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Hallowe'en ???

 

Another complete guess based on the charms being to ward off evil spirits, the fact Hallowe'en is mostly an American thing and a lot of Americans think they're Irish

Posted (edited)

Hallowe'en ???

 

Another complete guess based on the charms being to ward off evil spirits, the fact Hallowe'en is mostly an American thing and a lot of Americans think they're Irish

That is a ding for Hallowe'en as the correct answer, although I would have accepted 'all soul's', 'harvest' or 'Samhain' as alternatives, for obvious reasons. Also, in some parts of the North it was known as Nut Crack Night because of another tradition of throwing nuts on the fire for fortune-telling/seeing in the future.

(I have a new cook book full of all kinds of wonderful information.)

 

I digress....Over to you MTH!

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Keeping to a similar theme, from which country does bread called injera originate?

 

For extra points, what is the name of the grain from which it is made?

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Keeping to a similar theme, from which country does bread called injera originate?

 

For extra points, what is the name of the grain from which it is made?

 

Sounds Middle Eastern or African. Now there's a big land mass to guess from.

So I'll guess at Somalia. Forget the bonus points.

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Good guess as you probably would get it in Somalia, but it's not the answer I'm looking for.

In which case I'll guess Somalia's neighbour with the largest common border: i.e. Ethiopia. I have no idea what injera looks like or what grain it's made from. Ethiopia isn't renowned for wheat, rye, or other usual bread grains and it's naturally too dry for rice, so my best guess is that it's some grass I've never heard of!

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In which case I'll guess Somalia's neighbour with the largest common border: i.e. Ethiopia.

 

DING

 

Injera is made from the indiginous grain called tef which only grows in the highlands of Ethiopia. If you ever get the chance to eat injera then I have one piece of advice... don't!!! Thankfully I've managed to erase the taste & texture from my memory, but something akin to fermented rubber springs(!) to mind.

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Thanks.

 

... something akin to fermented rubber springs(!) to mind.

Sounds delightful! That said, some of our own foods would be questionable to other races (laverbread and tripe for example).

 

On a related note: For what ceremonial purpose are calabar beans used in parts of Africa?

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On a related note: For what ceremonial purpose are calabar beans used in parts of Africa?

 

Well it doesn't involve eating them...unless it's a ceremonial death!!

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They're used as a method of proving that someone has told the truth. They eat the beans and if they survive then they're exonerated. Apparently, the trick is to get them down as whole as possible - even then you're going to be very ill.

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They're used as a method of proving that someone has told the truth. They eat the beans and if they survive then they're exonerated. Apparently, the trick is to get them down as whole as possible - even then you're going to be very ill.

Close enough for the DING!

 

They are used for trial by ordeal, often for those accused of witchcraft. The accused must eat the beans and is deemed guilty if they die or become very ill. The trick (according to QI) is to swallow them quickly and hope that you immediately vomit them back up.

 

Over to Betelgeuse ...

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A slight change of direction...

 

What is a podger?

 

When I wanted to line up a couple of bolt holes when erecting steelwork, I used a tapered steel spike. We always called that a podger. So... a tapered steel spike?

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DING!

 

It's usually a spanner or more rarely a hammer with a tapered spike on the handle used by scaffolders for lining up and tightening scaffold fittings.

 

Over to Pharisee :)

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Some of who are not in the first flush of youth can remember our mums using a podger to pound the washing in a dolly tub. It was a copper inverted funnel shaped thing on a long handle, and was thought to be slightly posher than a dolly peg.

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I have a very vague and distant recollection they may be a from children's TV programme. Sounds like they should be even if I'm completely wrong

 

Mark

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Sorry... got distracted for a while...

 

What are (or were) the "Bumblies"?

 

 

Hmmmm, I remember "The Jumblies" John, presented by Michael Bentine (young!) or was it a young Rolf Harris? But not the Bumblies!

 

Do you always have to show our age???? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

(Edit Oh Yes and "they went to see in a sieve they did, they went to sea in a sieve.")

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Sorry... got distracted for a while...

