Re: Let clout-casting commence!
Gid
generously decided to share with us..
> I've been watching carefully this year for the hawthorn to flower. Had
> a false alarm a couple of weeks ago as one unusually exuberant tree
> burst into bloom. It wasn't until last week that the whole hedgerow on
> the road between here and there went 'paff!' and popped into flower.
> :-)
>
> So. When did it bloom in your part of the world, and what is a clout?
> Or rather, what object could bear the name of 'clout' for the purposes
> of a competition which involved throwing said object? <g>
It's just coming into bloom here.. the last few days of bright and
sunny weather has put the paint on a few trees and shrubs.. indeed, if
there is anything to go by in the old rhyme of "If the oak before the
ash, summer will be but a splash, if the ash before the oak, summer
will be one long soak" then we are in for a bit of a drought this
year.. that being said, here in South Wet Wales I think three days
without rain is the official definition of drought conditions..
As for "what is a clout" it's an undergarment innit.. so don't throw
your winter drawers at that nice young man singing on the stage until
the may is in flower..
--
Gid
Current Project: Bragdy'r Ddraenen Wen
(if it ever stops raining for long enough)
Wood Avens
<ha...@drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote:
>I've been watching carefully this year for the hawthorn to flower. Had
>a false alarm a couple of weeks ago as one unusually exuberant tree
>burst into bloom. It wasn't until last week that the whole hedgerow on
>the road between here and there went 'paff!' and popped into flower.
>:-)
>
Down here it was out before May Day this year, though it wasn't for
another week that the trees were properly weighed down with great
blankets of blossom. They still are.
>So. When did it bloom in your part of the world, and what is a clout?
>Or rather, what object could bear the name of 'clout' for the purposes
>of a competition which involved throwing said object? <g>
I cast off my silk vest a week or so ago. Had to put it on again
yesterday, though. Luckily I hadn't thrown it very far.
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Jani
"Halla" <ha...@drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote in message
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> I've been watching carefully this year for the hawthorn to flower. Had
> a false alarm a couple of weeks ago as one unusually exuberant tree
> burst into bloom. It wasn't until last week that the whole hedgerow on
> the road between here and there went 'paff!' and popped into flower.
> :-)
It's too mild, here, everything burbles along flowering and shooting and so
on no matter what the calendar says. (I'm sure there weren't all-year-round
roses when I was a kid, though. )
>
> So. When did it bloom in your part of the world, and what is a clout?
> Or rather, what object could bear the name of 'clout' for the purposes
> of a competition which involved throwing said object? <g>
'Clout' is just a cloth, rather than an item of clothing, in some places.
Here, it means a blow: clouting someone is smacking 'em upside the head.
See, back in the golden age, when we were all In Tune With Nature, we dozed
through winter, did our warm-ups and stretches through spring, and by May,
we were sufficiently up to speed with ourselves and Nature to go out and
seriously smack people we didn't like upside the head. It's a very
socio-religio-cultural thing, clout-casting is. *nods*
Jani
Caroline Jones
> Still, I think clout-casting would be a great sport. <:-)
Back in the 60s, my mother held a clout-casting party on 31st May,
which is still talked of in hushed tones in certain parts of Bristol!
(There are some things about your parents you don't need to know - my
mother feels the need to share them!)
--
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There is no such thing as a snooze button on a cat that wants breakfast.
Francis Cameron
<ha...@drunkenbastards.spam.com> writes
>So. When did it bloom in your part of the world, and what is a clout?
>Or rather, what object could bear the name of 'clout' for the purposes
>of a competition which involved throwing said object? <g>
We've had the blossom for several days now. (Oxford)
A clout is an article of clothing. The old country saying is a warning
not to discard winter apparel until the change of seasons is well
assured by the sight of blossom of the bough.
--
Francis
Francis Cameron
<caroline....@googlemail.com> writes
>Halla wrote:
>
>> Still, I think clout-casting would be a great sport. <:-)
>
>Back in the 60s, my mother held a clout-casting party on 31st May,
>which is still talked of in hushed tones in certain parts of Bristol!
