to clouts veshts or anything else.
My hammock awaits me. Ohhhh Glorious sunshine :D:D

Have a great day everyone. Take advantage of the heat,its great for the oul bones.

Jellybaby1

It's a beautiful morning, a beautiful day, the Lord has sent sunshine to brighten your day. The hens are a-laying, the pigs all will grunt, but if the moonshine don't kill me I'll live till I.........aww! I never liked poetry anyway!

OldGoat

Chucken wrote: »

Well Im paying no heed to clouts veshts or anything else.
My hammock awaits me.

:eek:
Nurse, someone is going topless in the hammock...and it's not me this time!

Rubecula

Any chance of a cold drink? With condensation on the side of the glass?

No I do not mean a bottle of night nurse that has been mistakenly put in the fridge overnight.

I bet Chucken is busy making soup from grass and buttercups as we speak. Can we have that ice cold too?

Alice1

OldGoat wrote: »

:eek:
Nurse, someone is going topless in the hammock...and it's not me this time!

Chucken, get outta dat hammick and put yer clothes on - yer a disgrace an' I'm gonna tell Nurse on you.

JuliusCaesar

What's the matter with you grumpies? Let's have an RG!!

Cicero

JuliusCaesar wrote: »

What's the matter with you grumpies? Let's have an RG!!

I was about to post "ya wouldn't see it in Rome" .. In reference to the weather today... but after seeing that post....:D

Alice1

I don't know what this place is coming to; there's Chucken going topless in a hammock in the garden, Julie suggesting we all have an orgy and all sorts of unsuitable goings on. I'll have to talk to Nurse - we'll see about starting a novena.... or something.

Chucken

Woopsss I may have overdone it



:D:D

Chucken

Rube dont ever dare me when it comes to my soups

Look what I found :pac::pac::pac:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/buttercup-soup-recipe/index.html

Jellybaby1

Chucken wrote: »

Rube dont ever dare me when it comes to my soups

Look what I found :pac::pac::pac:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/buttercup-soup-recipe/index.html

I was just going to contradict you until I found this on Wisegeek:

Buttercup squash is a winter squash belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. Not to be confused with its cousin the butternut squash, the squat green buttercup takes its name from its shape, which some say resembles an upside-down acorn with an undersized cap.

But we all knew that already and Chucky was just trying to bamboozle us with 'er knowledge. It's not to my taste, I much prefer spider soup myself, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlL4QM0rQ3w

Rubecula

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

I was just going to contradict you until I found this on Wisegeek:

Buttercup squash is a winter squash belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae. Not to be confused with its cousin the butternut squash, the squat green buttercup takes its name from its shape, which some say resembles an upside-down acorn with an undersized cap.

But we all knew that already and Chucky was just trying to bamboozle us with 'er knowledge. It's not to my taste, I much prefer spider soup myself, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlL4QM0rQ3w

Chucken wrote: »

Rube dont ever dare me when it comes to my soups

Look what I found :pac::pac::pac:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/buttercup-soup-recipe/index.html

You girls and you funny recipes. You should reallly try something a little more common place, us Oufellas have delicate stomachs you know. They need nurturing with beer and such gentle substances.

http://www.soupsong.com/rgrass.html

Jellybaby1

Y'mean, (sniffle, wipes snotty nose on sleeve) grandad LIED!! :eek: Whaaaahaaaaa!!!

Spread

Goodnight and Good Moaning

Cicero

Oh dear..:p

Ramette

Throw some clout on Cicero you look a tad overcooked. I am sure chucken will have a soup to cure what ails you.

Spread

Cicero wrote: »

Oh dear..:p

Is that your initial or are you a West Ham fan?

Goodnight and Good Moaning