tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243242266125307808.post7275414767662108572..comments2022-04-04T19:10:53.003+01:00Comments on Carl's Curios: Peace or Punch-up?Crowbardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01350188604175280097noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243242266125307808.post-44300670310808462692015-08-11T18:21:11.397+01:002015-08-11T18:21:11.397+01:00Excellent work, Mike, only I think 'G-donka is...Excellent work, Mike, only I think 'G-donka is the Suffolk dialect for the Fijian word Ulu 37 out of 60 points.Crowbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01350188604175280097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243242266125307808.post-60433095116563723172015-08-10T15:06:57.424+01:002015-08-10T15:06:57.424+01:00P.s. The last item might well be just pre Victoria...P.s. The last item might well be just pre Victorian, giving it a date of circa 1820 to 1840.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558857315748815249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4243242266125307808.post-24630022766984735232015-08-08T22:55:54.094+01:002015-08-08T22:55:54.094+01:00The third picture is, I think of a south Sea Islan...The third picture is, I think of a south Sea Island Club. It was know colloquially as a 'G-donka. The fourth items are Indian clubs for excercising the arm and chest muscles. The fifth item is an Irish blackthorn shelailagh, probably 19th century, and used for whaling the tar out of friends and neighbours at the local goose fair. the last item is a police truncheon, from Norfolk, and very early Victorian, circa 1840. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558857315748815249noreply@blogger.com