Fa – the Green Dragon

A Place for the Odd Musings of an Expat Bristolian


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The new Dick Whittington

One man and his cat

Off to visit ageing friend

Just across the road

Author’s note: Cat is Emmett McCafferty and he’s an excellent mouser!


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Jobs of Days Gone By#11. – The Chimney Sweep

THE CHIMNEY SWEEP

Man and black-faced boy

Bag of brushes on a bike

cleaning your chimney


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An Election is Coming

An Election is coming

Con Donny’s getting fat

put another cheeseburger in the MAGA man’s hat.

Another gram of LDL won’t kill him that’s for sure

Only trouble is, HDL is out the door.

Another dose of hydroxychloroquine

or Panequil as it is known

A Sanofi  investment owned by Con Donny himself

The Stock market has shown.

 


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Obscure words explained 102 – ban sidhe

BAN SIDHE (Banshee)

Old Irish, Fairy

Vengeful if one offends them

Clodhna their Queen


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Unusual U.K. place names 90. – Great Snoring

GREAT SNORING, Norfolk

Was Snoring Magna

from Saxon named Snaringa

Noted for water-Mill.

 

 

 

 


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Obscure words explained 100. – aeolian

AEOLIAN

Caused by wind, wind-blown

Good excuse for Bad-Hair day

Natures freedom mode


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Hotel terrace in Singapore

’twas by chance we met

his name Tengu Amir Shah

Said Tengu meant Prince