At 07:25 PM 7/26/00 +0100, you wrote: >Does your mum have Welsh connections? > >There is a long tradition of Welsh lovespoons, as they are called. Some of my family is from Swansea and my mother has received and bought a variety of these spoons. She hangs them up as a decorative ornament. Some have hearts carved in them, others have a key-like shape or have ivy or what looks like celtic knotwork carved in them. I was lead to believe that they represented, depending on the symbols, for happiness/love, wealth, luck, fertility, etc. I live on the west coast of Canada and have not really thought much about them, though I imagine there must be some information on them on the web somewhere. Take care, Melissa Kluey My location: Delta, BC, Canada (grew up in Ontario, Canada) Researching: check webpage: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=kethera === Need a little extra cash? Get PAID to be Online! http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/6376/paysites.html