"Carl's Lounge" (Off-Topic Discussion, Traditional Knife "Tales & Vignettes")

Ich liebe Haix.:) old photo and I have some even bigger tougher Haix boots now-old school fireman boots with all the advantages of modern materials. I need to pop back down and get a photo this morning.One day they might even let me wear them at a job.Long story. DFA!
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Humppa said:
I´m just curious if any guys of you have a holiday tomorrow as well? In Germany / Middle Europe it is "Day Of Labour" (Tag der Arbeit). A little strange that we are off from work on this day... ;) ... but not unhappy about this fact.
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From Wikipedia:
May Day on May 1 is an ancient Northern Hemisphere spring festival and usually a public holiday;[1] it is also a traditional spring holiday in many cultures. Dances, singing, and cake are usually part of the celebrations that the day includes.

In the late 19th Century, May Day was chosen as the date for International Workers' Day by the Socialists and Communists of the Second International to commemorate the Haymarket affair in Chicago. In those countries that celebrate International Workers' Day, the day may also be referred to as "May Day" but it is a different celebration from the traditional May Day.


Happy May Day, Andi :)
 
May 1 has been a time of folk festivals for centuries. Often celebrated with a maypole dance.

http://www.historicalharmonies.org/mapypoledanceorigins.htm

Maypole dancing is a form of folk dance from Germany, England, and Sweden. There are two forms. The first and most popular consists of dancers that perform circle dances around a tall, garland-festooned pole. In the second, dancers move in a circle, each holding a colored ribbon attached to a much smaller pole. As they move around the pole, the dancers intertwine their ribbons either in a web around the pole or to plait it to the pole, itself. To unravel the ribbons, the dancers retrace their steps.

Historians believe the first maypole dance originated as part of Germanic pagan fertility rituals. Originally, the dancers danced around a living tree. While dancers usually perform this dance in the spring on May 1 or May Day, those in Sweden perform it during their midsummer celebrations.

The second kind of maypole dance, with origins in the 18th Century, began as a traditional or artistic dance popular in Italy and France. Eventually, traveling dancing troupes performed it in London theaters, thus bringing this traditional dance to larger audiences. An English teacher training school adopted the maypole dance and soon it had spread across most of central and southern England. The dance became part of the repertoire of physical education for girls and remained popular in elementary schools in both England and the United States well into the 1950s.
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Looking at that last line, I was in grade school in the 1950's and I remember dancing a maypole dance, the kind with streamers.
 
Yes Andi we have a May Day march involving the trade unions.
Meakos' New Boots -these haven't been worn in anger yet.
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Fancy boots Meako! :thumbup:

Happy May Day Andi, and the rest of you good folks :) We have a May Day holiday here, but it's on Monday rather than today.

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Watch yourself if you have to visit any wee islands Paul! ;)

A few places here still have May-poles, but when I was in Austria a few years ago, every village has one. Apparently they have to be 'guarded' in the run-up to May Day, as there's competition between the young men of the different villages to sneek in at night and take the crown from the May pole of the neighbouring village.
 
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Jack Black said:
Fancy boots Meako! :thumbup:

Happy May Day Andi, and the rest of you good folks :) We have a May Day holiday here, but it's on Monday rather than today.

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Watch yourself if you have to visit any wee islands Paul! ;)

A few places here still have May-poles, but when I was in Austria a few years ago, every village has one. Apparently they have to be 'guarded' in the run-up to May Day, as there's competition between the young men of the different villages to sneek in at night and take the crown from the May pole of the neighbouring village.
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I didn’t know they allowed cameras in Narnia. :eek:
 
Jack Black said:
That one was smuggled in hidden in a haggis ;)
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My dad tried haggis when he was in Scotland. He said it was like a bland hurka.

Hurka—pronounced hudicka—is the Hungarian name for a sausage featuring pork offal, pork meat, and rice. And, apparently, more flavorings than the Scots use.

My Slovak grandmother brought the recipe with her to America. Brown and braise it slowly until the casing splits. Great stuff!
 
Thanks Jerry, it is a stunning knife and extremely well made. Claude Scott made me a nice little elephant skin slip for it.
 
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