What Were Those Things??

[delboy3]

Visiting Ireland several times in the 1970s & 80s, I regularly saw these strange wooden blocks (usually painted white) sitting on peoples' front lawns.

Exactly what their purpose was (apart from decorative?), I never did find out.

I've tried searching Google Images to no avail. They were simple blocks of wood with four legs sticking out at various angles.

Can anyone shed some light? Not that I want to buy any (having no garden puts pay to that) - just curious.

[gness]

How big were they, Del?

[murraymints]

somewhere for postie to leave mail ?

[Prudie]

home-made hedgehogs?

[alavahalf]

As gness previously said .. if you have a lawn in Ireland then you would be known as posh.
Imagine you thought you were posh and owned a lawn .. then you would not want the other commoners parking on it, because they wouldn't recognize a lawn if they seen one .... grass is grass tp most people, but not to posh people !
Bet they were anti parking thingys .. something easily created and something you wouldn't drive your car over. Painted white so you can see them when you are driving over the lawn at night on your way back from the pub !

[Peaspeculiars]

Kubb? - lawn game using wood blocks?

[tonyav]

Ah just for the craic then, alavahalf. A craiced front suspension maybe ;-)

[tonyav]

How to play Kubb.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgei5ImLXKo

[alavahalf]

Yep .. anti car devices !

[Peaspeculiars]

Ah... sorry.. I didn't read this bit of the OP:'...blocks of wood with four legs sticking out at various angles...' - so not Kubb then.

Maybe a simple mounting block to get on a horse (depending how big they were) (?)

[Chipchopper]

for the game of 'Quoits' ?

[Tilly2]

I think a more accurate description might be needed, delboy.

[delboy3]

Simple wooden rectangular blocks about a foot long, with two "legs" on either side.

I really really really really really really wish I could find an image on the web...

[hc4361]

Table shaped?

[tamborine]

Search Streetview, c&p image here

http://tinypic.com/images.php