CITTERN
A stringed instrument
looks like a flat-backed Mandolin
Casual music
Tag Archives: Culture
Obscure words explained 72. – oneiric
12th Night
Other words explained 2. – Musette
Unusual U.K. place names 30. – Wychbold Salwarpe
WYCHBOLD SALWARPE, Worcestershire
Salwarpe called Salop
Battlefield and Spadesbourne
where the rivers join
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Other words explained 1. – Recorder
RECORDER
Internal duct flute*
in the group of instruments
well known as Woodwinds
* Internal Duct flute: A flute with a whistle also referred to as “fipple mouthed”
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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 Place Names14. – Haselbury Plucknett
HASELBURY PLUCKNETT
named for hazel grove
Later by owner Plucknett
Saint Wulfric died here
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Unusual U.K. place names 12. – Melton Mowbray
Unusual U.K. place names 11. Cricket St. Thomas
CRICKET ST. THOMAS
In the Domesday book
Near Yeovil, south Somerset
To the manor born
Fa - the Green Dragon 
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