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Craic The Magazine for Great Salkeld & areaIssue 26 Summer 2017


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Hello,Being a keen walker I have often wondered what was going on below the ground when I have had

to walk past dozens of molehills. So for this issue we have sent Richard Wood underground to get the answers. There is also a pull out First Aid sheet which you can keep handy and also share with family and friends should there ever be a need to respond to an emergency.

How many of you that are wearing wedding rings know why you have the ring on your left hand ring finger? You can find the answer in this issue.

With summer here (no, really, it is!) and if you have free time you might like to explore some of the picnic sites we have featured and also try the al fresco recipes we suggest.

We also welcome a second article by our new contributor Sam. She tells about links with Madagascar.

Donald Maclennan

THank you to all our aDverTisers in CraiCyour support is enormously helpful for the continued publication of the magazine.

Would you like to contribute to Craic? We welcome short articles and news items. Please send your pieces to [email protected]. We won’t always have space to include every article or item in the current Craic; some items will be held over to subsequent issues, while some items will go onto the village website. News and Events are included on the Village website: www.great-salkeld.net The website contains the Diary of Village Events, which is frequently updated. Email Philip on [email protected] for diary inclusion.

Editorial

Cover photo: in a Great salkeld garden. This page: sweet peas for a wedding at the church (by Fiona exon)


veloma (Goodbye) Great salkeld. While most of us in the area basked in this year’s mild end

to February, one visitor found little even in these soaring winter temperatures to alleviate the sense of deep freeze she had developed after spending the month in Great Salkeld. Tiana Razafindrasoa-Couderc came to the village to visit, and indeed meet for the first time, her two-year-old granddaughter. It is no surprise that she found stark contrasts between the Cumbrian climate and the constant warmth to which she is accustomed in Madagascar.

Veloma Great Salkeld? by Samantha Lambert


For many, Tiana’s home island is most famous for its vanilla and its lemurs. Her visit to Great Salkeld – as perhaps our first Malagasy tourist – seems an ideal opportunity to enlighten Craic readers a little more about the country. Madagascar sits off the southeastern coast of africa and is the fourth largest island in the world. Due to its geographical isolation, it is home to many species of wildlife found nowhere else on earth. readers may remember the 2011 BBC documentary series, ‘Madagascar’, narrated by David attenborough, which is testament to the island’s extraordinary nature. The country also contains a surprising variety of environments: large swathes of rainforest, mountain ranges, tropical beaches as well as areas of desert. Despite its rich ecology, Madagascar is a very poor country. a key factor in the delayed meeting of grandmother and granddaughter is Tiana’s commitment to the orphanage, Ditakely Mitsinjo, she and her late husband set up in her home village and to which she now devotes most of her time.

so what were Tiana’s impressions of Great salkeld? in spite of the cold, there was much to please her. she was most impressed by our beautiful countryside, the warm welcome she received at st Cuthbert’s Church and, naturally, the log-fire and food in the pub. As for the granddaughter, she can now count to five in Malagasy and has just about mastered the morning greeting of ‘Manahoana!’ n

Madagascar is unlike anywhere else – fantastically beautiful, amazingly diverse for its size (similar to France) and still so unspoiled. Vast tracts of the country are virtually uninhabited and seldom explored, and nothing comes easy. But that’s what makes it so unique and rewarding. It is a huge island nation off the southeast coast of Africa. It’s home to thousands of animal species, such as lemurs, found nowhere else, plus rainforests, beaches and reefs.

floral prowess and previously unknown hidden talents for risk assessment, again will be hard to replace. A thank you also to Mike Thurgood who has generously produced and printed our fliers and invitations over the past few years.

We hope they will be able to enjoy being entertained at the hall rather than the entertainers at future events.

Stepping up to try and fill their large shoes are Carol and Peter who we are pleased to welcome on board. n

village Hall Committee news

The Village Hall Committee would like to thank two of its committee members who stood down at the recent AGM

John Taylor has been on the Committee for more years than he can remember ,certainly over 30! and 20 years as treasurer. His hard work and diligence have helped guide the committee forward and he will be greatly missed.

