Fa – the Green Dragon

A Place for the Odd Musings of an Expat Bristolian

May 13, 2020
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Obscure words explained 102 – ban sidhe

BAN SIDHE (Banshee)

Old Irish, Fairy

Vengeful if one offends them

Clodhna their Queen

May 13, 2020
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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.

May 12, 2020
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Obscure words explained 101. – crepescular

CREPESCULAR

Resembling twilight

Shadowy forms loom about

dim and indistinct

May 10, 2020
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Obscure words explained 100. – aeolian

AEOLIAN

Caused by wind, wind-blown

Good excuse for Bad-Hair day

Natures freedom mode

May 9, 2020
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Obscure words explained 99. – garth

GARTH

A yard or garden

quarter of an acre land

grazing for one cow

May 8, 2020
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Hungry chicks

Thermal eagles climb

above the Mississippi

nestlings to be fed

May 7, 2020
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Obscure words explained 98. – proxemics

PROXEMICS

Study of space needs

of humans and animals

and social effects

May 5, 2020
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As the sun goes down

Kids riding their bikes

enjoying the evening air

As the Sun goes down

May 4, 2020
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Open Window

OPEN WINDOW

In the dead of night

unseen creatures foraging

back to bed for me

May 3, 2020
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Obscure words explained 97. domicile

DOMICILE

Home, it’s my castle

Although I am not a king

The place where I live