David, I love lines 3-5, but I’ll enjoy it all more after I’ve completed my research. My latest find is:
“Haggard n (Agriculture) (in Ireland and the Isle of Man) an enclosure beside a farmhouse in which crops are stored”
I also love “Little Muddy, Tiny Reekie”—apparently nicknames for the midden—and the omphalos, which, though I had to refresh my memory, is a word worth knowing (the pictures I found look so much like Hindu lingams!). Was your midden a mound, though? The story about your sister makes it sound more like a bed of quicksand.
I don’t get the last line.
Last edited by Carl Copeland; 01-26-2024 at 05:26 AM.
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