Also retiring is Alison Thurgood, who’s


Picnic season is here, so....... here are some ideas of where to eat al fresco and a trio of picnic-perfect recipes

Fresh raspberry LemonadeMakes about 1.75 litres- 225g caster sugar- 500g raspberries- 4-5 large ripe unwaxed lemons, finely zested and juiced • Put 175g of the caster sugar in a pan with 250ml cold

water and heat gently until clear then set aside to cool• Whizz together the raspberries, 50g caster sugar and

lemon zest until smooth• Add the squeezed lemon juice (200-250mls) to the

syrup mixture• Mix the syrup and lemon juice mixture into the

raspberry puree and press through a fine sieve set over a bowl to remove all the seeds

• Chill until needed• To serve mix with 1 litre chilled sparkling water

sandwick Bay, ullswaterThis lovely spot lies on the east side of Ullswater, the second largest and most beautiful of the lakes. The path around the lake’s undeveloped shoreline twists through wooded under cliffs to reach pebbly beaches, perfect for keeping the kids entertained. This enchanting spot at the foot of Hallin Fell is a gentle 40-minute walk from the Ullswater Steamers jetty at Howtown, ideal for working up an appetite before you tuck into your picnic treats!

Potted salmonServes 6 as starter or part of a picnic- 250g poached salmon, skinned and

flaked- 175g hot-smoked salmon, skinned

and flaked- 100g smoked salmon trimmings finely shredded- 2 shallots finely chopped- ¼ cucumber, peeled, deseeded and

finely diced- 2 tsp chopped fresh dill- Finely grated zest of one lemon- 4 tbsp crème fraiche- 2 tbsp mayonnaise• Mix all the ingredients together and

place in a large jar or bowl, cover and chill until needed

• Serve with fresh baguettes, crostini or crackers


Mixed Bean saladServes 8- 800-900g tinned mixed pulses/ beans – chickpeas and borlotti, cannellini, pinto, red kidney beans all work well- 4 tsp cumin- 4 large garlic cloves, crushed- 2 red onions finely chopped- Juice 4 lemons- 100 ml olive oil- 4 tbsp chopped fresh parsley- Good pinch or more cayenne pepper to taste- Salt and pepper to taste• Combine all the ingredients in a bowl and season well to taste• Cover and place in the fridge or at least 2 hours or overnight to let the flavours infuse.

The Howk, CaldbeckThis pleasant walk goes from the village car park to the Howk, a limestone gorge with waterfalls and the picturesque ruins of the old bobbin mill. The walk has many quiet and pretty spots to stop for a picnic. The old mills are points of interest too, with display boards to tell you about the interesting history of the area.

Coast and dunes near allonbyIf you fancy a bit of sea air, it is worth the drive out to the Solway coast to Allonby and Silloth. There is easy parking off the road in the dunes and the wide expanse of beach is usually very quiet and with great views over to Southern Scotland. The five-mile-long crescent-shaped bay at Allonby is a gently sloping sand and shingle beach, which makes it a great place for a picnic, some games and beachcombing.

Closer to home!Don’t forget our own village playing field near the church. There are benches and tables where you can settle in for a summery picnic, while the children play safely. n


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First Aid Fact SheetSimple skills save lives, anyone can do it!

Danger

- Make sure you are safe to help- Keep calm and stay in control

Response

- Shake the shoulders and speak clearly saying “Can you hear me?” or “Are you alright?”

Shout for help

- Phone 999 and if someone else calls, make sure they tell you

Airway

- Head tilt and chin lift

Breathing

- Look, listen and feel for up to 10 seconds- Look for the chest rising- Listen for any breath- Feel the breath on your cheek or hand

Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

- If not breathing normally, start CPR- If you can access a defibrillator, use it.

