THE CINEMA USHER
Asked for your ticket
Quietly showed to your seat
Flash light lit the way
Category Archives: Fear of the dark
Jobs of Days Gone by#6 -The Lamplighter
THE LAMPLIGHTER
He emerged at dusk
with rod and hook in his hand
lighting gas mantles.
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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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Obscure words explained 101. – crepescular
Open Window
Lorsque descend la nuit
AS NIGHT DESCENDS
Birds fly to their roosts
the rain continues to fall
sun disappearing
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Obscure words explained 83. – hobgoblin
Unusual UK place names 61. – Over
OVER, South Gloucestershire
Over Court burned down
The White Lady of Over
Haunts each New Year’s Eve
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Obscure words explained 43. – caliginous
CALIGINOUS
Dim weather outside
It’s a dark and stormy night
porch light dispels gloom
