Fa – the Green Dragon

A Place for the Odd Musings of an Expat Bristolian


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Unusual U.K. place names 74. – Stuggadhoo

STUGGADHOO, Isle of Mann

on he Isle of mann

many nations have ruled here

Famous for Manx cats

 

 


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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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Unusual U.K. place names 72. – Mevagissey

MEVAGISSEY, Cornwall

Once called Porthilly

Old parish name Limorrick

well known for Pilchards


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Obscure words explained 81. – cavil

CAVIL

Blow against the fur*

he cavils at all I say

only to find fault

Note: To blow against the fur comes from the practice of furriers to blow against a pelt to find imperfections.


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Unusual U.K. place names75. Come to Good

Come to Good, Cornwall

Cwm ty Coit Cornish

Thought to mean coombe in the wood

Quaker it turns out


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Unusual U.K. place names 69. = Trewhiddle

TREWHIDDLE, Cornwall

Francis P. Pascoe

noted entomologist

studied beetles here


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Unusual U.K. place names 67. – Perranzabuloe

PERRANZABULOE, Cornwall

Medieval Latin

Perranus in sabulo

Piran in the sand


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The New Hangover

THE NEW HANGOVER

Son woke sick today

Asked him Coronavirus?

Budweiser virus!

Note: Corona is a brand of beer from Mexico.  I don’t know where it’s distributed throughout the world