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Recognising a heart attack

D R S A B

Chest pain—tightness (like a belt or band around the chest)

Pain in the jaw, neck, arms, shoulders or back

Nausea, sweating or feeling faint

Shortness of breath

ACT FAST! CALL 999

What to do if you find yourself or somebody in an emergency situation.

Bleeding

Apply direct pressure to the wound with a pad or fingers until a dressing is available.

Sit or lay the casualty down to treat for shock.

Elevate the limb, but if you think the bone has been broken, don’t move the limb. Apply the pad or dressing firmly to control the bleeding.

Do not apply the dressing so tightly that it stops circulation. If the bleeding seeps through the first bandage then cover it with a second bandage.

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If there is a large object embedded then don’t try to remove it, just bandage around it and keep it secure.

Call 999

if necessary

D R S A B


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First Aid Fact SheetSimple skills save lives, anyone can do it!

Danger

- Make sure you are safe to help- Keep calm and stay in control

Response

- Shake the shoulders and speak clearly saying “Can you hear me?” or “Are you alright?”

Shout for help

- Phone 999 and if someone else calls, make sure they tell you

Airway

- Head tilt and chin lift

Breathing

- Look, listen and feel for up to 10 seconds- Look for the chest rising- Listen for any breath- Feel the breath on your cheek or hand

Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

- If not breathing normally, start CPR- If you can access a defibrillator, use it.

C

D

R

S

A

B

Recognising a heart attack

D R S A B

Chest pain—tightness (like a belt or band around the chest)

Pain in the jaw, neck, arms, shoulders or back

Nausea, sweating or feeling faint

Shortness of breath

ACT FAST! CALL 999

What to do if you find yourself or somebody in an emergency situation.

Bleeding

Apply direct pressure to the wound with a pad or fingers until a dressing is available.

Sit or lay the casualty down to treat for shock.

Elevate the limb, but if you think the bone has been broken, don’t move the limb. Apply the pad or dressing firmly to control the bleeding.

Do not apply the dressing so tightly that it stops circulation. If the bleeding seeps through the first bandage then cover it with a second bandage.

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2

3

4

If there is a large object embedded then don’t try to remove it, just bandage around it and keep it secure.

Call 999

if necessary

D R S A B


Maybe you have noticed the lovely new old-style road sign fingerposts that have been appearing at road junctions. The old ones were in a poor state and the County Council set about having new ones made to the old style and in the old way. Cumbria County Council have sent Craic this article about the fingerposts.

Signs of our heritage with new

fingerposts Fingerpost restoration project

A fingerpost, sometimes referred to as a ‘guide post’, is the name given to traditional British sign posts comprising a post with one or more arms, known as fingers, pointing in the direction of travel to named places on the fingers. They are typically made from cast iron. In most cases, they are used to give guidance for road users - but examples also exist on the canal network.

Traditional highway fingerpost signs are part of our local heritage and contribute to the distinctiveness of our local area. This is why, in 2013, the County Council’s Local Committee for Eden agreed to fund a planned programme of restoration and maintenance work to preserve these historic signs throughout the district.


Cumberland County Council was one of the first highway authorities to produce iron fingerposts. In 1890 their Highways Committee invited tenders for the production of a number of new cast-iron ‘guideposts’ and the following year an order for fifty signs was given to Waterloo Foundry, Carlisle. The

cost of the signs were: two arms 25/6d each, three arms 30/- each, four arms 32/6d each and five arms 34/6d each.

In Eden, two main types of traditional fingerpost sign exist. Those located in the former county of Cumberland typically comprise a substantial cast iron post painted with black and white bands, carrying cast iron direction signs painted white with black lettering.

Signs in the former county of Westmorland are generally of lighter construction, using a smaller diameter straight post and flat plate direction signs, often of a distinctive shape. Direction information is painted onto the white plates in black lettering. Some examples carry a crown finial on top of the post. The first cast iron fingerposts for Westmorland were made in 1894 at the Victoria Foundry of Joseph Bowerbank in Penrith.

