Two of the company, who were dressed in the weather-stained green doublet of foresters, lifted the big pot off the fire, and a third, with a huge pewter ladle, served out a portion of steaming collops to each guest.
All this was novel and strange to the cloister-bred youth; but most interesting of all was the motley circle of guests who sat eating their collops round the blaze.
Alan was in excellent good spirits, much refreshed by his sleep, very hungry, and looking pleasantly forward to a dram and a dish of hot
collops, of which, it seems, the messenger had brought him word.
the
collops are no' that bad!" He took off another cover, and shook his head in solemn doubt.
Two candles are placed on a table, white bread and baked pasties are displayed by the light, besides choice of venison, both salt and fresh, from which they select
collops. ``I might have eaten my bread dry,'' said the King, ``had I not pressed thee on the score of archery, but now have I dined like a prince if we had but drink enow.''
At one, a bell rings, and the stewardess comes down with a steaming dish of baked potatoes, and another of roasted apples; and plates of pig's face, cold ham, salt beef; or perhaps a smoking mess of rare hot
collops. We fall to upon these dainties; eat as much as we can (we have great appetites now); and are as long as possible about it.
Some of the weirdest sounding Yorkshire words are: |
Collop - a large slice, or dollop of food From the Swedish "kalops" | gawm - common sense From gaumr, origin of the word gormless | gowk - a cuckoo From gaukr | jannock - fair, right (justice) From jamn |minnin-on - a snack to stave off hunger until the main meal comes round From minna (to remind) |rig-welted - describes a sheep which is stuck on its back From hrygg (spine) and velte (overturn) |skeelbeease - a partition in a cowshed From skelja (to divide) | slocken - to quench one's thirst Related to modern Norwegian slokke (to quench) | |Credits: The Viking Network.
The event was attended by the Minister of Labour Zeta Emilianidou, the human rights, commissioner Maria Stylianou-Lottidi, the honorary head of Cyprus Stop Trafficking, Androulla Christofidou-Henriques and deputy vice chancellor of the De Montfort University professor Andy
Collop.
Based on the famous photograph 'Lunch atop a Skyscraper', the striking installation is the brainchild of Alan Dewar, 50, and Julie
Collop, 58.
J., Chiclana, F.,
Collop, A., & Herrera-Viedma, E.
Collop, "Sleep-disordered breathing," Neurologic Clinics, vol.