[Magdalen] Westminster.

Roger Stokes roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
Thu Feb 19 18:45:21 UTC 2015


On 19/02/2015 17:48, Marion Thompson wrote:
> When the kids were small, we got a young half-beagle mix, Taffy, off 
> the A & P notice board.  "What does she eat?", I asked.  "Oh, whatever 
> we're having." they replied.  Oh oh!!!!  Taffy was a thief, who once 
> devoured an entire ham that she snagged off the counter.

Something wrong there - it should have been beef according to the 
nursery rhyme
*Taffy was a Welshman,
Taffy was a thief;
Taffy came to my house
And stole a piece of beef.

More verses at http://www.rhymes.org.uk/a79-taffy-was-a-welshman.htm
  The page points out that Taffy is not the name of a particular person 
but a derivation from a pagan god so noslur is meant on any residents, 
or descendants of relatives, of the Principality.

Roger
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