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Unusual U.K. place names 78. – Babcary

BABCARY, Somersetshire

Site of Wimble Toot

Glastonbury Zodiac

Bronze-age round barrow

Note: Toot derived from Old English tot meaning,  a lookout point.


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Obscure words explained 83. – hobgoblin

HOBGOBLIN

Something causing fear

a bogy to overcome

an evil spirit


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12th Night

12th NIGHT

Epiphany eve

Last of the twelve Christmas nights

Three wise men arrive


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Unusual U.K. place names 23. – Woolfardsdisworthy

WOOLFARDSDISWORTHY, Devon-shire

pronounced Woolsery

Anglo-Saxon Wulfheard’s home

Nice place to visit

 

 


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Unusual U.K. place names 11. Cricket St. Thomas

CRICKET ST. THOMAS

In the Domesday book

Near Yeovil, south Somerset

To the manor born


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unusual U.K. Place names 6. – Wycke Champflower

WYCKE CHAMPFLOWER

Close to Cheddar Gorge

Home of famous cheese making

Authentic Cheddar


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The quest for learning

The school bus arrives

Eager kids clamber aboard

Starting their journey


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obscure words explained 55. – lacuna

LACUNA

Some unfilled spaces

An empty heart without love

A book’s missing page


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Obscure words explained 46. – Sprawly

SPRAWLY

Sprawly words stretch out

but in their own contained way

covering the page


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Obscure words explained 37. – pluviophile

PLUVIOPHILE

Enjoys rainy days

Arm chair, warm fire, herbal tea

Curled-up cosiness