In my v. basic Norwegian-English dictionary, I notice that the word for "sticky snow" is klabbeforel, klabbe meaning "cloggy" as in "clabber", I would presume? LJardine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dutch Thompson" <dutchink@isn.net> To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2004 3:06 PM Subject: [<orcadia>] Clapshot > Hi- > Several cooknooks I have list Clapshot- neeps & tatties- as an Orkney dish. > I've looked in the OED for an etymology of "clapshot" but not there and I can't find any reference to it in other cookbooks. > Any ideas 1/ why it's considered Orcadian (as opposed to say Northern Scotland-it's listed in some cookbooks as a "Scottish" dish- but the Orkney recipes -I checked 3- all call for a pinch of nutmeg or mace) > 2/ where does the word come from ? > > Thanks > Thompson in Prince Edward Island, Canada, full of clapshot > > > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > >

On 20 September 2004 23:27, Lisbeth Jardine wrote: > In my v. basic Norwegian-English dictionary, I notice that > the word for "sticky snow" is klabbeforel, klabbe meaning > "cloggy" as in "clabber", I would presume? It's probably related to this word indeed. Claphsot is likely to be a combination of two dialect words - "klepp" meaning a "sticky, soft lump" and "shoddo" meaning "a large lump" of something. -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk

Having just eaten some clapshot (for breakfast no less !), this descritive etymology certainly is on taregt ! cheers Thompson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sigurd Towrie" <sigurd@orkneyjar.com> To: <ORCADIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 6:31 PM Subject: RE: [<orcadia>] Clapshot > On 20 September 2004 23:27, Lisbeth Jardine wrote: > >> In my v. basic Norwegian-English dictionary, I notice that >> the word for "sticky snow" is klabbeforel, klabbe meaning >> "cloggy" as in "clabber", I would presume? > > It's probably related to this word indeed. Claphsot is likely to be a > combination of two dialect words - "klepp" meaning a "sticky, soft lump" > and > "shoddo" meaning "a large lump" of something. > > -- > Sigurd Towrie > Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney > Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com > Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com > Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk > > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com >