Emil Goode
Porridge spoon carved from a fallen branch of cherry wood.

This Sunday my Swedish porridge bowl, that I think is from the 1920s, rhymes in the following way:

Talets ström vid kaffet stiger
Den som äter gröt han tiger

(English translation is difficult, help is much appreciated)

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Dec 13 at 10:49pmWeb
Show threadEmil GoodeDec 13
The meaning of the rhyme roughly translates to:
The stream of the speech rises from the coffee
The one who eats porridge shuts up
Show threadEmil GoodeDec 14
@wnd Thank you very much for this third translation! I think this one gets shared first place ;)
Show threadWill DeakinDec 13

@emilgoode
This is a very free translation but it feels something like:

"Coffee makes the conversation flow
Those who eat porridge are silent"

Show threadSabineDec 13
@emilgoode This is a really difficult translation. Here's my very liberally translated version:
"Coffee makes people talk.
He who eats porridge is silent."
Beautiful spoon!
Show threadEmil GoodeDec 14
@canyakker Thank you very much! I like your translation more ;)
Show threadDagnabbit, Pascaline! 💥Dec 14

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What a beautiful spoon ❤️
I don't speak Swedish so I can't help you there.

Show threadrcrDec 14
@emilgoode Beautiful!
Show threadEmil GoodeDec 14
@rcr Thank you so much!
Show threadvalentinziDec 16
I can see a small knot. ;) Nicely smoothed out? You don't want your tongue or palate to get stuck on a knotty spoon, do you?
Show threadEmil GoodeDec 16
@valentinzi I think the knot adds more to the aesthetics than (k)not! It would be a good knot joke if that happened ;)
Show threadvalentinziDec 17
Beautiful special wooden carved spoon (again)! Knot so typical, though. :)
Show threadJohannes CarlsenDec 18
Gorgeous spoon!
Show threadEmil GoodeDec 18
@spoonsbyhanes Thank you so much! The grain of this piece of cherry wood did the decoration :)
Show threadPottery by OsaFeb 18
@emilgoode this one is gorgeous. the beauty of the material intersecting with your skill makes it very special.
Show threadEmil GoodeFeb 18
@potterybyosa Thank you so much for your very kind words! :)