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by CoffinDodger » Sat Jun 26, 2010 4:48 pm
NEXT UP?
Chateau d'Houghgoumont*
Jim
*There is an Auld Scots word "Hough" (rhymes with och in och aye the noo) which can mean to cut someone off at the houghs or just above the ankles. That is actually where we get the word "Hogmanay" from - literal translation: "Hough your neighbour" and goes to show what a friendly lot we really were at New Year! It would aptly describe a cut up Hougoumont.
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CoffinDodger on Sun Jun 27, 2010 5:10 am, edited 1 time in total.
“I can assure you, Gentlefolk, they look better from a distance."
Jim O'Neill.