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# Before the 17th century they were just called pies.
Sorry, this doesn't answer your question.
(, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:07, archived)
# What did they call pastry encased meals?
(, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:09, archived)
# Pasties.
(, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:09, archived)
# So what did they call pasties?
Magpies, perhaps?
(, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:12, archived)
# lunch
(, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:17, archived)
# Pied Crows?
(, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:09, archived)
# No, apparently it meant "woodpecker".
"pied" comes from reference to the way the bird looks, not the other way round.
(, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:10, archived)
# what did they call a woodpecker?
(, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:11, archived)
# cider
(, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:13, archived)
# They called it a "pie", which means "cuckoo".
(, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:13, archived)
#
ahaha
(, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:14, archived)
# is this this restoration comedy I keep hearing about
(, Fri 26 Mar 2010, 16:15, archived)