BLARNEY
Deceptive speaking
Irish call it eloquence
The gift of the gab
BLARNEY
Deceptive speaking
Irish call it eloquence
The gift of the gab
BAN SIDHE (Banshee)
Old Irish, Fairy
Vengeful if one offends them
Clodhna their Queen
Another departure: Some (many) years ago a book was written, I’ll find the author’ s name one of these days. which spoke about the way people from Bristol speak.
One of the curiosities of the Bristol dialect is the propensity of Bristolians to add an “l” to a final “a” in place of a glottal stop. This curious fact has led me to this post in light of the pandemic now about us; Has anybody from Bristol heard the word Coronavirus pronounced “coronalvirus?
Note: The title of this post is the aforementioned title of the book. It translates as, The correct way to speak Bristol.
CHEDDZOY, Somerset
Old English name cedd
Both Romans and Saxons here
Chedd meaning island
I was wrong about unusual UK place names posting Stuggadhoo. Technically The Isle of Man 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 least 2 hours next Wednesday or tomorrow whichever comes sooner.
SWORD WORDS
Broadsword Claymore Foil
Scimitar Sabre Cutlass
Epée Rapier
Note: Just mucking about on my day off.
STUGGADHOO, Isle of Mann
on he Isle of mann
many nations have ruled here
Famous for Manx cats
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.
BABCARY, Somersetshire
Site of Wimble Toot
Glastonbury Zodiac
Bronze-age round barrow
Note: Toot derived from Old English tot meaning, a lookout point.
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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