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Jobs from Days Gone By 10 – The Dray man
THE DRAY MAN
With his horse pulling
the dray loaded with beer kegs
he goes pub to pub
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Jobs of Days Gone By 8 – The Rag and Bone Man
4th September 1949
Seventy-one years
Since the Brabazon took flight
Test pilot, Bill Pegg
Footnote: I wrote this in April and scheduled it for publication on September 4th, the anniversary of the maiden flight. In the meantime, WordPress changed its format nd my scheduled post disappeared. So here it is resurrected.
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Unusual U.S. Place names 7 – Pipestone
PIPESTONE – (Pipestone County) Minnesota
Named for stone quarried
for hand-carved calumet pipes
Ritual peace pipes
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Cosa che si rompono
THINGS THAT BREAK
I saw her making
omelets, breaking many eggs
then she broke my heart
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On the subject of tea
Unusual USA place names 4. – Koo Chi Ching
KOO CHI CHING, Koo Chi Ching County, Minnesota
Sounds Chinese some say
but these are Ojibway words
The place of inlets
Note: The inlets being on Rainy lake and the Rainy River
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Obscure words explained 88. – chyron
Unusual place names in USA 2 – Lac qui Parle
LAC QUI PARLE, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota
French priest translated
Dakota name, lake that Speaks
Into his own tongue
Note: Dakota is a native American nation consisting primarily of Sioux living in South Western Minnesota. the tribal elders took guidance from the voices they heard from the lake.
A late edit: I should have explained that the voices heard were created by the wind across the lake which is situated in a unique geologic formation. And for sports people it’s also considered the best walleye-pike fishing lake in Minnesota.
Fa - the Green Dragon 
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