Following my quest for what fishermen of the North East(Great Britain is the country) call 'SWARTHERS'(this is the correct spelling no letters missed/or juggled) are there no fishermen from up north using this site, help me if you can please, time is running out for me to answer this?

Baloo55th

Only references I can find are to agricultural implements, please see http://www.farmersjournal.ie/2002/0525/crops/features.html http://www.ytmag.com/implment/messages/archive31.htm (Tractor Implements Forum Archives - yes,really). If totally desperate, it could be an equivalent to the word shankers in my locality - people who go out on the beach with tractors or (formerly) horses and carts and nets trawling for shrimps. Jan 20 03, 5:41 PM

Baloo55th

Nearest word I can find in Scandinavian languages is Old Icelandic svartaTHr (TH = Icelandic letter eth usually written like a d with a bar through it - pron. like th inthat). This means dyed black. Not much help, but a lot of North Eastern words come from the older Scandinavian languages. Jan 20 03, 6:15 PM

Baloo55th

http://viking.no/e/england/e-yorkshire_norse.htm#S swarf, swarth grit worn from a {grindstone;} mixture of grease and grit or metal particles (such as iron filings) This is about the lot I can do. What the hell quiz did that question come from? It's more obscure than anything in JAD's Christmas Quiz from Scouting Mag! Unless we're missing something obvious somewhere... Oh, hang on - one more desperate suggestion from Old Icelandic Svart-bakkr is the black backed gull. Could be a connection there with fishermen. I want to know the answer to this one! Jan 20 03, 6:55 PM

Star	Its from my local church quiz sheet, compiled by the organist!! I dont know where he gets his questions from. Thank you for your suggestions Baloo55th. Jan 20 03, 8:07 PM

Baloo55th

I do like a challenge and oh boy is this one! Latest suggestion is that it is a name for black fish, probably Centrophilus niger as the other main black fish is found off New England. Or could be a term for Spanish fishermen related to swarthy. Not very popular with English fishermen. Still one more chance to come in yet - tomorrow evening if all goes well. Jan 21 03, 5:23 PM

Star	Baloo55th...Closing date is end of month, should get the answers soon after, i'll let you know! Thanks for your help. Jan 23 03, 1:14 PM

Baloo55th

Last (probably!) suggestion from the chat room that Akela goes on - needles for repairing fishing nets. The note through my door says NE? against this one. The others are tractor related, which I reject except possibly in the shrimper context. Thehounds are still out and running - no knowing what they will bring back. Jan 23 03, 6:10 PM

Star

Anonymous says: Well Ive got the Answer and its.............JELLYFISH!! Never in a month of Sundays would I have guessed that one! Thanks for your help Fri Feb 14 11:23:56 CST 2003 Star says: Baloo55th.........The above item is from me.....Answer JELLYFISH.......I forgot to put in my alias! Fri Feb 14 14:43:10 CST 2003 (Reposted to credit Star - McG) Feb 26 03, 10:55 AM