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IrishZeus wrote: »

Driving me nuts. I know it but can't for the life of me cant think of it.

Citihall?

No, thats pretty much what I said

And that is indeed a ball-peen hammer.

Your man and his sidekick that like Wensleydale cheese. And catch sheep rustlers. Name will not come to me.

New Home wrote: »

"Tizzone" in Italian is an intermediate stage between burning wood and embers, so I'm guessing it's related to that. I'm guessing some deity who had some connection either with fire or lightning bolts, not sure which one.

*Waits to be told pretty swiftly that it's actually nothing to do with that at all*

I owe a question but first to deal with the derivation. This is from Wiki:

The older form of the name, tizón, is a word for "firebrand" (leño encendido, from Latin titionem). Sebastián de Covarrubias (1611) recognizes this as the plausible origin of the name Tizona, but also adduces possible derivation from τυχωνα, the name of the lance of Severus Alexander, or from τύχη "fortuna".[1]

Now this is the Mayo version:

There were two Mayo brothers, Mick and Paddy Moore who emigrated to Spain. They heard that the Christians and the Moors were at war and says Mick to Paddy: "the Moors, bejaypers that's us, we'll fight with them." They were put on sentry duty with Abdul from Morocco. Next thing they see El Cid bearing down on them wildly swinging this huge weapon. "What's that?" Abdul, terrified, asks Paddy, who was more relaxed as he had been consuming poitín with Mick. Paddy redirects the question to Mick. "Tizona a sword", says Mick to Paddy. Says Paddy to Abdul "Tizona....." and before he could utter another syllable El Cid ran him through with his sword. Abdul fled and survived to tell half the tale.
That has to be the correct version because I was told it by a Mayoman.

I never mentioned A sprang! I asked what sprang was, and right enough it is a form of weaving dating back to the several thousand years BC - in fact the earliest evidence of fabric ever found was, I understand, sprang, embossed into the bottom of a fired pot. It is unusual in that it only has a warp, no weft. Your turn Srameen.