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| Banbury 'Chuffin' Cross |
CROSS!!!! I was fuking livid. Imagine walking 2 miles and finding this!?
I looked up the apparent meaning behind the nursery rhyme and unlike most other nursery rhymes (Ring-a-Ring-a Roses, London Bridge is Falling Down, Straight outta Compton et al) this one is not about chaos, death, mayhem disease or destruction but about a nice visit Elizabeth I once made.
Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross
To see a fine lady upon a white horse
With rings on her fingers and bells on her toes
She shall have music wherever she goes
I researched further some of the definitions on the more archaic terms: Cock Horse = Large Stallion ('natch)
Still....Better than what stands at the original site
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