When something goes like the clappers, what are these clappers?
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To go like the clappers means to go very fast.
Your question is a good one and the answer pretty hard to find. This is the best I could come up with.
'Most people turned out to beg, or Hel Ynyd, on Shrove Tuesday. They received from the farmers fine flour, milk, lard etc. Eggs were clapped for;-boys went about with two stones as clappers, and when opposite a farm house they clapped away with all their might and received for their pains a gift of eggs,'
From this it seems to be that the boys had to bang the stones together very fast and from this came the saying.
metal striker that hangs inside a bell and makes a sound by hitting the side or Two flat pieces of wood held between the fingers and struck together rhythmically.
hehehehe Im going to shut up now! :o)
I rate the cappers of lightening. it make a noise and is lightening fast:-)
the metal things inside the bells that make them ring
People clapping their hands.
Clappers were people who were paid for their applause. They were expected to do it enthusiastically and act like they really believed in what they were clapping for.
I guess they are the people on the sidelines clapping as you bolt home
Means to go very fast.
hahaha I'll stick with "dodds's answer
The clappers are people clapping to turn on/off an electric device. like the light fixture..
When I heard the expression it was" Like the clappers of hell" I know this doesn't answer the question, since I don't know what they are either.
A clapper is found inside a bell (Church bell or like Big Ben) Also sometimes refered to as a hammer. Blacksmiths use hammers in fast movements when beating out metal to form shapes, To go like the clappers is to go fast.
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