Stories Collected While Living in France

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Number 4 …Guessing Game

                   Areyoucheatingthereisn_2

It has been awhile since I have had a guessing game on my blog. Yesterday, Shannon put the bee in my bonnet, in her comment to my post about: Bubba, Bip, Billy Bob and Beau. I like saying those names really fast, the roll off the tongue don’t they…Bubba, Bip, Billy Bob and Beau.

French Husband said I should have given the band members French names since they were French. I asked him to give me some names, he said, "Marcel, Gaston, Bebere, and, and, and, um eh…Garcon."

I looked at French Husband and said, "Hey-hey-hey, whoa big rider, garcon isn’t a boy’s name it means boy!" French Husband thinks he can pull a fast one on me. But I caught him this time, my French is improving after twenty years!

When we were expecting Sacha, the names French husband liked were…wait a minute I am getting off the track…I’ll save that for tomorrow.

In the meantime do you know what these glass things are? (A little treat for the first person who gives the right answer, and another for the most original answer too.)

Comments

81 responses to “Number 4 …Guessing Game”

  1. Katy

    Beats me! Fly-traps?

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  2. marita

    …. French bee trap… Fill it up with some sweeted liquid inside and the bees will be attracted to it.

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  3. Kristin Wight

    Darn, I’m second! A Bug trap! 🙂

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  4. Caty

    Yes, French bee traps! or….maybe it works like this:
    You put some colour water inside and a fish!
    or….is that to make some kind of chess? or…confiture?

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  5. Caty

    chesse…not chess

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  6. nicole staf

    It is a bee- trap, they put some sweet liquide in it to catch the bees (in Belgium they somethimes use beer) typical!!!:-)))) I live in Belgium, Tongeren, every sundaymorgen there is a huge flea-market( well knowing even across the borders , you can hear all kind of language) where you can find these glasses. I really don’t like them, i hate it killing any living thing, and i always feel sorry to see these insects , trying to escape!!!!
    Sorry for my english, i am dutch-speaking,
    Just love to visit your blog (everyday) ,Nicole

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  7. Pat Spiller

    Yes, bug catchers ….. great at picnics. Porches. Etc. And I wasn’t first?????

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  8. Katy

    I guess it never occurred to me that one would want to kill bees! Oh, well.

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  9. MyMelange

    ok, since many guessed what it is already…..I will say what I want it to be! I would use it to transport my favorite wine…everywhere. Too have a swig in the car, at work, on a picnic…..wherever! Or I would fill the bottom with sand, secure a candle in it and hang it from a tree branch to softly light an outside summer dinner….

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  10. CathyC

    I’ve never seen bottles like these before. Are they oil lamps?

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  11. Shannon

    I never thought of a trap. Pretty smart people here 🙂
    I can’t think of anything original to add. It’s too early for me, LOL. I’ll come back later 🙂

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  12. Merisi’s Vienna

    Corey, have you ever seen a bee in ones of these?
    I know them as wasp traps. Never seen a bee getting trapped. I guess bees are too clever to fall for fake food. 😉
    I personally would never use them, even though wasps can be quite bothersome, when you are eating outside. I’d rather put some fruit or juice in a plate up for them up, away from mine.

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  13. M C

    It is for bad wasps! Not nice furry bees!

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  14. angela marie

    They are to catch bees and wasps.

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  15. Darla

    Obviously I’m not original here but my guess is insect/bee trap too.
    I have a pale green bottle of a similar shape that came with directions for using it as a trap. Course I’d rather have one of the ones in your picture, LOL!
    Darla

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  16. dkmp9293

    By all the other answers,it appears that they are bee/wasp catchers (I’ve never seen jars like this, and I wouldn’t have guessed traps!) I think they look like personal wine decanters!And when the wine is gone, stick a candle in the center hole.THey are pretty jars–I’d like to have a few!

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  17. Miz Booshay

    Oh my,
    I will just tell you my guess even tho it seems to be hopelessly WRONG.
    Cream.
    A cream holder.
    It’s a lovely bottle no matther what it is for.
    And the names you chose were perfecto.
    The names increased the levity, no?

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  18. Darlene

    Fairy traps. Put a little honey in them. Hang them amongst the branches of a tree…when a little fairy comes in to get some sweet honey they get trapped. Then you get to be the hero who frees them, thereby insuring tranquility in your garden from the graditude of the garden’s fairy folk.

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  19. CathyC

    I’m changing my guess to whiskey bottles.

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  20. Paris Parfait

    Aren’t they to catch bees and wasps – you add honey or a mix of sugar and water in the bottom?

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  21. Elaine

    My, oh, my. I don’t think they are for bees. Why on earth would the French want to kill bees? Wasps or flies perhaps. I’m curious to know the answer tomorrow.

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  22. tut-tut

    Someone beat me to it: cream!

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  23. kristin

    De toute beauté ces pièges à guêpes ! Les as-tu déjà vues prisonnières ?

