Aran Sweaters for the Irish

[Dan R Porter]

What is a jumper?

[TNKiltedWolf]

What is a jumper?

From what I understand it is a pull over sweater. Different land, different nomenclature. In Germany they call it a "Pulli" (as in pull over your head).

[TheKiltedWonder]

From what I understand it is a pull over sweater. Different land, different nomenclature. In Germany they call it a "Pulli" (as in pull over your head).

Pulli is short for Pullover, which is what many Aran sweaters are, though there are plenty of cardigans as well.

And yes, that's what a jumper is as well.

As for deep fried mars bars and the like, I've seen them offered at Virginia's Scottish Festivals. Of course when you've got a few deep fat fryers of your own, you can fry anything you'd like...such as cadbury eggs...

[O'Callaghan]

From what I understand it is a pull over sweater. Different land, different nomenclature. In Germany they call it a "Pulli" (as in pull over your head).

Although, from what German I studied, I thought the German verb to pull is ziehen? It has been a long time since I was in school, though. Perhaps they got Pulli from the Brit expression woolly pully (woolen pullover).

Needless to say, I think the song Woolly Bully is hilarious. Just change the B to a P and you're singing about a sweater. In fact, I thought they were when I first heard it! I didn't realise it was a B for quite a while.