Monkey's Blood

[Duncan]

Where and when did people start using the stomach-turning name "monkey's
blood" for the raspberry syrup squirted onto your cornet? Is it used outside
the north-east, and are there any other vile names for this stuff (which I
find fairly revolting whatever it's called)?

Also, I have a new favourite word which sounds great in a Geordie accent. My
old favourite "cornucopia" has been ousted by "Rubber dinghy" (OK, 2 words)

Duncan

[Jim Scott]

Post by Duncan
Where and when did people start using the stomach-turning name "monkey's
blood" for the raspberry syrup squirted onto your cornet? Is it used outside
the north-east, and are there any other vile names for this stuff (which I
find fairly revolting whatever it's called)?
Also, I have a new favourite word which sounds great in a Geordie accent. My
old favourite "cornucopia" has been ousted by "Rubber dinghy" (OK, 2 words)
Duncan

Not sure that Monkey's Blood was raspberry in the old days. It was just
'red'.
When I moved back north I asked for it on my 'sugar cone' expecting to be
queried, the ice-cream-man never batted an eyelid. BUT it don't taste the
same, and then neither does the ice cream unless you know where to go.

[Geordie]

Minchellas ocean road, never miss it!

[Steve E.]

On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 23:55:53 +0100, "Duncan"

Post by Duncan
Where and when did people start using the stomach-turning name "monkey's
blood" for the raspberry syrup squirted onto your cornet? Is it used outside
the north-east, and are there any other vile names for this stuff (which I
find fairly revolting whatever it's called)?
Duncan

Hi Duncan

Of course Monkey's Blood is also known as Dragon's Blood
in some area's of the North East, but in Westerhope where I grew up
and also here in Whitley Bay it is most definitely known by us "old
uns" as Monkey's Blood. Not too sure if youngsters still call it that?

Never have heard a reasonable explanation as to where the term came
from ;-)

Cheors

Steve E.


Whitley Bay, North East England
Tyneside & Northumberland Local History Group at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Tyneside_Northumberland/
For photographs of the Newcastle Upon Tyne area go to:
www.steve-ellwood.org.uk
www.geordies.force9.co.uk
"Geordie goes beyond mere geography and is a quality of heart"
Skype me at: steve_ellwood

[Geordie]

Post by Steve E.
On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 23:55:53 +0100, "Duncan"

Post by Duncan
Where and when did people start using the stomach-turning name "monkey's
blood" for the raspberry syrup squirted onto your cornet? Is it used outside
the north-east, and are there any other vile names for this stuff (which I
find fairly revolting whatever it's called)?
Duncan

Hi Duncan
Of course Monkey's Blood is also known as Dragon's Blood
in some area's of the North East, but in Westerhope where I grew up
and also here in Whitley Bay it is most definitely known by us "old
uns" as Monkey's Blood. Not too sure if youngsters still call it that?
Never have heard a reasonable explanation as to where the term came
from ;-)
Cheors
Steve E.
Whitley Bay, North East England
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Tyneside_Northumberland/
www.steve-ellwood.org.uk
www.geordies.force9.co.uk
"Geordie goes beyond mere geography and is a quality of heart"
Skype me at: steve_ellwood

love that phrase, geordie goes beyond mere geography and is a quality
of heart. I am living overseas and all my geordie mates are ace!
Monkeys Blood and I am 40, so I now must be officially old.

[Steve E.]

Post by Geordie
love that phrase, geordie goes beyond mere geography and is a quality
of heart. I am living overseas and all my geordie mates are ace!
Monkeys Blood and I am 40, so I now must be officially old.

Hi Geordie

Not my saying but that of Jack Common but it does avoid the "who and
what is Geordie" <G>.

Cheors

Steve E.
Whitley Bay, North East England
Tyneside & Northumberland Local History Group at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Tyneside_Northumberland/
For photographs of the Newcastle Upon Tyne area go to:
www.steve-ellwood.org.uk
www.geordies.force9.co.uk
"Geordie goes beyond mere geography and is a quality of heart"
Skype me at: steve_ellwood

[Richard Hyett]

Monkey's Blood
... All the kids in the village used to ask for Monkeys Blood on top of
the cornets. ...
Needles to say the sale of monkey's blood plummeted. ...
uk.local.geordie - Apr 5 2003, 11:55 pm by The Three Rivers Rambler. -
25 messages - 14 authors

"Monkey's Blood"
How did "Monkey's Blood" get its name. Some girl on the radio was
bemused by the
north-east term "Monkey's Blood" as a topping for Ice-Cream. ...
uk.local.geordie - Apr 30 2005, 4:48 am by Jim Scott - 3 messages - 3
authors

Monkeys Blood
... All the kids in the village used to ask for Monkeys Blood on top of
the cornets. ...
Needles to say the sale of monkey's blood plummeted. ...
uk.local.geordie - Aug 25 2001, 8:10 pm by The Three Rivers Rambler. -
19 messages - 14 authors

[Good News!]

