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Title: Caithness pendant for show.
Post by: keith on February 05, 2020, 06:42:29 PM
1.25 inches across, marked, for Edinburgh 1976, C. J. perfect shape for Valentine's day !
Title: Re: Caithness pendant for show.
Post by: chopin-liszt on February 05, 2020, 06:49:42 PM
 :)
And perfect for the pair of you.
Glass for you and jewellery for Linda.
With no problem of finding shelf space.  ;)
Title: Re: Caithness pendant for show.
Post by: keith on February 05, 2020, 11:46:19 PM
Thanks Sue  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Caithness pendant for show.
Post by: chopin-liszt on February 06, 2020, 06:16:07 PM
It's a slightly special sort of heart shape there, with the crown in the middle, very like the Irish Claddagh Ring symbol.

The crown on top symbolisies the sacredness of the love and enduring friendship it represents.

"The secret of our being, is not only to live, but to have something to live for." (Dostoyevsky)

(I've just got that from the back of a Claddagh plaque I was given.  :) )
Title: Re: Caithness pendant for show.
Post by: keith on February 06, 2020, 08:12:01 PM
That should appeal to Irish in Lin, puts me in her good books !  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Caithness pendant for show.
Post by: KevinH on February 09, 2020, 12:43:08 AM
Ah! So the Irish "Claddagh" translates to Scottish "Luckenbooth"?
Title: Re: Caithness pendant for show.
Post by: chopin-liszt on February 09, 2020, 01:33:39 PM
 ;)
Luckenbooth?
That's the name of every second tacky tartan shortbread souvenir shop! The sort of places you can buy tartan tammies with ginger fluff attached. :-X

I did go and look it up Kev.  :) Now I do know it's something else, and very like the Claddagh.
Title: Re: Caithness pendant for show.
Post by: Carolyn Preston on February 09, 2020, 08:41:38 PM
Quote from: chopin-liszt on February 09, 2020, 01:33:39 PM
The sort of places you can buy tartan tammies with ginger fluff attached. :-X

You say that like it's a bad thing LOL I must confess that when I was in Scotland, I did buy a couple of such tams, but in my defense, it was for my young nephews :-)

Carolyn
Title: Re: Caithness pendant for show.
Post by: chopin-liszt on February 09, 2020, 08:45:42 PM
It was just a bit of traditional (Scottish) self-depreciation Carolyn.
I do think they're really funny. ;D
Especially en masse!
Title: Re: Caithness pendant for show.
Post by: Carolyn Preston on February 11, 2020, 03:56:44 AM
Quote from: chopin-liszt on February 09, 2020, 08:45:42 PM
Especially en masse!

On masse? The mind boggles!

Carolyn
Title: Re: Caithness pendant for show.
Post by: chopin-liszt on February 11, 2020, 04:44:55 PM
en masse(french) ; A large crowd of folk, all wearing them. ;D

I know you're fond of the souvenir things, Carolyn.  ;D They are a category of item which stands alone -and I think they are kitsch and funny, perfectly wonderful things to collect.  :-*
Title: Re: Caithness pendant for show.
Post by: keith on March 08, 2020, 06:30:49 PM
The latest piece, dated 1978  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Caithness pendant for show.
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 08, 2020, 06:45:12 PM
 :) A better year for Caithness than it was for me, then.  ::)  ;)
Title: Re: Caithness pendant for show.
Post by: keith on March 09, 2020, 12:15:20 AM
The year we got hitched  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Caithness pendant for show.
Post by: chopin-liszt on March 09, 2020, 12:59:01 PM
it was the year I got conned into reluctantly walking down an aisle.   >:(
But it was a good year for music  ;)  and a very, very good year for you and Linda.  8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: Caithness pendant for show.
Post by: keith on March 09, 2020, 02:18:56 PM
The 70s is my decade for music, probably some of the 1870s also !  ;D ;D