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lostjohnny
- http://lostjohnnyparadox.blog.co.uk
- 2009-02-26 @ 18:07:46
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catzycradle
- 2009-03-05 @ 01:39:51
Not a family name unfortunately! I said I was looking for Tisty Tosties to a nearby neighbour and she gave me a most curious look...the look of "Are you mad?" She retreated in wonderment! It's only pine cones after all!
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lostjohnny
- http://lostjohnnyparadox.blog.co.uk
- 2009-03-05 @ 08:19:33
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Is that a cone his holding? Dad used to call them 'Tisty, Tosty'?
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catzycradle
- 2009-03-05 @ 01:43:05
It is a pine cone and my dad has always called them tisty tosties! I think it's a very affectionate term and I've passed it on to my kids too! xx
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Thought so! Treasures...these little 'pet' names.
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- 2009-06-28 @ 18:07:51
My Mum was from Swansea and always called them Tisty Tosties, when I called them that at school in Nottinghamshire everyone thought I was simple!
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catzycradle
- 2009-06-29 @ 13:59:16
It must be purely a Swansea term! I think it's very cute anyway and I have quite proudly passed this to my children. xx
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Munzly
- http://poppycock.blog.co.uk/
- 2009-02-26 @ 20:07:11
The web consensus seems to suggest it means a nosegay of flowers, or perhaps a fragrant ball, which might apply to a pine cone. I hadn't come across it in Norfolk - interesting (and a nice photo!)
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catzycradle
- 2009-03-05 @ 01:45:00
Thanks Munzly. And yes indeed it is a pine cone.xx
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- 2009-04-16 @ 18:00:13
Hi all!
I grew up in Brynmill, Swansea. I was about 12 before I realised tisty tosty wasn't the "proper" term for pine cone. I've often wondered where it came from. I bumped into a guy who also grew up in Brynmill and he also used the term. I'd love to know more about it and how widely it was used. It has cropped up used for other things, including the name of a candle by a company in the north of England. Any further info re the word would be fantastic.-
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catzycradle
- 2009-04-26 @ 18:43:15
I just learnt it from my dad! I lived in West Cross for the majority of my life, so I was not living far from you! It must be a Swansea term that has lasted through the generations??
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- 2009-05-30 @ 09:59:39
Thanks catzycradle, Just one of those lovely local terms like Granny's Custard - the algae rich mud out in Swansea Bay. I hope they don't die out.
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catzycradle
- 2009-05-31 @ 20:29:50
Yes- it must be a Swansea term that possibly hasn't reached the whole Island yet!!
I've heard that Granny's Custard out on the bay is lethal. many a person been trapped there out on the sands! Nice stretches of beach all along Oystermouth road though. And we are also lucky with having such gorgious beaches and walks all round the Gower Peninsular. What a lovely place to live hey? xx
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"Tisty Tosty" a family name
