What do you call slices of hay?

[holeymoley]

Just a bit of musing really , I've heard lots over the years but today I heard it being called a 'fold' of hay ...? I usually just say a slice or a section . In years gone by I would've said a leaf but I tend not to use that now. What does everyone else call them? Is it a geographic thing I wonder ...

 

[Fiona]

Flake...

Fiona

 

[Sukistokes2]

I say section

 

[Fidgety]

I've always called it a slice (come from NW)

 

[Puzzled]

Slice or wad.

 

[Baroque]

Flake. I'm in the south west.

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

I call it a slice or a wedge.

 

[AmyMay]

Section.

 

[Northern]

A biscuit!

 

[poiuytrewq]

Section. I was a bit confused the first time I heard it called differently! Had no idea there were lots of words

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

Just a bit of musing really , I've heard lots over the years but today I heard it being called a 'fold' of hay ...? I usually just say a slice or a section . In years gone by I would've said a leaf but I tend not to use that now. What does everyone else call them? Is it a geographic thing I wonder ...

I have always used section of hay because to me it is a section


Would never call it a Biscuit as we have a cremello horse call Biscuit on the yard and Yard owner supplies Biscuits for our coffee room and I can just imagine her serving us a Biscuit of hay with our morning coffee. lol

 

[Tiddlypom]

A biscuit!

I've heard that! A young groom starting her first live in job was asked to give her charges two biscuits each last thing at night. So she did, from her own stash of digestives...

 

[neddy man]

A pad of hay ( Yorkshire)

 

[Hoof_Prints]

a slice, biscuit is just weird... "section" doesn't sound like food

 

[doodle]

Section (Scotland)

 

[GemG]

It's a 'leaf' of hay... ...clearly..! ;-)

I'm in Scotland, but originally midlands then NE England.. so my geographic relation is no use.

 

[rara007]

Fold (Essex)

 

[Roxylola]

Pad or slice, lancs yorks border

 

[Mule]

Biscuit (Ireland)

 

[joosie]

Yup I call it a biscuit too! Though I'll also call it a slice if I've said biscuit to someone and they looked confused

 

[I.M.N.]

Section. I'm in Surrey.

 

[TandD]

Oh my god! Ive never met anyone else call a 'slice' of hay a biscuit! People ask what the h**l I'm going on about when I asked for x biscuits of hay.

I picked this up from a very old racing yard manager, always called it a biscuit.
I do use a 'slice' or a 'section' when talking to non horsey/strangers as I've come to realise not many use biscuit.

Also a little weird as I own a horse called biscuit.....so I give biscuit biscuits!! !!

 

[Dave's Mam]

A slice.

 

[Pinkvboots]

section

 

[alainax]

Leaf or leafs, not leaves

 

[FfionWinnie]

Leaf in Scotland but might say section these days.

 

[KittenInTheTree]

Slice.

 

[AmberThePony]

Am I the only one that calls it a flap?

 

[RockinRudolph]

A cake of hay (Lancs)

 

[meleeka]

A section or a fold, Hampshire.