These pieces of Palétuviers (mangrove wood) seemed to stir up the imagination of many. Your guesses were brilliant and plentiful. Most of the guesses leaned towards some sort of measuring stick, railing, molding or a holder of something. There is some truth in each of those guesses, but not the whole truth.
Your guesses were varied, and each seemed reasonable. Each one I read I thought, "Yeah that would work." Sepia Art and many others thought these carved sticks would be darn cute as votive holders, Miss Sandy asked if was an baseball holder for prized autographed baseballs. And Ruth questioned if it was an antique ice tray! Now how is that for imagination?
Salt cell? Or maybe the holes were created to add water for butterflies asked Laure?
Smartie molds is what Catalina’s husband Thomas guessed and that made me laugh out loud.
Many thought of the sticks could be used to plant seeds in perfect garden rows. Clever and functional but not the right answer.
I guess since I live in France many of you thought maybe the sticks were used as wine cap molds. My cousin Chris thought the sticks could be used to hold the corks in place while fermenting champagne.
The most original, if I dare say, was from my brother (Orama) He said:
"Side trim molding for Santa’s sleigh, the holes are where the Jingle Bell hang."
The winner and the answer came from: Isabel…
"I think it is something used for the growing of oysters in "Etang de Thau" in south of France!"
Thank you for playing! Thank you for your enthusiasm and for making this blog’s guesses games fun.
Thank you Orama, Isabelle, and every single one of you, who allow me the pleasure of searching for another part of France’s history in the form or something old to stump you. I wonder if I can ever really stump all of you?
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