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Title: What's a Cheggy?
Post by: kenkew on September 25, 2007, 21:47:13

Any Yorkshirman will tell you what a cheggy is...it's a conker! A nut from the horse chestnut tree.
What's it's called where you live?

Title: Re: What's a Cheggy?
Post by: theothermarg on September 25, 2007, 21:50:39

here bristol way a conker is a conker and is also a conker
marg

Title: Re: What's a Cheggy?
Post by: silverbirch on September 25, 2007, 21:55:02

Sorry to be boring, but it's a conker in Hertfordshire too.

I was thinking along the lines of "Doing a Cheggers" being naked sports. (Remember that embarrasing programme he was in a few years back?)

Title: Re: What's a Cheggy?
Post by: Carol on September 25, 2007, 22:00:44

Its a Cheggy in the Borders. ::) ::) ::)

Title: Re: What's a Cheggy?
Post by: ACE on September 25, 2007, 22:25:45

Horse chestnut down this way.

Title: Re: What's a Cheggy?
Post by: SnooziSuzi on September 25, 2007, 23:00:51

Thanks for clearing that up! ;D

They're just conkers here.

Title: Re: What's a Cheggy?
Post by: Heldi on September 25, 2007, 23:14:00

Funnily enough silverbirch I thought it was a minature Keith ;D

conkers here.

Title: Re: What's a Cheggy?
Post by: scotch-mist on September 25, 2007, 23:23:22

When I was at school in Glasgow it was a conker,
Budding Titchmarsh started school a month ago in N.Ireland and he calls it a conker. (The politically correct brigade haven't stopped them playing here yet) ::) ;D

Title: Re: What's a Cheggy?
Post by: rosebud on September 25, 2007, 23:45:40

Ken , do you remember a nonach, spelling??, lovely.

Title: Re: What's a Cheggy?
Post by: Matizzy on September 26, 2007, 10:13:47

Plain old conker in the Midlands.

Title: Re: What's a Cheggy?
Post by: weedin project on September 26, 2007, 12:52:00

It's a conker in Pompey.
:)

Title: Re: What's a Cheggy?
Post by: kenkew on September 26, 2007, 21:10:46

Quote from: rosebud on September 25, 2007, 23:45:40
Ken , do you remember a nonach, spelling??, lovely.

You found a stumbling block in the grey matter, Rose'...please bridge the gap.
Ken.

Title: Re: What's a Cheggy?
Post by: rosebud on September 26, 2007, 22:36:59

A turnip Ken, the farmer used to chase us for pinching em , he would call out i`ll clip yer bloody earole!!, if yer touch another. Hahahahaha.

Title: Re: What's a Cheggy?
Post by: kenkew on September 27, 2007, 22:16:28

I remember nicking mangolds out of the fields. They were intended for sheep but more than one went into our stew pan!

Title: Re: What's a Cheggy?
Post by: scotch-mist on September 28, 2007, 01:21:58

Turnips= neeps in Glasgow ;D

In England---pop

In Glasgow---ginger

In N.Ireland---mineral

;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: What's a Cheggy?
Post by: ruud on September 28, 2007, 22:34:51

Kenkew in holland they are called kastanje we made puppets from them.You also could use them as amunition to shoot with your selfmade catapult,but that is another story.

Title: Re: What's a Cheggy?
Post by: kenkew on September 28, 2007, 22:46:36

Bet you were a Dutch resistance fighter, eh' Ruddski?

(Scotch-mist...I ken the neeps!)

Title: Re: What's a Cheggy?
Post by: scotch-mist on September 29, 2007, 02:17:35

now you've started something.......... :P

oh wants to know who Ken is ( "ken the neeps " ) ::)

;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: What's a Cheggy?
Post by: caroline7758 on September 29, 2007, 09:27:07

I obviously haven't lived in Yorkshire long enough- only 27 years! I've never heard conkers called cheggies! ;D

Title: Re: What's a Cheggy?
Post by: Fork on September 29, 2007, 11:10:58

Boring old "Conker" here too

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