tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post3989652519634166246..comments2023-12-01T10:35:12.938+00:00Comments on Boatlife: Cruising Aboard NB Valerie: Going to MarketLes Biggshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06200731053479474814noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-83276015294493413922014-02-07T12:57:10.629+00:002014-02-07T12:57:10.629+00:00Hi Alisatir,
Not Eutopia but so very different fr...Hi Alisatir, <br />Not Eutopia but so very different from Car Nation as Les and I have dubbed the U.S. While I may rant about the disastrous shortcomings of hte NHS, there are many fine and wonderful things about this country that should be recognized and celebrated and the weekly markets defo fall into the at category. <br />JaqXMrs. Jaqueline Biggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248541763708771727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-91002954956681706582014-02-07T12:52:55.484+00:002014-02-07T12:52:55.484+00:00Hi Baz,
Good to know. Pony could be either gender...Hi Baz, <br />Good to know. Pony could be either gender so that makes sense. I am actually quoting my Welsh grandmother who probably changed it to mare since she was an old grey one!<br />Cheers, <br />JaqMrs. Jaqueline Biggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248541763708771727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-30026092578732317822014-02-04T19:33:04.520+00:002014-02-04T19:33:04.520+00:00Market Drayton sounds like Eutopia... Everyone rec...Market Drayton sounds like Eutopia... Everyone recycling carrier bags and walking instead of driving! <br /><br />If only...<br /><br />Cheers, AlistairAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-84354188783643740812014-02-02T16:48:39.272+00:002014-02-02T16:48:39.272+00:00Hi Jaq & Les,
up here in the north, Yorkshire ...Hi Jaq & Les,<br />up here in the north, Yorkshire to be precise, it's normally shank's pony that describes walking.<br /><br />BazAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-77713471076554849162014-02-02T13:58:10.850+00:002014-02-02T13:58:10.850+00:00Yep Mitch I#m with you. there is a good gamy taste...Yep Mitch I#m with you. there is a good gamy taste such as venison and Moose, and an awful gamy taste such as old sheep and certain beeves.<br />Cheers, <br />JaqMrs. Jaqueline Biggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248541763708771727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-32194804529032690262014-02-02T13:56:37.908+00:002014-02-02T13:56:37.908+00:00Hi Jill,
The version you and I quote--and which m...Hi Jill, <br />The version you and I quote--and which most folks are familiar come from 1805: "To market, to market, to buy a fat pig, Home again, home again, jiggety-jig.<br />To market, to market, to buy a fat hog, Home again, home again, jiggety-jog.<br />To market, to market, to buy a plum bun, Home again, home again, market is done." <br /><br />The original written form dates from 1598: "To market, to market to buy a penny bun; home againe, home againe, market is done." <br /><br />I remember my grandmother reading this to me form my Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme book in the early 1960's.Mrs. Jaqueline Biggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248541763708771727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-15670077050133889552014-02-01T18:16:37.310+00:002014-02-01T18:16:37.310+00:00Hi Jaq,
I really enjoyed reading this post as alwa...Hi Jaq,<br />I really enjoyed reading this post as always, love Market Drayton. I am with you about the fish and chips being cooked in beef dripping, my family and friends think I am the odd one. Many of them still eat a beef dripping butty on a Sunday night after the Sunday roast, yuk yuk yukity yuk. Keep up the good work.<br />Michhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929095376075996417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11311723.post-21068519614544872692014-02-01T13:26:11.613+00:002014-02-01T13:26:11.613+00:00Now I was always taught it as, "To market, to...Now I was always taught it as, "To market, to market, to buy a fat pig. Home again, home again, jiggedy jig"Jill, Matilda Rosenoreply@blogger.com