Spoon Balancing

An extract from the book 40 Humourous British Traditions

In times past life was hard for the poorer people in British society. Working in the fields was a tough life, especially when the weather was bad. Most families lived from hand to mouth and at mealtimes there were no kitchen implements to help consume the food.

With this background you can imagine the surprise that Reg Wormold had in April 1782 when he came across a spoon at a fork in the road. Reg didn’t know it was used for eating food. He tried balancing it on his finger and he also placed the curved end on his nose and walked along. Each day he became more proficient at these games until he thought he was the finest spoon balancer in the business.