Guidance about the specification of road direction signs was given in a 1921 circular which also recommended

that the name of the highway authority be included somewhere in the design. This is why some of the signs still display the name Cumberland County Council embossed down the post.

It is thought there are 112 Cumberland and 38 Westmorland signs still in existence on the highway network in Eden dating back to the late 1940s or early 1950s.

There are a small number of specialists within the county who are able to carry out all levels of sign restoration, from cleaning and repainting on site to welding repairs and casting replacement sign arms and even new posts.

At a local level the signs from around the Parish that have been included in the restoration project are:• Salkeld Road/Bowscar junction• Great Salkeld - North Dykes junction

(north) – Corner House• Great Salkeld - Eden Lacy junction• Great Salkeld - North Dykes

junctions (south) – Wain Gate and Aikburn

• Great Salkeld - Beckbank junction• Salkeld Road/Inglewood Bank

junction• Salkeld Dykes crossroads – Chapel

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Before medical science discovered how the circulatory system functioned, people

believed that a vein ran directly from the fourth finger on the left hand to the heart. Because of the hand-heart connection, they chose the descriptive name vena amoris, Latin for the vein of love, for this particular vein.

Based upon this name, their contemporaries, purported experts in the field of matrimonial etiquette, wrote that it would only be fitting that the wedding ring be worn on this finger. By wearing the ring on the fourth finger of the left hand, a married couple symbolically declares their eternal love for each other.

In Western cultures, a wedding ring is traditionally worn on the ring finger. This developed from the Roman “anulus pronubis” when the man gave a ring to the woman at the betrothal ceremony. Blessing the wedding ring and putting it on the bride’s finger dates from the 11th century. In medieval Europe, the Christian wedding ceremony placed the ring in sequence on the thumb, index, middle, and ring fingers of the left hand. The ring was then left on the ring finger. In a few European countries, the ring is worn on the left hand prior to marriage, then transferred to the right during the ceremony. For example, a Greek Orthodox bride wears the ring on the left hand prior to the ceremony, then moves it to the right hand after the wedding. In England, the 1549 Prayer Book declared “the ring shall be placed on the left hand”. By the 17th and 18th centuries the ring could be found on any finger after the ceremony — even on the thumb.

Left or right hand - In some Christian and non-Christian countries such as Austria, Bulgaria,

Wedding Ring TraditionsColombia, Denmark, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India (mostly for men), Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Perú, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Ukraine, and Venezuela the wedding ring is worn on the ring finger of the right hand.

In other countries, such as Australia, Botswana, Canada, Czech Republic, Egypt, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Mexico, New Zealand, Romania, Slovenia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA it is generally worn on the ring finger of the left hand. In Brazil and in Turkey, the ring is worn on the right hand until the actual wedding day, when it is exchanged to the left hand. In Croatia, wedding rings are commonly worn on either hand.

Several traditions exist in traditional Jewish wedding ceremonies: most commonly today, the ring is placed on the index finger; but other traditions record placing it on the middle finger or the thumb. Today the ring usually is moved to the ring finger after the ceremony. Some Jewish grooms have adopted wearing a wedding ring.

A wedding ring is not a traditional part of the religious Muslim wedding; wedding rings are not included in most Islamic countries. However, if a wedding ring is worn in an Islamic country, it may be worn on either the left (such is the custom in Iran) or the right ring finger. As opposed to the wedding ring, use of a ring to denote betrothal or engagement is quite prevalent in Muslim countries, especially those in West and South Asia.

Rings are not traditional in an Indian wedding. However, in modern society, it is becoming a practice to wear rings for engagements and not for actual marriage. Though the left hand is considered inauspicious for religious activities, a ring (not to be called wedding ring) is still worn on the left hand. Men generally wear the rings on the right hand and the women on the left hand.