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  24. constance

    Could it be a container to distill vinegar?
    It would make a nice outdoor luminary for a romantic dinner party.

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  25. Kitem

    In French in ze text:
    Un attrape-bestioles, à défaut d’attrape coeur.

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  26. beachy

    Hmmmmm… with that bulbous thing in the middle, was it to separate something? Curds from whey?

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  27. Laure

    Yes, they trap wasps, but I’ve also heard they are good for trapping evil spirits and not-so-nice witches. You place something sweet, fruit, sugar water, or other delicacies, and the watches get trapped in the bottle when they go in. This makes it safe for wee ones to venture into the garden day or night.

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  28. laure

    Witches not watches

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  29. Kas

    Little girls carry them, illuminated with fireflies (lightening bugs), across fields of lavendar late, late at night on their annual journey to sleep beneath the summer stars.

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  30. patpaulk

    Oh, I think it’s definitely for honey.
    _________________________________
    Oh, sweet as honey that is for sure. But there is more…

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  31. Julie Holvik

    My first guess they are used for oil, then I thought how about a dream catcher?

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  32. Jeanette

    Maybe milk bottles? The indent in the bottom so they can be stacked on top of each other.

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  33. violet

    It is a trap for flies ‘Gobe Mouche’. You fill with sweet liquid, close
    the top and flies enter by the bottom.

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  34. Ulla

    These are from a tiny town in the Southern most tip of France, where the local ladies fill them with Lavender and wildflowers – and let them sit in the sun for 3 or 4 days, until the flowers are seeping in juices. Then they hang them over their beds – knowing that the wafting scents will bring them good dreams, and great fortunes for tomorrow…
    —————————————
    Ulla this pulls at my heart strings.

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  35. Cheryl

    Corey, I think they are bee or wasp catchers…put sugar water or something like that in the bottom…bees crawl in but they don’t crawl out! Cheryl

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  36. Jill

    They look like ink bottles to me! And I’d sure love to find some for myself…

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  37. katkat

    Oh fly catchers, that brings me back to my great grandma’s home in Italy.

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  38. BOSSY

    These are old fashioned Breast Pumps. Simply invert them over the nipple and…
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    Bossy
    Breast pumps? Why not.

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  39. Tamara Giselle

    I would also guess insect catcher, but I loved to read the more imaginative guesses, especially the little girls carrying them with fireflies in them and the fairy catcher one.

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  40. Rue

    They are used to trap flies. But I really like Ulla’s idea the most ,wouldn’t that be a wonderful way to use them.

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  41. theflyingmum

    Yeah, wasp traps – I know I’m not the first. Just wanted to check this out as I saw you featured in Somerset Life. I’ll be back!

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  42. shabbyinthecity

    No,no,no! They are uninals…no spill urinals for long rides,right, Corey? (I’m going for most unusual here…bear with me…)
    _________________________
    Shabby in the City,
    Not to shabby!!
    You guys are good!!

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  43. cruststation

    Hanging lanterns? I think you put candles in the holder…if not, I would turn them into one. 🙂

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  44. ~jolenemarie

    Well, the consensus seems to be a TRAP of some sort.
    If I had one – could I use it to capture a French Husband?
    😉
    ———————————–
    Oh A French husband, not my French husband…ok I just need to clarify that in writing 🙂

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  45. Rosemary

    I think that they are for bees or yellow jackets.
    They are great looking, whatever they are.
    Rosemary

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  46. susan

    i think that they are fly traps for outdoor garden eating areas!
    love them what ever they are! they would look so nice with a light or two inside hanging from a pergola somehow…

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  47. Pat

    We have one. In fact it looks a lot like the ones in the photo. It’s a wasp trap/catcher. Which reminds me, I should get it ready for the “season”!
    I’ve just found my way back to your fabulous blog, thanks to Donna at The Decorated House. I’m listing you in my Back Porch Friends, so I don’t “lose” you, again!
    Pat
    Back Porch Musings

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  48. Micki

    I just want to say I love these, whatever they are.

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  49. Armelle

    I know what these are. But I can see many others do too. I am de-lurking.
    Your blog is like these little jars…it catches me everyday.

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  50. Flights of Fab Fashion Fancy

    I think Ulla’s right!

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  51. Sally

    Silly me, I thought they were vintage votive holders. I’ve never heard of wasp/bee traps before.

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  52. Amy

    My guess is…a wasp catcher!

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  53. Mari-Nanci

    For catching milk, one udder at a time…
    >,-)
    I’m sure it’s not the correct answer, but… It might be the silliest.
    Mari-Nanci
    US
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    Hi Mari-Nanci
    This is one very funny response. It is going to be tough to decide tomorrow!!

