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Thread #36713   Message #3460695
Posted By: Rob Naylor
03-Jan-13 - 02:44 AM
Thread Name: Folklore/language: Of snickets and ginnels
Subject: RE: Of snickets and ginnels
Foggers: sweets were "spice" in and around cleckheaton. Except for licorise, which was always called "spanish".

And a VERY local term for "cowshed" was "mistall". Never heard of anyone from outside the Cleckeaton-Wyke-Halifax triangle who had any idea what it means.