WILL WE EVER BE DONNE WITH THESE?
I wonder by my troth, what thou, and I
Did, ere tailgaters caused our brains to fry?
and, new evidence indicating the tailgater has been around even longer than previously thought...
This extract, found in the margin of a Beowulf manuscript; presumably the scribe was in his cups...
TO FELA MEAD?
Hwæt! Wé Gárdena . . . in géardagum
Oft in meadohealle sæton . . . fintageata singan
[fintageata from finta (tail), gatu (gate)
translation:
TOO MUCH MEAD?
Listen! We Spear Danes . . . in days of old
Often sat in the meadhall . . . tailgaters singing
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