Leela: Bobby used to ask valliappachen palla teetho. Meaning have you brushed ur teeth.
Ammu; Once Bobby said to valliapachen. Valliapachen pera kombu onde evade, when he annoyed Bobby.
Reggie: Kunjuappan, were tender branches of guava trees used as canes in those days in Kerala? I know there were no Malala canes in Kerala then . If no, how should one interpret Ammu/a's observation. Her tonal recall is amazing, I can almost hear it said.
Ammu: I assure you valliapachen used to invoke guava branch to threaten. So Bobby 3 years old repeated what valliapachen said to him when he was naughty
Leela: I think so. I spent 1 yr in kerala when maggiekochamma finished her college in delhi n I was sent off with her. Pera kombu was often refferrd to.
Reggie: Ok. I guess it answers my anthropological dilemma. Frankly, a good choice. Guava trees need to be pruned intensely, but make for poor fire wood given their, the wood i.a. low thermal values. As instruments of corporal punishment they would have been the cane of choice.
They are also supple. Sting but don't maim.
Ammu: But Kunjachayan and chackochaya have experienced the rod.
Leela Ashok Cl: Ño it was only a threat.
Reggie: So did Bangaloreappachan too I guess.
Ammu (Sweden): Amachy and Maggie Kochammai too. That is why they were so well behaved. Valliamacy used to inform the patriarch about the misdeeds and fuel the discipline.
Ammu; Once Bobby said to valliapachen. Valliapachen pera kombu onde evade, when he annoyed Bobby.
Reggie: Kunjuappan, were tender branches of guava trees used as canes in those days in Kerala? I know there were no Malala canes in Kerala then . If no, how should one interpret Ammu/a's observation. Her tonal recall is amazing, I can almost hear it said.
Ammu: I assure you valliapachen used to invoke guava branch to threaten. So Bobby 3 years old repeated what valliapachen said to him when he was naughty
Leela: I think so. I spent 1 yr in kerala when maggiekochamma finished her college in delhi n I was sent off with her. Pera kombu was often refferrd to.
Reggie: Ok. I guess it answers my anthropological dilemma. Frankly, a good choice. Guava trees need to be pruned intensely, but make for poor fire wood given their, the wood i.a. low thermal values. As instruments of corporal punishment they would have been the cane of choice.
They are also supple. Sting but don't maim.
Ammu: But Kunjachayan and chackochaya have experienced the rod.
Leela Ashok Cl: Ño it was only a threat.
Reggie: So did Bangaloreappachan too I guess.
Ammu (Sweden): Amachy and Maggie Kochammai too. That is why they were so well behaved. Valliamacy used to inform the patriarch about the misdeeds and fuel the discipline.
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