Thanks Jayne. That is a lovely triolet, isn't it? He doesn't beat about the bush as I do, does he?
I think I've reversed "a place obscure" just because I was seduced by the perfect internal rhyme (if that's the technical term for it). Whether that's a good excuse or not, I don't know, but I still like it.
Hi Paula. Nice to "meet" you. Good luck in your excavation. There's gold in them thar hills. Glad you liked the voice here. (Tis my own, but there are probably other influences in there.)
About the phrase ... it is probably the most well-known Manx phrase still circulating in a now almost exclusively English-speaking island, so would need no explanation over here ... but that's not your point, is it? Maybe this is one just for the tribe, as it were, but I can always add an explanatory note for the uninitiated. Maybe I should.
And Mark has it exactly right on the CV. Thanks for that, Mark! And for the rest, but I'll have to get back to you on that a bit later. The real world calls. I won't be long.
Cheers all
David
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