[Magdalen] Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire.

[Sally Davies]

Now that would make sense, Sib! Interesting!

Sally D

On Wednesday, 30 November 2016, Sibyl Smirl <polycarpa3 at ckt.net> wrote:

> On 11/29/16 3:11 PM, Sally Davies wrote:
>
>> The other chestnuts I know from there are the ones kids use to make
>> "conkers", pretty but completely inedible even by horses though they are
>> called "horse chestnuts". I brought one back in my pocket but it didn't
>> grow, it probably didn't like South Africa.
>>
>
> As I understand it, the word "horse" when attached to a plant is a
> corruption of "coarse".  Usually, anyway.
>
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> Sibyl Smirl
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