BS: Tap and Spile

Subject: BS: Tap and Spile
From: jimlad9
Date: 29 Jan 07 - 07:35 AM

There is a mention in the music section of the Whitby Tap and Spile.

I have no problem with tap, its what water comes out of or a smack on the head but spile?

In these parts,Lancashire aka Gods Country a Spile is a splinter of wood in a finger. We have many words that we use to keep our heritage safe from .Suvvern poofs' as follows

'Pouk"....................................... A


stye on the eyelid.

"Clemmin"............................... Hungry

'Clemmed Dug"..........................A Greyhound

'Warch".......................................Pain

'Belly-Warch'..............................Abdominal pain

'Arsehole-Smart-Warch'.............Haemorrhoids



'                                     THE NORTH WILL RISE AGAIN'

Subject: RE: BS: Tap and Spile
From: GUEST,Bainbo
Date: 29 Jan 07 - 07:59 AM

This should make things clear.

On Lanky-isms, my dad, if he spotted me with an empty beer glass in front of me, would offer to buy me another with: "Art' drinking beawt?"

(That's offer to buy me another full one. Not another empty one. He was from Lancashire, not Yorkshire.)

Subject: RE: BS: Tap and Spile
From: jimlad9
Date: 29 Jan 07 - 08:39 AM

Bainbo

You have reminded me of another one.Them buggers south of Watford Gap may not understand it.


An officer (Harrow,Eton and the Guards) was inspecting a squad a company of L F's
Lancashire Fusiliers. He spotted a Private who was not wearing a belt.
He said "You man where's your belt?."
"I've geet noan" the squaddie replied
"Geet Noan","geet noan" the officer asked. "what do you mean?"
The Sergeant-Major stepped forward and said he could explain.
" Worr 'e means sir is e's beawt"

Subject: RE: BS: Tap and Spile
From: Rapparee
Date: 29 Jan 07 - 08:59 AM

A spile is what you put into a maple tree about this time of year so that the sap drips into the bucket.

First you drill a hole in the tree that deep enough to reach the sap flow but not so deep as to injure the tree permanently. Then you drive in the spile and hang the sap bucket to it. Every day, sometimes more often, you collect the sap in the bucket. When you have enough you boil it down for maple syrup or maple sugar.

You can also use it to make maple beer....

Subject: RE: BS: Tap and Spile
From: Scrump
Date: 29 Jan 07 - 10:49 AM

Reyt gradely jimlad9, champion! :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Tap and Spile
From: suzi
Date: 29 Jan 07 - 06:15 PM

An interesting thread this...!!!