Cuisle   0 #13 Posted March 23, 2021 It comes from Cornish frill, the tasselled fabric cloth that ran along the mantle piece. They often matched the antimacassars on the back of the chairs and settee. I'd insert an image but it's not letting me. 😕 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Jim Hardie   527 #14 Posted March 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Cuisle said: It comes from Cornish frill, the tasselled fabric cloth that ran along the mantle piece. They often matched the antimacassars on the back of the chairs and settee. I'd insert an image but it's not letting me. 😕 I think it’s called a cornish frill because it sits on and overhangs the cornish (cornice). Which came first the chicken or the egg? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
beezerboy   12 #15 Posted March 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Jim Hardie said: I think it’s called a cornish frill because it sits on and overhangs the cornish (cornice). Which came first the chicken or the egg? The chicken from across the road. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
MICK BADGER Â Â 21 #16 Posted March 24, 2021 On 12/11/2009 at 18:20, arrodbo said: Is it a Sheffield saying to call the ledge on a Mantlepiece "CORNISH" and where does it originate from please? Cornwall as in Cornish people come from Cornwall Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
raizuli3 Â Â 12 #17 Posted March 25, 2021 On 13/11/2009 at 11:46, hillsbro said: It isn't only Lancastrians - Barnsleyites call it a ginnel. Here's my post from another thread: Â Sheffield.... -... jennel Barnsley.... -... ginnel Leicester... -... snicket Sussex...... -... twitten North Lincs..-... tenfoot (except Grimsby, where they call it an eightfot - funny lot in Grimsby).. there used to be a path from the top of Spring Ln. to the bottom of Arbourthorne Rd, that used to be called an eightfoot by the locals when i was a kid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Lemmy117   15 #18 Posted March 25, 2021 Eight foot is still used to mean a footpath, in fact there is a pub on Chaucer Road called the "Eight Foot Way".  Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
blackhill   10 #19 Posted March 25, 2021 When I was young 50s and 60s. I lived in Deerlands Ave. At the back of our house ( now demolished) was what we called back fields.. There were pathways from Deerlands over to Holgate Road we always called them eightfot. Mantlepiece was cornish Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...