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Thread #126706   Message #2818440
Posted By: Brian Peters
22-Jan-10 - 09:06 AM
Thread Name: Imaginary places in song??
Subject: RE: Imaginary places in song??
"when Geordie stole 16 of the king's red deer and sold them in Bohemmy - does it mean Bohemia? and anyway is it Bohemmy or Bohenny?... "

It's usually Bohenny, which does mean Bohemia. I looked up a bit of stuff about Bohemia, and one of the things I noticed was that deer are so common there that they've become a pest, necessitating a cull. Not much hope for Geordie's business plan, then, even if he hadn't got hanged.