New Words

[veggiechicken]

But what does the word MEAN? What is its etymology? Christ - ingle...?

Christ's Light? The Meaning of Christingle
Perhaps like Inglenook?

[Aberdeenplotter]

In scots, an ingle is a fire and a neuk is a corner, fire possibly coming from the Gaelic-aingeal. Not sure if that marries with your ingle nook

[bearded bloke]

threw me into a state of discombobulation anyways

I suffer pericombobulation after too many glasses of pear cider hic

[veggiechicken]

In scots, an ingle is a fire and a neuk is a corner, fire possibly coming from the Gaelic-aingeal. Not sure if that marries with your ingle nook

Like Mothhawk, I'm trying to understand the derivation of Christ-ingle - and if its supposed to mean Christ's Light then all I can relate it to is your "Ingle" or fire.
I have to admit that I used to think the churchgoers were saying Chris Tingle........

[Aberdeenplotter]

The derivation is Moravian so central european. Nor sure how that interplays with gaelic.

[bearded bloke]

When I were "the lad" working at the local blacksmith's I was told that the "ingle" was the fire & the "nook" was a seat built into the side/s of the fireplace.

As seen to the left in pic below



thus the "inglenook" in the pic below is actually only an ingle,having no nook.






Now if only there was a way I could earn a living out of all the accumulated useless infornation I have accumulated *sigh*

[veggiechicken]

Now if only there was a way I could earn a living out of all the accumulated useless infornation I have accumulated *sigh*

What about educator and entertainer to the Vine? Sadly its unpaid, but if you could put a value to appreciation you'd be a millionaire

[Newton]

We walk to the local church on Christmas Eve. The christingle service is a lovely Christmassy bit of church......the local vicar is a real character. A lovely man.

Sadly......sort of.....we do not go to church at any other time. I like the community and the stories though.

[mothhawk]

The church in our village still calls it a 'candlelit service', which describes perfectly what it is. 'Christingle' sounds somehow more commercial and stagy- I would expect Andy Williams or Val Doonican sitting on the altar rail surrounded by seasonally dressed small children, and singing lullabys - too saccharine to be real.

[Aberdeenplotter]

Saturnalia used in another thread today - Saturnalia was an ancient Roman festival in honor of the deity Saturn originally held December 17 and later expanded with festivities through December 23.

[mothhawk]

^^^That's a good word, far more representative of what the Christmas holiday means to so many nowadays. 'Yule' is a word that satisfies the pagan in me, I love the Victorian cards that show Father Christmas dressed in green, rather than C**a-C**a red. bring back the Green Man, I say!

[Aberdeenplotter]

staying on the theological track, howzabouts "eschatological" ? Topical with the winter solstice approaching with dire warnings and escatology being a branch of theology concerned with the final events in the history of the world or of humankind

[veggiechicken]

At a quick glance I though you said "scatological"

[Aberdeenplotter]

another word for the new word thread that. Bit of a whoopsie if I'd typed that in error

[julesapple]

Maybe we should combine the two and have a new word that means sh*t happens.....I think the Mayans would agree.