One of the great things about Lee being off work is that he cooks the tea! this week he cooked us a traditional Liverpool meal called Scouse. It's basically a stew that uses up leftovers & you are supposed to serve it with pickled cabbage. We did a bit of research & found out the it is also a Scandinavian dish called Lobscouse that the seamen took back to their country when their ship docked at Liverpool. Lee's Scouse was delicious & all the boys loved it. As we were eating at the table Lee & I said that next time we had it we would add barley. Jordan said 'Barley? That's a wall!' I was confused but Lee understood straight away! It turns out that when Scouse kids play tag (or It as I would have called it down South!) if you stand by the wall & say 'Barley!' or 'Barley-O!' you can't be tagged. You learn something new everyday eh?
Another great thing about Lee being home is that he plays football in the garden with the boys (I do it too but I think it's more fun when Lee does it!). Jordan loves to go in goal & is pretty good at saving goals... although it should be pointed out that when he sits in the goal he almost fills the space! Note to self- get bigger goal posts..... Luke loves playing with footballs too (you can see him in the photo heading off into the sunset with his ball!). His idea of scoring a goal is to throw it into the net & shout 'Goal!'. I think he may be into sports other than football. Lee also did a spot of cooking with the boys. They made a strawberry trifle together! Yummy!
We have been trying sticker charts with the boys in an effort to improve unwanted behaviour & to encourage them to help around the house a bit more. It's been going well. On Wednesday they each filled the day's spaces with 4 sparkly star stickers! They really were excellent. It is great to see each boy developing & growing. They really are wonderful! ;O)
One of the great things about Lee being off work is that he cooks the tea! this week he cooked us a traditional Liverpool meal called Scouse. It's basically a stew that uses up leftovers & you are supposed to serve it with pickled cabbage. We did a bit of research & found out the it is also a Scandinavian dish called Lobscouse that the seamen took back to their country when their ship docked at Liverpool. Lee's Scouse was delicious & all the boys loved it. As we were eating at the table Lee & I said that next time we had it we would add barley. Jordan said 'Barley? That's a wall!' I was confused but Lee understood straight away! It turns out that when Scouse kids play tag (or It as I would have called it down South!) if you stand by the wall & say 'Barley!' or 'Barley-O!' you can't be tagged. You learn something new everyday eh?
Another great thing about Lee being home is that he plays football in the garden with the boys (I do it too but I think it's more fun when Lee does it!). Jordan loves to go in goal & is pretty good at saving goals... although it should be pointed out that when he sits in the goal he almost fills the space! Note to self- get bigger goal posts..... Luke loves playing with footballs too (you can see him in the photo heading off into the sunset with his ball!). His idea of scoring a goal is to throw it into the net & shout 'Goal!'. I think he may be into sports other than football. Lee also did a spot of cooking with the boys. They made a strawberry trifle together! Yummy!
We have been trying sticker charts with the boys in an effort to improve unwanted behaviour & to encourage them to help around the house a bit more. It's been going well. On Wednesday they each filled the day's spaces with 4 sparkly star stickers! They really were excellent. It is great to see each boy developing & growing. They really are wonderful! ;O)
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The boys are great! Lee cook us scouse next time you're in sunny Oswestry please! We used to say faynites( probably feign nights!!) and if it was very serious we'd jump up and down with fingers crossed and cry fay nee ites!
I was sad when we lived at Enfield and I got too fat and it was painful!(yes even skinny old me!) to sit between the crenelations of our front garden wall and watch the arguing games going on! I wasn't deemed old enough to join in(probably about 3 or 4 or even 5!) Occasionally some kind soul would let us be last in the rounders line!
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Mum x
In Iona & Peter Opie's book The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren (1959) they published several pages (p142 - 153 since you ask) on the word 'barley' as a truce term. It was first recorded in the 14th century poem, Sir Gawain the the Green Knight, which you'll be delighted to learn, was probably written in Lancashire.
Nice pics as always and a slice of social history on this blog.
Love Ken xxxxxx
barley- now that's interesting when I was growing up in Australia we used to say 'barleys' so we couldn't be tagged, and i grew up in an outback town with very little migrant influence- or so I thought!
wow the scouse dinner sounds delicious. Wish i had been there to taste some. The sticker charts are a great idea. Hope you are all well . love Charlotte
hello Maxine here piccies of the new arrival are beautiful.Boys are growing up so fast!Congrats on the birth of little Annie. :) xxx
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