>
>(There are some things about your parents you don't need to know - my
>mother feels the need to share them!)
>
(fx/ sings) "Those were the days, my friend"
--
Francis
Jo B...
"Halla" <ha...@drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote in message
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> I've been watching carefully this year for the hawthorn to flower. Had
> a false alarm a couple of weeks ago as one unusually exuberant tree
> burst into bloom. It wasn't until last week that the whole hedgerow on
> the road between here and there went 'paff!' and popped into flower.
> :-)
>
> Or rather, what object could bear the name of 'clout' for the purposes
> of a competition which involved throwing said object? <g>
I'm casting nowt :-( I've even got the blimmin heating back on here. The
occasional nice day hampered by a sudden drop in temperature around 5.30pm I
caare not how many blossoms sprouteth the Hawthorn. I'm putting more clothes
on than I was last month.
But the yard is blooming nicely :-)
Jo
>
>
> --
> Summer without flowers,
> kine without milk,
> women without modesty,
> men without valour;
> captives without a king,
> woods without mast,
> sea without produce
> - (Ó Cuív 37)
Jo B...
> On Tue, 20 May 2008 01:06:08 +0100, "Jo B..."
> <spirit_craft(antispam)@hotmail.com> blethered:
>
> >
> >"Halla" <ha...@drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote in message
> >news:69hq24p6jf79snltd...@4ax.com...
> >> I've been watching carefully this year for the hawthorn to flower. Had
> >> a false alarm a couple of weeks ago as one unusually exuberant tree
> >> burst into bloom. It wasn't until last week that the whole hedgerow on
> >> the road between here and there went 'paff!' and popped into flower.
> >> :-)
> >>
> >> So. When did it bloom in your part of the world, and what is a clout?
> >> Or rather, what object could bear the name of 'clout' for the purposes
> >> of a competition which involved throwing said object? <g>
> >
> >I'm casting nowt :-( I've even got the blimmin heating back on here. The
> >occasional nice day hampered by a sudden drop in temperature around
5.30pm I
> >caare not how many blossoms sprouteth the Hawthorn. I'm putting more
clothes
> >on than I was last month.
> >But the yard is blooming nicely :-)
>
> here today because it was raining most of yesterday (nasty weather to
> find a feed supplier in the middle of the countryside) and foggy last
> night and now the sun has reappeared. The snails were all going daft
> last night for the fog.
Heh, oh yes it has risen indeed.
Today it is absolutely baking - clouts are getting swapped from long sleeves
to no sleeves. Just for today mind - no telling whether it will storm or not
later on :-P
Have just been to garden centre and allowed Daddy to buy me a couple of
herbs in pots :-D
WIll have to post up pics of me lovely yard somewhere for y'all to gawp at.
Its quite a good job even if I do say so meself. I've even got some peas
almost ready to pick.
Jo
Dicon
"Jo B..." <spirit_craft(antispam)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Peas! Ours are only about three inches high. What with life being
"interesting" at the mo. things are a bit slow to get the seeds in.
But, yesterday it rained on and off all day and we were in the clouds most
of the time ( we live up a mountain in N. Wales ).
Today it is warm and sunny, and I hope we can play "catch up" with the rest
of the south of Britain.
Jackdaw.
Oh yes, we have slugs.
Jo B...
"Dicon" <richar...@virgin.net> wrote in message
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I was bored in February so I got the seed box out and filled every available
window ledge with stuff - some survived.
> But, yesterday it rained on and off all day and we were in the clouds
most
> of the time ( we live up a mountain in N. Wales ).
Yuss twas stormy this week here and it looks like rain again but its been a
blazing day so far so I can't complain if it gets a bit muggy around tea
time.
> Today it is warm and sunny, and I hope we can play "catch up" with the
rest
> of the south of Britain.
Heh, I'm in the North East. Slightly less moist over here than the western
bits. Sorry about the slugs, I think they're the one thing I'm fortunate not
to have found so far - I just repotted a gingko and had to lose all the soil
cos it was infested with vine weevil grubs. Frog hoppers on the raspberries,
whitefly on the peas, greenfly on the strawbs and I'm just waiting for the
blackfly to arrive on the broad beans and then I'll have a full on bug party
in the yard.
