Today is YORKSHIRE Day!

[T_i_B]

Woo-hoo! :bounce:

Wheear 'as ta bin sin ah saw thee,
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at?!
Wheear 'as ta bin sin ah saw thee?
Wheear 'as ta bin sin ah saw thee?
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at?!
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at?!
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at?!

Tha's been a cooartin' Mary Jane
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
Tha's been a cooartin' Mary Jane
Tha's been a cooartin' Mary Jane
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at

Tha's bahn t'catch thi deeath o'cowd
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
Tha's bahn t'catch thi deeath o'cowd
Tha's bahn t'catch thi deeath o'cowd
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at

Then we shall ha' to bury thee
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
Then we shall ha' to bury thee
Then we shall ha' to bury thee
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at

Then t'worms 'll cum and eat thee oop
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
Then t'worms 'll cum and eat thee oop
Then t'worms 'll cum and eat thee oop
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at

Then ducks 'll cum and eat oop t'worms
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
Then ducks 'll cum and eat oop t'worms
Then ducks 'll cum and eat oop t'worms
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at

Then we shall go an' ate oop ducks
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
Then we shall go an' ate oop ducks
Then we shall go an' ate oop ducks
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at

Then we shall all 'ave etten thee
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
Then we shall all 'ave etten thee
Then we shall all 'ave etten thee
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at
On Ilkla Moor baht 'at

[noonwitch]

1. I thought it had something to do with the terriers

my mom has a yorkie. They are cute little dogs, but have that annoying high pitch bark.

[T_i_B]

2. Yorkshire is God's own County

See Wikipedia for more

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire

[mikeytherat]

9. "You're either with us, or you're with the terriers!"

Kids in the Hall - The Terrier Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaL6HHZ1XV4&search=kids%20in%20the%20hall

mikey_the_rat

[Deep13]

3. Yorkshire puddings for everyone!

[ohiosmith]

7. You can't have your pudding if you don't eat your meat.

[Deep13]

8. It's not a dessert pudding.

It is a doughy concoction that one eats with gravy.

[tjwmason]

4. Definite cause for celebration.

Hurrah for the white rose.

God's own county, and the land of my fathers and mothers.

:bounce:

[Blue Poppy]

5. Hooray!

Mr. Poppy is from Yorkshire

We'll have to celebrate tonight! :beer:

[Phillycat]

6. YAY!

[mikeytherat]

13. This is upthread, but if you like Yorkies, check this out:

Kids in the Hall - The Terrier Song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaL6HHZ1XV4&search=kids%20in%20the%20hall

mikey_the_rat

[tjwmason]

10. Kick for Yorkshire.

:kick:

Ee bah gum. 'Ast tha not pohsted in t' thread?

[BigMama50]

11. My ancestors were from Liverpool

Is that close to Yorkshire?

[tjwmason]

12. Liverpool is on the west coast, Yorkshire's on the East.

Indeed it is within the traditional boundaries of Lancashire, which is our arch-enemy as a county. :grr: ;)

[xmas74]

14. Lancashire is your arch-enemy?

[tjwmason]

15. Too damn right.

The Wars of the Roses are still going strong if you look in the right places.

[xmas74]

16. Isn't Manchester part of that?

(If I'm right I'm going to cry now so please tell me I'm a stupid American who does not know her geography.)

[T_i_B]

22. Manchester is within Lancashire's old borders

Although these days it has it's own county of Greater Manchester. Mancs still thing of themselves as Lancashire though, so I'm afraid they are not in our good books. Anyway, here's some more info on the Wars of the Roses, which is why Lancashire and Yorkshire are rivals to this very day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_the_roses

[xmas74]

24. I know the history about the War of the Roses.

I'm just disappointed that, according to TJ, our ancestors would have been enemies!

That just makes me pout.

[T_i_B]

25. That's the way history often goes

For instance, I live in a town that was a Parlimentary stronghold during the English Civil War, but I have family out in some of what were the most Royalist areas during that time. Maybe we should all just go the whole hog and start joining reenactment societies? :shrug:

[xmas74]

26. I couldn't care about the past history.

I just don't want TJ to quit posting pics of himself w/ no shirt on wearing a kilt.

(I'm selfish like that.)


Actually, I like history. The first wave of ancestors from the UK were Puritans. (I admit-you all were right to find ways to get rid of them. I'd have dumped them in the middle of the ocean if I had been alive at that time). The second wave were from the Manchester area. Of course, that was much, much later. I'm also Irish and Scottish, along w/ a few other things thrown in just for fun.

At least the second wave wasn't so whiny.

[T_i_B]

27. So you''d have been on the Royalist side...

...during the English Civil War then? It was the Puritans who were fighting the king as the felt he was being a bit too despotic you see. Plus Royalists were mostly Armenians (which means they belived in free will) and Puritans saw their ideas as being a bit too close to Catholicism.

[xmas74]

28. Probably.

But if you met some of my family members you'd realize that...

I need to quit dissing certain family members. Let's just say that the Puritan mentality and morality that was brought to the US is still alive and well in a few of them. Extremely repressed fuckwads.

Some of my family makes me blush w/ their mentality.

[T_i_B]

23. Manchester is within Lancashire's old borders

Although these days it has it's own county of Greater Manchester. Mancs still thing of themselves as Lancashire though, so I'm afraid they are not in our good books. Anyway, here's some more info on the Wars of the Roses, which is why Lancashire and Yorkshire are rivals to this very day!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_the_roses

[Blue Poppy]

18. Other side of the Pennines...

;-)

[GCP]

17. I'm from Yorkshire

Thank you!

[BooScout]

19. Am I in Emmerdale?

:toast:

[u4ic]

20. Last of the Summer Wine re-runs!

(and the good ones, with Compo...)

[trof]

21. Oh goody. Pass the pudding.

:-)