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Any conker trees in sligo

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  • 27-09-2009 5:11pm
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    Mint Sauce
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    never seen any and have not had a conker fight in ages, not since i was in school, and that was a little while ago

    if anyone knows of any, prehaps we could have an all sligo board conker fight competition, prehaps coenside it with a sligo meet up

    what do ya's think


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    magnumlady
    Registered Users Posts: 3,659 ✭✭✭magnumlady


    There's a conker tree in Doorly Park.

    Good luck with the fight:D


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    TequilaMockingBird
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    Beside Christies Garage, Marymount, first tree on the right, good conkers there.


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    bobcar61
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    I used to live in Marymount when I was younger and used to get loads of conkers when I was younger, had some great fights with them!


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    Antar Bolaeisk
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    Some opposite Ard Nua/Rua (not sure what it's called) near the IT. I know this as one fell on my head today :(


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    fozzle
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    One of the girls in work told me today that the smell of conkers is a spider repellant. Anyone know if this is true? If it is I'm going getting a sack of them!


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    Xiney
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    OT: when we moved into the house in Sligo we had a bunch of those massive "house" spiders. Mr Xiney is terrified of spiders and he bought some of this spider spray stuff from Mary's of Sligo. (This is the exact face I made: :rolleyes:)

    And to be fair, we never had any other spiders for several months so it must have worked... or else winter killed them? Who knows.


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    IvyTheTerrible
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    I love if I have a few spiders at home....at least it means you never have flies...

    About conkers, I think there are some chestnut trees out near Woodville.


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    Sligored
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    we used to get them in the bishops garden- opposite the car park for the cathedral. it has been 30 years though since i collected.


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    starbelgrade
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    irish-stew wrote: »

    if anyone knows of any, prehaps we could have an all sligo board conker fight competition, prehaps coenside it with a sligo meet up

    what do ya's think

    Only if we can play marbles too. No steelies aloud, though.


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    Mint Sauce
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    starbelgrade wrote: »
    Only if we can play marbles too. No steelies aloud, though.

    stampies is allowed for the conkers though

    :pac:


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    il gatto
    Registered Users Posts: 3,021 ✭✭✭il gatto


    irish-stew wrote: »
    stampies is allowed for the conkers though

    :pac:

    Stampies was a cruel, sadistic ending to any conker.


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    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    il gatto wrote: »
    Stampies was a cruel, sadistic ending to any conker.


    totally allowed in playground rules though

    :pac::pac:


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