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Conkers - any other uses?

MikeAndHisLovelyPlant · 2006-05-07 16:52:55

Firstly, do I win a prize for least topical post? We have many horse chestnut trees near us. In the autumn some friends and I have a few games of conkers (for old times sake) but many 1000s of conkers just get crushed on the roads. Are there any sensible (and clean!!!) uses for them? Cheers Mike

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m33r4 Posts: 502 Forumite

26 September 2010 at 7:01PM

Primrose wrote: »

Dry them, pierce a hole right through them with a metal skewer and thread them on a length of string or finely covered plastic wire to make a chunky fashionable necklace.

WOW! I thought I was the only one who did this!

However, I must hasten to add that I didn't make it into a personal necklace but a 20 foot long "necklace" which I took into my kids' primary school as part of the harvest festival decor!

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