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  54. Brother Mathew

    They might be cool putting a small candle in the bottom and placing them outside your door on the stoop to light your steps.
    _________________________________
    Hi Mathew (My second brother of four,)
    I promise I won’t show any favoritism…even if you are my brother, even if you send me a mound of those mixed chewie things from SEE’s

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  55. Lei

    I am thinking antique bee or fly or wasp trap… I know it’s been explained to me before, I just can’t quite put my finger on it!

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  56. Lei

    Oh, I didn’t get over here in time… smart readers you’ve got here!

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  57. Lei

    It would also make a fun votive holder… 🙂

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  58. Conni Lu

    Bug catchers – put sweet liquid in the bottom to draw them in…bingo!

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  59. Di Overton

    Are they for candles?Placed over the top they would stop them blowing out.

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  60. Colette

    It’s a fairy light.
    A little elfin creature, holding a candle, sits on a pretty, lace-edged satin cushion placed in the middle (that’s what the indentation is for). The fae travel with it at night.
    No, really. It’s true! Really.

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  61. eb

    it is always SUCH a delight to visit you… oh my my my
    hmmmmmmmmm…
    first thought – some kind of separator – the cream floats to the top and the milk – being heavier stays below – to make scooping up the cream easier…
    second thought – can’t tell if the hump inside is open or closed – I was thinking of some kind of lantern – hmmmmmmmm…
    thinking on it…
    xox – eb

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  62. parisbreakfasts

    I guess/estimate 800 beans in the 2 bottles…
    __________________________________
    Hi Carol
    Close but not exactly…

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  63. Podcastin’ Cyndi

    I just read that in America we are experiencing a traumatic decline in bees this year – they are dying and no one knows why exactly. Is this happening in Europe? Gosh, I love the shapes of those bee things…….think I can find them in America? Corey, will you start an export antique business? Or maybe you have one, and I don’t know about it since I’m a newbie to your blog?
    PS – Thanks for your lovely comments about my podcast. Care to move to Pawhuska, OK and be my neighbor?

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  64. Mary Kate

    are they storage jugs for Moonshine Barbie?

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  65. carlene

    they are bee or wasp catchers…my grandma actually used these…and why not? effective, simple and “green”, like so much our grandparents did…newer definitely does not always mean better!

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  66. mystic rose

    hmmm…
    milk bottles? ??

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  67. mystic rose

    no wa it.. its like lanterns?

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  68. Susan

    Rather than bee “traps”, I thought they were “Smokers” that bee keepers use to sedate the bees when they are opening and removing honeycomb.

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  69. Rich Buck

    It sounds as if they are bee/wasp catchers from the comments but I will go with my wild guess of jugs that turn apple cider into “hard cider”.

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  70. Sasha

    Although I’m not the first to say it, my vote is the wasp-catcher. Put a little syrup down there, and don’t let the garcons near it.

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  71. Tammy

    I know I’m the 81st person, but I want to guess. Bee traps? Merci bien. 🙂

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  72. Lana

    Wasp catcher? no, I didn’t peek and cheat, though I had 81 chances to do just that, ha-ha!
    Thank you for sharing all the lovely pictures. I enjoy visiting every day…
    Lana

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  73. Amber

    They are midevel nipple cups, to catch the milk with you are nursing! Mine were made from plastic, but these look about as cozy!
    😉

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  74. ginnycartersmallenburg

    Are they to hang from fruit trees so that the fruit can grow inside them and then be filled with wine?

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  75. herhimnbryn

    !. Fruit fly traps?
    2. Old wine bottles , that have had the middle bottom bit knocked out, wire handles added so that they can sit over a candle.

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  76. Marie-Noëlle

    On my first visit, I thought it was: a bug trap.
    On this second visit, I still think it is a “trap”.
    By the long list of comments I would say “for bloggers”.
    Yes, it is a blogger-trap.
    And you’re very good at finding the sweet and nice stuff to put inside !!!

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  77. meredith

    My mind is in the gutter today, so maybe I shouldn’t play, but they would make pretty lanterns….

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  78. Nora

    I don’t know, but I wish I did… And I’m too tired to even guess. Sorry Corey.

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  79. Pam

    A lantern for the garden.

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  80. cheeky

    That would bee a . . . bu buu bub, uh buggg catcher, most definitely!
    Glisten, glimmer, glass bug catcher
    Hang there quietly for all to see
    Sparkle, shimmer, gleaming glass
    Sure to trap the wee bugs in mass
    Boy offering a prize sure gets our attention. tee hee
    I’m late, I know but was fun to play.
    Oh, and it needs a cap on top to work. Bugs fly in but can’t seem to navigate themselves out. Perhaps all bugs are male and afraid to ask for directions?
    xo

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  81. naturegirl

    No No not a bee trap we must save them!
    This is a wasp catcher! These pesty bugs can ruin dining outdoors as they love the sweet taste of liquids so just pour a bit into the top and the wasps will fly in ..drink to their sweet hearts content wet their wings and….. drown.gulp!NG

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