Talk:Soor ploom

Should this page be combined with the "Soor plooms" page?

16:29, 10 January 2008 (UTC)


 * This and the newer article are clearly on the same subject, so the contents ought to be combined in my view. Do we go for the singular or the plural though? Mutt Lunker (talk) 17:13, 10 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah... they should definitely, definitely be merged. As the creator of the newer article Soor Plooms, I have no preference for which title is used.--h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 12:02, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It's strange that I never noticed this article in the first place whilst creating my article.--h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 12:04, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Merge performed.--h i s  s p a c e   r e s e a r c h 15:00, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Good work on the merger. Have been, and still am, semi-incommunicado in Central Asia so would have got back earlier but it occurred to me that the plural form is probably better. They do tend to congregate in herds - or quarter pound bags at least. Compare e.g. M&Ms and Liquorice Allsorts articles, in plural. Difficult editing at the moment though. ...Appear not to be able to sign this post, neither with this Cyrillic keyboard or from the box below. -Mutt Lunker —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mutt Lunker (talk • contribs) 09:48, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

I no longer trust my memories from 50 years ago, but those suspect memories tell me that soor plooms were red, and soor dooks were green, at least, in Denny and its environs they were. Anyone confirm this? 68.228.208.191 (talk) 22:17, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

It may be different in Denny but in Fife, Edinburgh and the Borders I've only ever seen green soor plooms and haven't heard the term soor dook. Mutt Lunker (talk) 23:46, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you Mutt, I expect I was just having a "senior moment", so everyone please ignore my prior post. :) 68.228.208.191 (talk) 02:06, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

Ok, for what it's worth, (probably not much); a wee bit of research and revitalisation of memory; tells me that soor dooks, (probably sheep sorrel), was one of those many free food sources available to impoverished Scots kids.

One scoured the field for soor dooks, and with your pen knife, dug up Pig nuts (whatever they were?), and along with the illicit stolen apples, tatties, neeps, etc., they provided a large portion of our diet back in the 1950's. (Is there an historical/sociological wiki article somewhere in there?)

Anyway, I still recall red soor......whatevers....., and for 3d, one could have a "mixed bag" of red and green soors. 68.228.208.191 (talk) 02:39, 12 September 2008 (UTC)