What are spogs ?

[Misty77]

Has anyone ever heard of the word spogs ? Its a slang word for 'sweets' ie: 'have you got any spogs?' which we used to use at school in Yorkshire back in the early 80's (I'm 28 now) People look at me like I'm crazy when I use it - My 11 year old Cousin and some of her friends still use it, so I wasn't sure if its a Yorkshire word or is used further afield.

[SteveD]

It's a type of sweet:

http://www.mrsbrowns.co.uk/acatalog/copy_of_SP OGS.html

[Misty77]

Excellent, thank you very much ! I know those sweets well - my Grandma called them 'horse cakes' - probably another strange Yorkshire saying !

[Homer55]

I live in yorkshire and iv always called them spogs.

[Homer55]

sweets in general that is.

[larkie1066]

a spog is the sweet in the Basset Allsorts that has all the little beads on it

[vicster2006]

where i come from a sprog is a kid?

[anotheoldgit]

When I was in the RAF, we would call a new recruit a Sprog.

[swotty]

My Nan was from Yorkshire and she would call sweets Spice? OK nearly 100yrs ago
When I was a kid in North Linclonshire (70's) we just had normal Goodies.
The wife is from Manchester and she calls them all Toffees.

[Springdouble]

I was born and bred in South Yorkshire [Barnsley/Rotherham] and we have always called sweets "Spice", "Gis a Spice" meaning "I Say old fellow, could one ask to share in ones confectionery?"