In Sinhala and Tamil culture, the groom wears the wedding ring on his right hand and the bride wears it on her left hand ring finger. This can be seen in countries like Sri Lanka where there is a rich Sinhala and Tamil cultural influence in the society. n

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_finger


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100 Club 2016 - 2017

The Village Hall Committee would once again like to express our thanks to all

villagers who have contributed to the 100 Club over the last financial year. All 100 numbers have been fully subscribed over the year. Total income was £5200 of which £2430 was distributed as prizes. The balance (£2770) has been used to improve facilities in the Village Hall and to help towards running costs. Electricity, water rates, insurances and licences cost just under £3000. This year we have purchased a defibrillator which is fitted left of the main entrance on the main road side of the building. Equipment and maintenance accounted for a further £2000 over the year. Without the 100 Club operating as it does, we could not maintain the Village Hall in the same way as we do to serve our community.

We hope you will continue to support the 100 Club over the next year. As a reminder, subscriptions (£1 per week) should be paid in advance, the draw is held weekly in the Highland Drove and prize winners’ names are displayed in the Highland Drove, in Connect and on the village website. A full set of rules is displayed in the Highland Drove, the Village Hall and on the website. Anyone who wishes to take part in the draw and would like to join the waiting list, please notify the treasurer Philip Bowden on 01768 898910 n


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This is not a tale of espionage, of an undercover agent operating in an

Eastern bloc country. On the other hand, it could be, because the animal, the mole, spends nearly all its life in a mysterious underground world, rarely seeing the light of day.

The mole lives in a burrow system, dug by itself, in which the spoil from the burrows is brought to the surface and forms molehills. A medieval name for the mole was moldewarp, meaning “earth thrower”. They are active throughout the year and are found nearly everywhere, except above about 3000ft., or in very acid soils, or in Ireland or the west coast Scottish Islands, except Mull and Skye.

Moles come to the surface, usually at night, to collect nesting material – dry grass and leaves – and also, in times of very dry soil, to look for food. Their main diet is earthworms which are not very nutritious, so a mole needs to eat half its bodyweight in food every day! They will also eat beetle larvae and slugs. Each mole has its own burrow system; the tunnels being approx. 2in. wide and 11/2 in. high and which may run to about 200yds. long. These they patrol each day to eat whatever food may have fallen into the tunnels. They are capable of travelling both forwards and backwards in their tunnels due to highly sensitive whiskers on their face and tail; moreover, they can also turn in their tunnels by doing a forward roll!

Moles live a solitary life and are, in fact, very aggressive towards other moles invading their territory. This aggression goes by the wayside during late February and March, which is their breeding season. You will sometimes find a molehill which is extra-large – this is “the fortress” or breeding molehill and will contain a nest. The nest should contain 3 or 4 young, born in April or May. They will become independent when about a month old, and will then travel over ground at night to start

The Mole – Talpa europaea by richard Wood

building their own set of tunnels and molehills. It is then that they are most vulnerable to predators, especially tawny owls and barn owls. They are distasteful to other carnivorous animals due to obnoxious skin glands. Nearly 70% of moles live for less than 1 year, and 3 years is a very good innings!

The silky black fur of the mole was much prized in the countryside, used for hats, gloves, coat trimmings etc. It is extremely soft, can be brushed in all directions, and is waterproof. A professional mole-catcher could entrap up to 1000 moles in a season and so earn a small income. Up to a million moles were caught every year in Britain. The most common form of catching moles was to use worms soaked in strychnine which were inserted into the tunnels. However, that is now banned and mole-traps are now the usual catching device. For a farmer, or a keen gardener, it is important to rid the land of moles, and therefore molehills, as they can damage machinery and make a mess of crops and grazing land. Moreover, the molehill is an ideal germination site for weed seeds, such as dock, thistle, dandelion and nettle.

However, there is one good place to be a mole where you will live a relatively undisturbed existence and not be a nuisance to anybody. This is the verges of motorways and major roads – an area that exceeds the total area of all the country’s nature reserves put together. No one walks there, no machinery will plough you up or flatten your molehills. Plus the vibration caused by the traffic will bring worms to the surface and shake them down into your tunnels. What a mole heaven! n


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