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Title: One of my Wish List Post by: 150aceboy on June 02, 2015, 04:08:26 PM Found this little Jews Harp yesterday, on pasture land at around 5" deep
Never found one before, so was wondering if there's any way to date these little finds ? Paul ;) Title: Re: One of my Wish List Post by: Mike on June 02, 2015, 04:15:01 PM nice to find those , i think chef is the one to ask , he is a bit of an expert on jews harps apparently ::) ::) :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: One of my Wish List Post by: Dale on June 02, 2015, 04:19:57 PM :o I see our chef has just logged out.
Title: Re: One of my Wish List Post by: Mike on June 02, 2015, 04:26:38 PM :o I see our chef has just logged out. nipped out to search through his vast collection of jews harps no doubt ;D ;D :D Title: Re: One of my Wish List Post by: dingdong on June 02, 2015, 04:44:01 PM Perhaps he's bin jewserped !!!!LOL👍
Title: Re: One of my Wish List Post by: Chef Geoff on June 02, 2015, 06:38:30 PM :o I see our chef has just logged out. nipped out to search through his vast collection of jews harps no doubt ;D ;D :D Title: Re: One of my Wish List Post by: anthonyjay on June 02, 2015, 07:02:57 PM I've always known it as a Jaws Harp, for obvious reasons, but I see many people giving it a different name. Perhaps someone could put me on the correct track. Thanks
Title: Re: One of my Wish List Post by: Chef Geoff on June 02, 2015, 07:33:39 PM They were always called a Jew's harp because they're documented in the bible (oldest recorded musical instrument) and they were probably introduced by people returning from the crusades but as with so many things in the last 20 years or so political correctness has gone mad (sorry mentally ill) and they changed it to jaws harp :-\
Well this has just sparked a debate between my better half and I she says the name comes from the French word for toy "Jeu" so I consulted good old Wiki and it says that the names Jews, Jaws and Juice have all been used since at least the 18th century ??? Title: Re: One of my Wish List Post by: 150aceboy on June 03, 2015, 07:48:39 AM Thx Geoff , very interesting, more to be found I hope ;)
Title: Re: One of my Wish List Post by: wagis on June 03, 2015, 08:02:59 AM I am with Geoff on this one, I had one when I was about ten 54 years ago and the music shop I got it from were selling them as Jews harps, I remember them well as all the kids had them
Title: Re: One of my Wish List Post by: Dungbeetle on June 03, 2015, 08:15:22 AM I am with Geoff on this one, I had one when I was about ten 54 years ago and the music shop I got it from were selling them as Jews harps, I remember them well as all the kids had them 54 years ago ! Who are you kidding ;D ;D ;DTitle: Re: One of my Wish List Post by: wagis on June 03, 2015, 06:06:11 PM Sorry Chris its not my fault if I look 30 years younger than you lol
Title: Re: One of my Wish List Post by: Dungbeetle on June 03, 2015, 08:44:22 PM Sorry Chris its not my fault if I look 30 years younger than you lol I thought it was me with the bad eye, perhaps you should go to Specsavers ::) ::) ::)Title: Re: One of my Wish List Post by: dingdong on June 03, 2015, 08:51:24 PM Hey peeps!! I found half a Jews harp,its in the trash box in the garage I will post it tomorrow.
P.S. what do you call half a Jews harp ?.......Any suggestions ??? Title: Re: One of my Wish List Post by: Chef Geoff on June 03, 2015, 09:19:15 PM Hey peeps!! I found half a Jews harp,its in the trash box in the garage I will post it tomorrow. P.S. what do you call half a Jews harp ?.......Any suggestions ??? Broken ??? Title: Re: One of my Wish List Post by: Dryland on June 03, 2015, 10:34:55 PM ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: One of my Wish List Post by: Soft top on June 03, 2015, 10:37:31 PM A Jews half .
Title: Re: One of my Wish List Post by: dingdong on June 04, 2015, 05:22:23 PM Yep Geoff,right again,broken it is👍
Now the moment you have all been waiting for,...a broken(and thats now official) JEWS HARP !!! Title: Re: One of my Wish List Post by: anthonyjay on June 04, 2015, 05:26:44 PM Thanks for the info Geoff, now I understand. I do remember them in our local music shop in the late 1940s, I also managed to play one. AJ
Title: Re: One of my Wish List Post by: dingdong on June 04, 2015, 06:22:29 PM Play one!!!! yes I remember shove it against your gob"flick" the centre "springy bit" ,get it wrong and unceremoniously remove your front teeth...ouch!!!😭🔨
Title: Re: One of my Wish List Post by: Radnor Bandit (Ian) on June 05, 2015, 09:06:37 AM P.S. what do you call half a Jews harp ?.......Any suggestions ??? A JERP ;D ??? ;D Title: Re: One of my Wish List Post by: dingdong on June 05, 2015, 05:44:44 PM Hey Ian you could well be right,depending which bit of it you have,cus then you may own the "prej" bit..lol👍
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