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• Churchyard, Thomas — (?1520 1604)    Born at Shrewsbury, in his youth Churchyard was attached to the household of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey. He was a soldier and was taken prisoner several times and served under Lord Grey at the siege of Leith in 1560. In a poem… …   British and Irish poets

• bones —    A belief reported in England and Scotland from the mid 19th century onwards was that it is unwise to burn bones, usually with the reason that your own bones will ache if you do so, and a much earlier notion links burnt bones with toothache… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• goyt —  the stream of a water mill. York, West Riding. Called GOWTE at Bristol …   A glossary of provincial and local words used in England