spoonerism
Table spoon, salad spoon, dessert spoon, ladles, sugar spoon, soup spoon, dowry spoon, game spoon, etc. There are varieties. Spoons are named according to the material they are made of; wooden spoon, steel spoon, silver spoon, porcelain spoon, boxwood spoon etc. The types of wood used in making wooden spoons also determine the usage period and area of ​​use of the spoon. Spoons of all sizes and types are made from boxwood, linden, oak and hornbeam trees. In traditional culture, it is believed that the decorations carved on the spoon and the spoon hung on the wall will protect the house and its inhabitants from evil eyes. The "tongurdakli spoon", which is used as a rhythm instrument and playing spoon in Bursa folk dances, is shaped by carving the chain on the handle without any additions during the spoon making. In the Keles, Orhaneli, Harmancık and Büyükorhan regions, where spoon games are played, there is a tongurdaklı spoon in almost every house. The spoon, which takes its name from the chain on the handle, is today made by spoon masters operating in mountain towns.
Small sizes of tongurdak spoons, which are widely used in Keles, Büyükorhan, Harmancık and Orhaneli districts of Bursa, are decorated with flowers and various patterns and hung in a corner of the house to protect against the evil eye. The "tongurdaklı spoon", an important element of Bursa traditional folk dances, has taken its place in dowry chests to be passed on to the next generations.