08-08-2004, 15:14
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Welsh Love Spoons
I was just interested to know how these came about.
I have a few of them myself, but don't know much about them.
The ones that I have used to be my mum's I think.
I have searched for them on the web and found sites that sell them, but not how they originated, and as there are a few welsh people on this site, I was hoping someone could shed a bit of light on the subject.
If not, then never mind.
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08-08-2004, 15:20
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Re: Welsh Love Spoons
I believe they began as a means of a welsh lad telling a girl he fancied her by carving her a intricate spoon.This would lead to a betrothal and it went from there.That's as I understand it from my welsh mother-in-law.Now it's a touresty trap type thing and Americans and Japenese spend a small fortune on the things.
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08-08-2004, 15:21
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08-08-2004, 15:43
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Re: Welsh Love Spoons
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I believe they began as a means of a welsh lad telling a girl he fancied her by carving her a intricate spoon.This would lead to a betrothal and it went from there.
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Yes, that's just about it - a guy would carve out the spoon as a gift not only to his intended, but also to her family to let them know how serious he was about their daughter. Coggy is right though - the only people today who use them for any purpose similar to this would be the tourists.
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08-08-2004, 16:17
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08-08-2004, 16:28
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Re: Welsh Love Spoons
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I believe they began as a means of a welsh lad telling a girl he fancied her by carving her a intricate spoon.This would lead to a betrothal and it went from there.That's as I understand it from my welsh mother-in-law.Now it's a touresty trap type thing and Americans and Japenese spend a small fortune on the things.
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It seems a shame it still doesn't carry on.
The tradition I mean.
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08-08-2004, 16:45
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It seems a shame it still doesn't carry on.
The tradition I mean.
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Well the average welsh lad has the same distractions as most young men these days.Too much to do for carving spoons.
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09-08-2004, 01:31
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Re: Welsh Love Spoons
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Well the average welsh lad has the same distractions as most young men these days.Too much to do for carving spoons.
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LOL!!! What's that then??!! 
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09-08-2004, 01:38
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Re: Welsh Love Spoons
Dont even know what one is ?
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09-08-2004, 01:59
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Re: Welsh Love Spoons
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Well the average welsh lad has the same distractions as most young men these days.Too much to do for carving spoons.
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Yes contrary to belief we do have nice looking women down here in Wales.
Although I do have a certain pic somewhere with a Mod with a sheep.
But we wont even go there.
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09-08-2004, 07:06
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Re: Welsh Love Spoons
I thought you hit the sheep over the head with the spoon in order to subdue it?
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09-08-2004, 08:01
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These sort of things
Love spoons
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09-08-2004, 09:39
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Oh TV,radio,PC,XBox,PS2,Texting,watching,sleeping,eat ing,football,the internet. 
Plus most girls want more than a bit of wooden carving these days.Expectations are much higher from my own sex these days.
Mind I think if my own welshman had carved me a spoon I would have been won over because he isn't that handy with his hands.He made me laugh instead.
Hmm! I typed eating as one word but it keeps coming out as eat ing
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