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Eli Bishop: moved A 1 5 2 b to A 5 2 b

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Eli Bishop: Created page with "* {{PP|1|5|2|b}} "{{Ix|Fools Circel 9wys}}" The map at the beginning of the book shows the place names in this song moving inward in a spiral. See places for more about the si..."

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* {{PP|1|5|2|b}} "{{Ix|Fools Circel 9wys}}"
The map at the beginning of the book shows the place names in this song moving inward in a spiral. See places for more about the significance of each.
<blockquote>
Horny Boy rung Widders Bel 
Stoal his Fathers Ham as wel 
Bernt his Arse and Forkt a Stoan 
Done It Over broak a boan 
Out of Good Shoar vackt his wayt 
Scratcht Sams Itch for No. 8 
Gone to senter nex to see 
Cambry coming 3 times 3 
Sharna pax and get the poal 
When the Ardship of Cambry comes out of the hoal
</blockquote>

On a map of Kent, the spiral's points are easy to see with their modern names. ''[[Horny Boy]]'': Herne Bay. ''[[Widders Bel]]'': Whitstable. ''[[Fathers Ham]]'': Faversham. ''[[Bernt Arse]]'': Ashford. ''[[Fork Stoan]]'': Folkestone. ''[[Done It Over]]'': Dover. ''[[Good Shoar]]'': Deal. ''[[Sams Itch]]'': Sandwich. ''[[Cambry]]'': Canterbury.

9wys might be pronounced "nine ways" or "ninewise"; there are [[numbers|nine]] towns mentioned in the rhyme. The spiral from Herne Bay to Canterbury makes the shape of a figure 6, or an inverted 9. It is a counterclockwise spiral; moving counterclockwise (widdershins) has long been thought to have magical significance, and to be unlucky if done around a church.

''Vackt his wayt'' = ''{{Ix|vack your wayt}}'' = evacuate, move on. ''{{Ix|Sharna pax}}'' = sharpen ax (though "pax" is also schoolyard slang for "truce"); ''{{Ix|poal}}'', a pole which will have someone's head stuck on it.

''{{Ix|Ardship of Cambry}}'': Archbishop, or Hardship, of Canterbury.

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 * {{PP|5|2|b}} "{{Ix|Fools Circel 9wys}}"
-The map at the beginning of the book shows the place names in this song moving inward in a spiral. See places for more about the significance of each.
+The map at the beginning of the book shows the place names in this song moving inward in a spiral. See [[places]] for more about the significance of each.
 <blockquote>
      Horny Boy rung Widders Bel<br>

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 </blockquote>
-On a map of Kent, the spiral's points are easy to see with their modern names. ''[[Horny Boy]]'': Herne Bay. ''[[Widders Bel]]'': Whitstable. ''[[Fathers Ham]]'': Faversham. ''[[Bernt Arse]]'': Ashford. ''[[Fork Stoan]]'': Folkestone. ''[[Done It Over]]'': Dover. ''[[Good Shoar]]'': Deal. ''[[Sams Itch]]'': Sandwich. ''[[Cambry]]'': Canterbury.
+On a map of Kent, the spiral's points are easy to see with their modern names. ''[[Horny Boy]]'': Herne Bay. ''[[Widders Bel]]'': Whitstable. ''[[Fathers Ham]]'': Faversham. ''[[Bernt Arse]]'': Ashford. ''[[Fork Stoan]]'': Folkestone. ''[[Do It Over]]'': Dover. ''[[Good Shoar]]'': Deal. ''[[Sams Itch]]'': Sandwich. ''[[Cambry]]'': Canterbury.
 wys might be pronounced "nine ways" or "ninewise"; there are [[numbers|nine]] towns mentioned in the rhyme. The spiral from Herne Bay to Canterbury makes the shape of a figure 6, or an inverted 9. It is a counterclockwise spiral; moving counterclockwise (widdershins) has long been thought to have magical significance, and to be unlucky if done around a church.

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