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Originally Posted by pdurrant
How called the dwellers of Lyn-dun?
Cockney?
Great Homer's tale of Troy,
Illiad
Or country of the midnight sun -
Norway
What doth all men Destroy?
Death
Against it man hath dashed his foot,
Dirt?
This angel bears a spear!
In garden-glade where Lord Christ preyed
Gethsemene
What spawns dark stars and fear?
Night?
This place the white Diana rose
Ephesus
Of this, Dido bereft;
Aenaas?
Where on four leaves good fortune grows
[something to do with clover]
East, west, south - what is Left?
North
The Corsican was vanquished there,
Waterloo.
Oh, mother of all sin!
Eve
Find green the same as shiretown's name,
Lincoln
Find Newgate Gaol, and win!
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The Dwellers of Lyn-dun is a lot older than cockney. They have their name from the once marshy region in which they live. I believe we have to go back to 15th century England to find the origin of the name.
Dirt is almost correct, but it's not the correct word. It's a lot harder than dirt.
It is indeed from the
night the stars and fears and dark dreams comes.