CHEDDZOY, Somerset
Old English name cedd
Both Romans and Saxons here
Chedd meaning island
Category Archives: ancient religion
A confession
I was wrong about unusual UK place names posting Stuggadhoo. Technically The Isle of Mann in not part of the U.K. This comes about because it is a Crown possession and is as such governed independently.
I will do penance and wear ashes and sackcloth for at last 2 hours next Wednesday or tomorrow whichever comes sooner.
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Unusual U.K. place names 74. – Stuggadhoo
STUGGADHOO, Isle of Mann
on he Isle of mann
many nations have ruled here
Famous for Manx cats
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Unusual U.K. place names 80. – Withycombe
WITHYCOMBE, Somerset
An iron-age hill fort
Dumbledon Druid circle
Known for its Grey Mare\
Note: Grey mare is subject of a folk song which starts out as Tom Pearse Tom Pearse lend u your grey mare…… Withycombe may be confused with Widdecombe which is in Devon.
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Unusual U.K. place names 78. – Babcary
BABCARY, Somersetshire
Site of Wimble Toot
Glastonbury Zodiac
Bronze-age round barrow
Note: Toot derived from Old English tot meaning, a lookout point.
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Unusual U.K. place names 77. – Curry Rivel
CURRY RIVEL, Somersetshire
Site of Roman house
Name comes from Celtic crwy
meaning boundary
Note: Rivel from its landlord Sir Richard Revel
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Obscure words explained 83. – hobgoblin
Unusual U.K. place names 76. – Cleobury Mortimer
CLEOBURY MORTIMER, Shropshire
Name from Old English
Clifu meaning a steep place
Church has crooked spire
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Ubusual U.K. place names 73. – London Apprentice
LONDON APPRENTICE, Cornwall
St. Austell hamlet
a tin-mining settlement
A true Cornish place
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Obscure words explained 82 – abracadabra
I have written three versions of this word because it is very complicated to explain in 17 syllables.
ABRACADABRA – Ab’r achad ab’ra (Aramaic and/or Arabic origin
1.Concerning the bull
it’s the one and only one
a name for the sun
2. Used by magicians
to perform their magic tricks
a magical spell
3. A magical spell
inscribed on an amulet
to cure deadly ills
For those readers with a mind to do so, I hope you ask yourself the question: is there such a thing as magic? Sir James George Frazer in his book the Golden Bough thought so.
He explained that contagious and homeopathic magic (both generally referred to as sympathetic magic) were valid and practiced throughout the world in one form or another. This magic (these magics) basically formed the basis of our religions.
I have always wanted to throw the cat among the pigeons Ah yes! it’s a full moon.
Fa - the Green Dragon 
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