Share this page!

Enter URL or ID to Unroll

You can paste full URL like: https://x.com/threadreaderapp/status/1644127596119195649
or just the ID like: 1644127596119195649

How to get URL link on X (Twitter) App

  1. On the Twitter thread, click on or icon on the bottom
  2. Click again on or Share Via icon
  3. Click on Copy Link to Tweet
  4. Paste it above and click "Unroll Thread"!
  5. More info at Twitter Help
Lost Words of Cheshire Profile picture
Lost Words of Cheshire
@LostCheshire
A twittering of Cheshire words, rare, endangered, decayed or vanished. It’s time to party like it’s 1877. #CheshireDialect
Nov 22, 2019 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
Some #Cheshire words cannot be explained in a single tweet...

Sanding - a #Cheshire tradition, unique to #Knutsford. Coloured sand is used to create elaborate designs & messages on pavements & roads on @RoyalMayDay & for weddings.

knutsford-royal-mayday.co.uk

#CheshireDialect
/1 Legend has it that King Canute, while travelling north to fight the Scots, had to cross the ford in this #Cheshire town on foot. After he had crossed, he stopped to take off his shoes and shake the sand out of them.
/2