I thought that it was john major's dad amking them here locally -and obscure
on what is this hinted history?
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From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Robin Hamilton
Sent: 14 September 2007 02:52
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Subject: Re: frog poem for kids
>I like the gnome turn of phrase a lot, Ted Hughes might very well have
> called a frog a gnome
>
> KS
I presume that everyone here is aware that the modern garden gnome is a
direct result of a strike by eighteenth century professional hermits?
True -- read it in the papers.
One Who Was There
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