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Thread #49445   Message #747079
Posted By: IanC
12-Jul-02 - 07:39 AM
Thread Name: Yet Another Alphabet Quiz
Subject: RE: BS: Yet Another Alphabet Quiz
Thanks folks ... here's the whole list.

A - Adam and Eve
B - Bonny Bunch of Roses (Napoleon Bonaparte)
C - Charlie Chaplin
D - Dainty Davie
E - Ellen Vannin
F - Frankie and Johnny
G - George Gershwin
H - Harry Houdini
I - It's a Long Way to Tipperary
J - John Barleycorn
K - Kitt Hath Lost Her Key
L - Leezie Lindsay
M - Miss McLeod's Reel
N - Nine Times a Night
O - Oggy Man
P - Pretty Peggy O' Derby
Q - Queen Jane
R - Roger de Coverley
S - Spencer The Rover
T - Great Tom is cast
U - Underneath Her Apron
V - Vicar of Bray
W - Wife of Usher's Well
X - X Green Bottles
Y - Young Rambleaway
Z - (General) Zachary Taylor

BruceO posted a lot of stuff on J. P. Collier's forgeries a couple of years ago. Worth the read.

BTW I found Hughie Jones's address and phone number on the web yesterday (can't find it today though) ... he posted it himself apparently ... someone might like to 'phone him? about Ellan Vannin, though there's one or two threads with some information.

:-)
Ian