It's probably just a way of answering the kid's question
"Mummy, what's that?"

"err... it's a sword son. Your father and I were fencing last night... re-enacting the spanish inquisition. Hence the banging about and screaming to God..."

Then the festival rolls around and the kid asks if he can have his mum's "sword". She's not likely to go back now; she's even used it to explain her solo "re-enactment practises". So they just smile and try to get him a photo that he'll be really proud of- "that's me in the paper, that is!"- until he finally finds out what it was he was holding.
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Wed 10 Jun 2009, 10:29, 1 reply)

i live round there
i don't think i ever saw that in the paper, sorry :(
(stapleface, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 10:22, closed)