THE PARKKEEPER
Also called Parky
kept an eye on visitors
wore a uniform
Category Archives: seasons
Jobs of Days Gone By 1.
THE TOWN CRIER
Come, Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
I bring a proclamation
Spring will be here soon!
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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
Obscure words explained 87. – perigree
Obscure words explained 85. – assiduity
Obscure words explained 81. – cavil
CAVIL
Blow against the fur*
he cavils at all I say
only to find fault
Note: To blow against the fur comes from the practice of furriers to blow against a pelt to find imperfections.
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Obscure words explained 73. – nival
Obscure words explained 71. – hibernaculum
HIBERNACULUM
Winter quarters, home.
Such as a squirrel’s Drey nest
both warm and cosy
Fa - the Green Dragon 