When I was a kid over 70 years ago in Lancashire, oven gloves were always referred to as jolly mollies in my family. I'd just assumed it was a local pet-name. This morning when doing my weekly laundry, I chucked in the oven gloves as they looked a bit mucky. Having nothing better to do while they went through the wash cycle, I googled "Jolly Molly" and low and behold; Jolly Molly is the brand name of a type of oven glove. At least something has stood the test of time