23, monkey's blood where I come from.

The kids still call it that too afaik.
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"Steve E." <***@steve-ellwood.org.uk> wrote in message news:***@4ax.com...
: On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 23:55:53 +0100, "Duncan"
: <***@btinternet.com> wrote:
:
: >Where and when did people start using the stomach-turning name "monkey's
: >blood" for the raspberry syrup squirted onto your cornet? Is it used
outside
: >the north-east, and are there any other vile names for this stuff (which
I
: >find fairly revolting whatever it's called)?
:
: >
: >Duncan
: >
:
: Hi Duncan
:
: Of course Monkey's Blood is also known as Dragon's Blood
: in some area's of the North East, but in Westerhope where I grew up
: and also here in Whitley Bay it is most definitely known by us "old
: uns" as Monkey's Blood. Not too sure if youngsters still call it that?
:
: Never have heard a reasonable explanation as to where the term came
: from ;-)
:
: Cheors
:
: Steve E.
:
:
: Whitley Bay, North East England
: Tyneside & Northumberland Local History Group at:
: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Tyneside_Northumberland/
: For photographs of the Newcastle Upon Tyne area go to:
: www.steve-ellwood.org.uk
: www.geordies.force9.co.uk
: "Geordie goes beyond mere geography and is a quality of heart"
: Skype me at: steve_ellwood

[DaveG]

Post by Good News!
23, monkey's blood where I come from.
The kids still call it that too afaik.

Four lines is the usual accepted maximum for a sig.

[Chris Savage]

Post by DaveG

Post by Good News!
23, monkey's blood where I come from.
The kids still call it that too afaik.

Four lines is the usual accepted maximum for a sig.

I predict you'll get tired of pointing that out before contemporary
usenet posters take any notice. And as for sig separators and not quoting
sigs....

Good luck in your crusade, I applaud you.

[DaveG]

Post by Chris Savage
I predict you'll get tired of pointing that out before contemporary
usenet posters take any notice. And as for sig separators and not quoting
sigs....
Good luck in your crusade, I applaud you.

o crusade. But as in my other reply to one of his posts, it was blatant
spam for a company with a very shady reputation (IMO).

[Good News!]

:
: o crusade. But as in my other reply to one of his posts, it was blatant
: spam for a company with a very shady reputation (IMO).
:

But we're not particularly bothered in stupid people with no success in
their lives.

[DaveG]

Post by Good News!
: o crusade. But as in my other reply to one of his posts, it was blatant
: spam for a company with a very shady reputation (IMO).
But we're not particularly bothered in stupid people with no success in
their lives.

Define success. Then tell me who you are and how you think you know
enough about me to make such a (wrong) statement.

[Billy]

On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 23:55:53 +0100, "Duncan"

Is it used outside the north-east,

Yes. Used in the north east of Scotland at least since 1930s.
There is a reference to it in "MacCluskies Idiom of The People"
published around 1950. It's origin is quite obscure. One authority
sites an Italian ice cream manufacturer who came to Scotland just
after the First World War.

Billy

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Post by Duncan
Where and when did people start using the stomach-turning name "monkey's
blood" for the raspberry syrup squirted onto your cornet? Is it used outside
the north-east, and are there any other vile names for this stuff (which I
find fairly revolting whatever it's called)?
Also, I have a new favourite word which sounds great in a Geordie accent. My
old favourite "cornucopia" has been ousted by "Rubber dinghy" (OK, 2 words)
Duncan

Used in Essex in the 60s.


We had a French girl of 11 over on a school exchange with my daughter.
We bought her an ice cream with monkey's blood, which she tucked into.
Then we told her what it was called.

When she worked out the translation she looked horrified, threw the ice
cream away and was very suspicious of any other food we gave her during
her stay.

[G Cadman]

Other words that sound good in the Geordie accent are
Kawasaki (motorbike)
Patti Boo-lay (the singer, never could get the spelling right)
Powder Monkey (Pub in Wallsend)
And my favourite on the rare occasion when someone says "chains, posts and
bases".

