[Magdalen] Westminster.

[Marion Thompson]

She was lucky it was only ham, otherwise she might not have survived.

Marion, a pilgrim
On 2/19/2015 1:45 PM, Roger Stokes wrote:
> 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
> *
>