Sun, Sep 23, 2007, 11:01am (EDT-3) (javawizard) doth
sayeth:
It was once the custom in Wales that young men's hands should be kept
busy when they came courting. Therefore, they were required to carve
spoons for their young ladies' parents. Some of the wooden spoons were
very ornate with birds carved into the handles and links of wooden chain
extending from the end of the handles. - from the World History section
of www.odd-info.com

And does it say how many came prepaed with an already carved spoon,
and carving chips, concealed in a jacket pocket?



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