[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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