Jo
Daniel Cohen
> It's a pity there are no gourmet recipes for slugs, really.
I've always thought that some restaurant or fancy supermarket should
advertise "pre-shelled snails"
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Wood Avens
<ha...@drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote:
>On Thu, 5 Jun 2008 18:13:57 +0100, dan...@f2s.com (Daniel Cohen)
>blethered:
>
>>Halla <ha...@drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It's a pity there are no gourmet recipes for slugs, really.
>>
>>I've always thought that some restaurant or fancy supermarket should
>>advertise "pre-shelled snails"
>
><:-\
>
>I do wonder why someone thought 'hey, snails - can't be *that* bad!'
>but slugs weren't introduced to a menu somewhere.
Snails come with their own handy container. Slugs, you gotta find a
dish. Forget it.
Baird Stafford
dan...@f2s.com (Daniel Cohen) wrote:
> Halla <ha...@drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote:
> > It's a pity there are no gourmet recipes for slugs, really.
> I've always thought that some restaurant or fancy supermarket should
> advertise "pre-shelled snails"
Here in the US, they do. They mean the French ones, however, which have
been removed from their shells rather than the ones that were born
without any....
Blessed be,
Baird
Jo B...
> On Thu, 29 May 2008 15:21:32 +0100, "Jo B..."
> <spirit_craft(antispam)@hotmail.com> blethered:
>
> >
> >"Halla" <ha...@drunkenbastards.spam.com> wrote in message
> [weather in May]
> >>
> >> Yikes. Hope the temperature has risen again. :-) It's slightly steamy
> >> here today because it was raining most of yesterday (nasty weather to
> >> find a feed supplier in the middle of the countryside) and foggy last
> >> night and now the sun has reappeared. The snails were all going daft
> >> last night for the fog.
> >
> >Heh, oh yes it has risen indeed.
> >Today it is absolutely baking - clouts are getting swapped from long
sleeves
> >to no sleeves. Just for today mind - no telling whether it will storm or
not
> >later on :-P
>
> not cold.
>
> >Have just been to garden centre and allowed Daddy to buy me a couple of
> >herbs in pots :-D
>
Double flowered chamomile and corsican mint. Nummy nummy smells :-D
>
> >
> >WIll have to post up pics of me lovely yard somewhere for y'all to gawp
at.
>
> G'wan g'wan g'wan... :-)
I was sat out having my lunch today and watching the cat leaping about after
flies and I thought "I should go and get me camera cos I promised photos of
the yard" but then I thought "nah, its nice out here and I can't be bothered
moving". I will tho - promise.
>
> >Its quite a good job even if I do say so meself. I've even got some peas
> >almost ready to pick.
>
> Ooh, envious. I've got two diddy tomato plants which seem determined
> to flower although they're only a foot tall (I don't think they're
> supposed to be that size, see), a courgette I got from Lidl's which is
> rambling about in the cold frame, the walking onions which are
> flowering nicely, bonkers herbs (mint, melissa) and potatoes which are
> nearly my height now - but they are in bags, not the ground, so not
> all that height is plant. :-) Oh, also got some Bute and Skerry Blue
> tubers to plant up. Didn't get any peas planted although the sweet
> peas are looking good. Oh yeah, and my tiny white grapevine has also
> decided to flower.
Most of the stuff is from seed - I was bored in late winter and planted
everything far too early. But now the tomatos in the hanging basket have set
their first truss, rasps are setting fruit so are the strawbs. Courgette
still not getting busy but I'm sure it will all happen at once. Peppers are
on the small side but the peas have gone mental. Beans will be next -
climbing and broad. I'll just do photos - it'll be easier than going on
about it all.
Jo
>
>
> --
> First they came for the verbs, and I said nothing because verbing weirds
> language.
> Then they arrival for the nouns, and I speech nothing because I no verbs.