12 Lucky Grapes

[JanieB]

As some of you may know I'm currently in Benidorm for Xmas and Noo Year. The hotel have posted up tonights menu and it includes "12 Lucky Grapes" .

We're all intrigued. Personally, I thought everyone else was trapped in "The Gardener's Rest" .

Janie

[seasprout]

Members of the Month..?
13 obviously unlucky then..

[smallblueplanet]

On the twelfth day of Christmas my true love sent to me

Twelve Lucky Grapes
Eleven pipers piping
Ten lords a-leaping
Nine ladies dancing
Eight maids a-milking
Seven swans a-swimming
Six geese a-laying
Five gold rings
Four colly birds
Three french hens
Two turtle doves and
A partridge in a pear tree

Someone fill in the alternatives - I'm busy cutting up seed packets!!!

[scarey55]

Ok, here's a few

Twelve Lucky Grapes...........................................
Eleven pipers piping...................Eleven Maris Pipers
Ten lords a-leaping...................Ten hordes a sleeping
Nine ladies dancing...................Nine ladies fingers
Eight maids a-milking.................
Seven swans a-swimming...........
Six geese a-laying...................Six chooks a laying (or not, it's winter now)
Five gold rings........................Five Golden Bliss
Four colly birds.......................Four cauliflowers
Three french hens...................Three French beans
Two turtle doves and...............Two Foxgloves
A partridge in a pear tree..........A partridge in a Sewer Rat pie

Thats as much as I have for now

[murray]

You're meant to eat one grape at each bong of the midnight countdown from Madrid. If you can do it, you will have good luck in the coming year! (so the OH says, and she should know!)

[yoanbob]

its actually quite hard to eat all twelve before the clock stops chimimg, we used to do this with the spanish crew on the ship.

[JennieAtkinson]

Lets hear it for Scarey - well done you, that's a far better rendering!

[scarey55]

Well thanks Jennie,

Still a couple to get though,
I'm working on it with a large glass of dry white

[JennieAtkinson]

You're meant to eat one grape at each bong of the midnight countdown from Madrid. If you can do it, you will have good luck in the coming year! (so the OH says, and she should know!)

Do they have alcohol in them or are they ordinary grapes?

[smallblueplanet]

Lol! I bet all the Grapes on here will have alcohol in them!

[SueA]

Well thanks Jennie,

Still a couple to get though,
I'm working on it with a large glass of dry white

You could have 'Seven swan-neck gourds' Scarey. Can't think of anything for eight either though at the mo. , still on my first glass of wine!

[scarey55]

You could have 'Seven swan-neck gourds' Scarey. Can't think of anything for eight either though at the mo. , still on my first glass of wine!

Ooh, brilliant Sue, Cheers!

[Hazel at the Hill]

Clare, hon - THAT is brilliant - only on my first glass of red here - but can we not crack the 8 maids a milking between us by midnight....?

[bubblewrap]

its actually quite hard to eat all twelve before the clock stops chimimg, we used to do this with the spanish crew on the ship.

Depends on how big the grapes are small ones you can swallow whole.

[smallblueplanet]

Bramble brandy going down a treat here!

Eight maids a planting is a bit lame....