April Fools Day - Huntegout (?sp)
Caroline Keay
My mother (originally from lothian region) used to call April Fools
Day "Huntegout" though this is my guess at the spelling.
She would sing: "Huntegout is passed, so your the fool at last". If
we tried to fool her after 12. As I am now living in Bedfordshire noone
else has ever heard of this term and they think I'm crazy. Has anyone
else ever heard of it and even better do you know the origin of the
phrase. Note this message was sent out on the 2nd of April it is not
intended as a Huntegout prank.
Caroline Keay (nee Swan).
Craig McDowall
I'd forgotten about Huntegout until you mentioned it. That's what we
used to call April Fools day and that was in North Ayrshire.
Graham Benny
Caroline Keay wrote:
>
> My mother (originally from lothian region) used to call April Fools
> Day "Huntegout" though this is my guess at the spelling.
> She would sing: "Huntegout is passed, so your the fool at last". If
> we tried to fool her after 12. As I am now living in Bedfordshire noone
> else has ever heard of this term and they think I'm crazy. Has anyone
> else ever heard of it and even better do you know the origin of the
> phrase. Note this message was sent out on the 2nd of April it is not
> intended as a Huntegout prank.
>
called it Huntegowk. Don't know about the spelling as it was a sort of
oral tradition so never saw it written down.
AFAIK the origin is simply 'hunt the gowk (fool)' so it is basically the
same as April Fool although I don't know if the midday limit applies to
April Fools as well.
HTH
Graham
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Micheil Rob Mac Phàdruig
>My mother (originally from lothian region) used to call April Fools
>Day "Huntegout" though this is my guess at the spelling.
>She would sing: "Huntegout is passed, so your the fool at last". If
>we tried to fool her after 12. As I am now living in Bedfordshire noone
>else has ever heard of this term and they think I'm crazy. Has anyone
>else ever heard of it and even better do you know the origin of the
>phrase. Note this message was sent out on the 2nd of April it is not
>intended as a Huntegout prank.
>
>Caroline Keay (nee Swan).
It exists in the Borders as "Hunt the gowk" (Hunt the fool) but after
midday it becomes invalid. I guess half a day of people playing jokes
is more than enough!
hel...@networx.on.ca
In article <35236273...@cranfield.ac.uk>,
Caroline Keay <C.K...@cranfield.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> My mother (originally from lothian region) used to call April Fools
> Day "Huntegout" though this is my guess at the spelling.
> She would sing: "Huntegout is passed, so your the fool at last". If
> we tried to fool her after 12. As I am now living in Bedfordshire noone
> else has ever heard of this term and they think I'm crazy. Has anyone
> else ever heard of it and even better do you know the origin of the
> phrase. Note this message was sent out on the 2nd of April it is not
> intended as a Huntegout prank.
>
> Caroline Keay (nee Swan).
Hunt (th)e gowk = huntegowk. A gowk is a fool.We used to say "Huntegowk is
past and you're the fool at last' in Fife too. I believe it means to go on a
fool's errand, or be made a fool of especially on April 1st.
Helen Ramsay
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In article <35236273...@cranfield.ac.uk>,
Caroline Keay <C.K...@cranfield.ac.uk> wrote:
> My mother (originally from lothian region) used to call April Fools
> Day "Huntegout" though this is my guess at the spelling.
> She would sing: "Huntegout is passed, so your the fool at last". If
> we tried to fool her after 12. As I am now living in Bedfordshire noone
> else has ever heard of this term and they think I'm crazy. Has anyone
> else ever heard of it and even better do you know the origin of the
> phrase. Note this message was sent out on the 2nd of April it is not
> intended as a Huntegout prank.
> Caroline Keay (nee Swan).
I heard a farmer from Ayrshire call it anti/ante gout?
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Sandy Morton
In article <35237746...@tetraworld.com.NOSPAM>,
Craig McDowall <mcd...@tetraworld.com.NOSPAM> wrote:
> I'd forgotten about Huntegout until you mentioned it. That's what we
> used to call April Fools day and that was in North Ayrshire.
In that case perhaps my understanding of his pronunciation was a bit awry.
jkw...@cableinet.co.uk
Craig McDowall wrote:
>
> Caroline Keay wrote:
> >
> > My mother (originally from lothian region) used to call April Fools
> > Day "Huntegout" though this is my guess at the spelling.
> > She would sing: "Huntegout is passed, so your the fool at last". If
> > we tried to fool her after 12. As I am now living in Bedfordshire noone
> > else has ever heard of this term and they think I'm crazy. Has anyone
> > else ever heard of it and even better do you know the origin of the
> > phrase. Note this message was sent out on the 2nd of April it is not
> > intended as a Huntegout prank.
> >
> > Caroline Keay (nee Swan).
>
> used to call April Fools day and that was in North Ayrshire.