Fa – the Green Dragon

A Place for the Odd Musings of an Expat Bristolian


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Jobs of Days Gone By #12. – The Scrivener

THE SCRIVENER

Worked on Wills and Deeds

Always writing legibly

Since replaced by Word


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Jobs from Days Gone By #9 – 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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Social Distancing

Six feet between us

Consider six feet under

It’s a no brainer


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Obscure words explained105. melee

MELEE

confusion of sorts

or even a good pub brawl

when it’s over peace

 


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Obscure words explained 104 – blarney

BLARNEY

Deceptive speaking

Irish call it eloquence

The gift of the gab


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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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Unusual U.K. place names 90. – Great Snoring

GREAT SNORING, Norfolk

Was Snoring Magna

from Saxon named Snaringa

Noted for water-Mill.

 

 

 

 


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Obscure words explained 101. – crepescular

CREPESCULAR

Resembling twilight

Shadowy forms loom about

dim and indistinct

 


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Open Window

OPEN WINDOW

In the dead of night

unseen creatures foraging

back to bed for me