Post by Duncan
Where and when did people start using the stomach-turning name "monkey's
blood" for the raspberry syrup squirted onto your cornet? Is it used outside
the north-east, and are there any other vile names for this stuff (which I
find fairly revolting whatever it's called)?
Also, I have a new favourite word which sounds great in a Geordie accent. My
old favourite "cornucopia" has been ousted by "Rubber dinghy" (OK, 2 words)
Duncan

[Tom Smith]

The Powder Monkey used to be the name given to the slag heap (I guess its
long gone) in Sunholme 'when I was a lad'. That was long before it gave its
name to a pub !
Tom.

Post by G Cadman
Other words that sound good in the Geordie accent are
Kawasaki (motorbike)
Patti Boo-lay (the singer, never could get the spelling right)
Powder Monkey (Pub in Wallsend)
And my favourite on the rare occasion when someone says "chains, posts and
bases".

Post by Duncan
Where and when did people start using the stomach-turning name "monkey's
blood" for the raspberry syrup squirted onto your cornet? Is it used

outside

Post by Duncan
the north-east, and are there any other vile names for this stuff (which I
find fairly revolting whatever it's called)?
Also, I have a new favourite word which sounds great in a Geordie accent.

My

Post by Duncan
old favourite "cornucopia" has been ousted by "Rubber dinghy" (OK, 2

words)

Post by Duncan
Duncan

[G Cadman]

I thought powder monkey was the name given to the young male children that
were employed to run up and down ships bringing powder to the canons.

Regards
G

Post by Tom Smith
The Powder Monkey used to be the name given to the slag heap (I guess its
long gone) in Sunholme 'when I was a lad'. That was long before it gave its
name to a pub !
Tom.

Post by G Cadman
Other words that sound good in the Geordie accent are
Kawasaki (motorbike)
Patti Boo-lay (the singer, never could get the spelling right)
Powder Monkey (Pub in Wallsend)
And my favourite on the rare occasion when someone says "chains, posts and
bases".

Post by Duncan
Where and when did people start using the stomach-turning name "monkey's
blood" for the raspberry syrup squirted onto your cornet? Is it used

outside

Post by Duncan
the north-east, and are there any other vile names for this stuff

(which

Post by Tom Smith

Post by G Cadman

Post by Duncan
I
find fairly revolting whatever it's called)?
Also, I have a new favourite word which sounds great in a Geordie accent.

My

Post by Duncan
old favourite "cornucopia" has been ousted by "Rubber dinghy" (OK, 2

words)

Post by Duncan
Duncan

[Duncan]

Post by G Cadman
I thought powder monkey was the name given to the young male children that
were employed to run up and down ships bringing powder to the canons.

Oh no! Not another scandal involving priests and small boys !!

[Jim Ssott]

Post by Duncan

Post by G Cadman
I thought powder monkey was the name given to the young male children that
were employed to run up and down ships bringing powder to the canons.

Oh no! Not another scandal involving priests and small boys !!

Somebody in the pub tonight had cider and blackcurrent - the red in the
froth reminded me of you.

[Tom Smith]

The powder monkey was the boy who kept the guns supplied with powder during
battle (before my time). It was also used in the pits when shot powder
wasn't looked after by 'the dipitee'. The Powder Monkey in Sunholme was
given that name because of its resemblence to a powder monkey (don't ask me,
my memory is a bit faded ) and the pub was given the name because of this
self-same powder monkey pit heap.
Always willing to add to the confusion.
Tom.

Post by G Cadman
I thought powder monkey was the name given to the young male children that
were employed to run up and down ships bringing powder to the canons.
Regards
G

Post by Tom Smith
The Powder Monkey used to be the name given to the slag heap (I guess its
long gone) in Sunholme 'when I was a lad'. That was long before it gave

its

Post by Tom Smith
name to a pub !
Tom.

Post by G Cadman
Other words that sound good in the Geordie accent are
Kawasaki (motorbike)
Patti Boo-lay (the singer, never could get the spelling right)
Powder Monkey (Pub in Wallsend)
And my favourite on the rare occasion when someone says "chains, posts

and

Post by Tom Smith

Post by G Cadman
bases".

Post by Duncan
Where and when did people start using the stomach-turning name

"monkey's

Post by Tom Smith

Post by G Cadman

Post by Duncan
blood" for the raspberry syrup squirted onto your cornet? Is it used

outside

Post by Duncan
the north-east, and are there any other vile names for this stuff

(which

Post by Tom Smith

Post by G Cadman

Post by Duncan
I
find fairly revolting whatever it's called)?
Also, I have a new favourite word which sounds great in a Geordie

accent.

Post by Tom Smith

Post by G Cadman
My

Post by Duncan
old favourite "cornucopia" has been ousted by "Rubber dinghy" (OK, 2

words)

Post by Duncan
Duncan