Maybe it was, Doug. Dug out from my files and rearranged is all I can offer.
Bill
> On 24 Oct 2013, at 3:11 am, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I admit I wondered if it was a dream...
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> Doug
>> On 2013-10-23, at 3:59 AM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> I have used scapular in my writing, Max. Grew up with one around my neck
>> and it has been mentioned in medical despatches - there's a bone called
>> that as well, I think.
>>
>> Andrew
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>>> On 23 October 2013 18:05, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>>> On 23/10/2013, at 5:50 PM, Bill Wootton wrote:
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>>>> Subtextless, Max, just a bit of fun. Pirates these days are apt to
>>> colour up a bit, hence the cap, not a wig.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for Heaney hoy for Saturday at The Celtic club.
>>>>
>>>> Bill
>>>
>>> OK, Bill…
>>>
>>> The Heaney 'hoy' mentioned is for this - see below - the sort of event no
>>> doubt happening in many places round the world since Seamus Heaney's death.
>>>
>>> My offer to the organiser - one poem per person - is to read to the
>>> gathering
>>>
>>> The Strand at Lough Beg.
>>>
>>> But I remember when teaching it years ago how 'scullions', 'byres', and
>>> 'scapulars' made students stumble.
>>> Me too, somewhat.
>>>
>>> Hands up those familiar with scapulars?
>>>
>>> best from Max
>>> [Melbourne has been a strongly Irish town in the past, and the Celtic Club
>>> stands on a valuable inner city site looking a bit incongruous these days…]
>>>
>>>> CELEBRATING SEAMUS HEANEY
>>>>
>>>> 1939 - 2013
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>>>> Readings from his poems
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> CELTIC CLUB
>>>>
>>>> 316 Queen Street, Melbourne
>>>>
>>>> Saturday 26th October
>>>>
>>>> 2 p.m.
>>>>
>>>> (Planned readings until 3.30, followed by convivial sharing of poems and
>>> stories)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> All invited. Drinks at bar prices.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> SPONSORED BY THE CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMITTEE
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Andrew
>> http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
>> 'Undercover of Lightness'
>> http://walleahpress.com.au/recent-publications.html
>> 'Shikibu Shuffle'
>> http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/new-from-aboveground-press-shikibu.html
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