A Blast from Christmas Past

 


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Merry Christmas, all.

Eric Hines

8 comments:

james said...

Good King Sauerkraut looked out on his feets uneven, when the snoo lay round about

Grim said...

Merry Christmas, Mr. Hines.

Assistant Village Idiot said...

My Dad was a big Pogo fan, as were many who came of age in his generation. I only enjoyed it mildly myself.

Tom said...

Merry Christmas! Thanks for the cheer!

Dad29 said...

Merry Christmas!!

AVI: Pogo was MEANT to be mildly entertaining. You got it!!

Texan99 said...

Rowley, powley, gammon & spinach.

Anonymous said...

Where does that line go, Tex99?

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james said...

I think the original would have been more like:
"Rowly, powley, gammon and spinnage"
since both gammon and spinnage have to do with fooling people. (I think the word "spinnage" needs a resurrection--spin-meisters need something appropriate to describe their work.)

A frog he would a-wooing go
Whether his mother would let him or no
With a rowley, powley, gammon and spinnage
Heigh ho! says Anthony Rowley

From:
https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=1153

Rowley powley means:

1) A plump fowl
2) Peas
3) A pudding dish (called Rowley Powley)

Nigel Horsford wrote: "I know of a roly-poly as a 'pudding made of a sheet of suet pastry covered with jam etc, formed into a roll and steamed or baked' (SOED); sometimes referred to a jam roly-poly.