 

What are (or were) the "Bumblies"?

 

 

Hmmmm, I remember "The Jumblies" John, presented by Michael Bentine (young!) or was it a young Rolf Harris? But not the Bumblies!

 

Do you always have to show our age???? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

(Edit Oh Yes and "they went to see in a sieve they did, they went to sea in a sieve.")

 

I think "The Jumblies" were something from the imagination of Edward Lear, not Michael Bentine. Have another glass of Pinot Noir, Dave :)

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Sorry... got distracted for a while...

 

What are (or were) the "Bumblies"?

 

 

Hmmmm, I remember "The Jumblies" John, presented by Michael Bentine (young!) or was it a young Rolf Harris? But not the Bumblies!

 

Do you always have to show our age???? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

(Edit Oh Yes and "they went to see in a sieve they did, they went to sea in a sieve.")

 

I think "The Jumblies" were something from the imagination of Edward Lear, not Michael Bentine. Have another glass of Pinot Noir, Dave :)

 

Graduated to Malbec Kidder, :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Sorry... got distracted for a while...

 

What are (or were) the "Bumblies"?

 

 

Hmmmm, I remember "The Jumblies" John, presented by Michael Bentine (young!) or was it a young Rolf Harris? But not the Bumblies!

 

Do you always have to show our age???? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

(Edit Oh Yes and "they went to see in a sieve they did, they went to sea in a sieve.")

 

I think "The Jumblies" were something from the imagination of Edward Lear, not Michael Bentine. Have another glass of Pinot Noir, Dave :)

 

 

Googled it - thery were written by Mr lear but presented on Kidds BBC - as a sort of cartoon series I think - by Mr Bentine :P

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Googled it - thery were written by Mr lear but presented on Kidds BBC - as a sort of cartoon series I think - by Mr Bentine :P

 

You're rattling around the right area, DD, so I'll give you a DING, but I think you've got the two (Jumblies and Bumblies) confused. The Bumblies were three little aliens from the Planet Bumble who came to Earth to study the children. They had numbers rather than names, being Bumbly One, Bumbly Two and Bumbly Three. They were indeed presented on children's TV by "Professor" Michael Bentine. [see LINK]. Not at all sure they had anything to do with Edward Lear's "Jumblies" who sailed away in sieve, though [see LINK]

 

Anyway... over to you.

 

PS... I still prefer Pinot Noir to Malbec :P

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Considering my blushing mis-reading boo boo that is very generous John.

 

Asked during the Friday Quiz at "The Comrades" in Sunninghill in June last year:-

 

 

During the Great Plague, what was painted on the front doors of plague-ridden houses?

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Umm, what was wrong with my answer????

 

I guessed it was a kids TV programme first:rolleyes:

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Considering my blushing mis-reading boo boo that is very generous John.

 

Asked during the Friday Quiz at "The Comrades" in Sunninghill in June last year:-

 

 

During the Great Plague, what was painted on the front doors of plague-ridden houses?

 

Red cross?

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Considering my blushing mis-reading boo boo that is very generous John.

 

Asked during the Friday Quiz at "The Comrades" in Sunninghill in June last year:-

 

 

During the Great Plague, what was painted on the front doors of plague-ridden houses?

 

Red cross?

 

During the Great Plague, what was painted on the front doors of plague-ridden houses?

 

A red cross?

 

That's what I was taught at school, too.

And apparently it's a BS mash up of a single unattributed quote, and Victorian melodrama.

 

I was later told that front doors were either (a) left ajar by the body removers - and nobody else would venture close enough to the house to close them again. Or ( B) marked with a grey/white cross painted in an ash/water mix - as red paint was considered too expensive to waste marking a plague victim's door.....

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Many thanks for the correction Tim, but my

 

DING!!

 

goes to The Patrician!!

 

Over to you..............

 

Oooh, err! Controversy.

 

Probably right,I would think the last thing on your mind when half the population of the town is dropping dead around you is "What did I do with that bucket of red paint?"

 

Still on with the show....

 

Which is the oldest airline in the world still flying under its original name?

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