The de-forestration of Scotland

They are three names of contributors to this wonderful forum

Rosequartz?

Mary Mary quite contrary how does your garden grow?
With rosequartz and Penstemmon,
And little Jinglbellfrocks all in a row.

Sounds about right!

Jack and Ali went down the valley
To fetch a pail of water
But Jack tripped up
And said 'oh f**k'
I'll have to tell the pater

I know, split infinitive.

To boldly go and all that

I have joined in this thread but have no idea what it is all about

Welcome, nellynolan
(or has she hastily gone?)

Jill and Ali went down the valley etc etc would be better

My next tool will be a log splitter. The current log splitter (MrBags) is wearing out.

BagsYou could retire him to the summerhouse in the garden which you are going to make out of logs and from where he can direct operations. Then you can get a younger more muscled version for logsplitting and other tasks

Hello nellynolan, welcome from me too.

Nellie is right. Sometimes it's good to be bonkers even if you don't know what the thread is about, as long as we can have a much needed laugh on ocassion.

I was even pulled up for my bad grammer. Much needed in my case because I was, as ever, being lazy about such matters.

I forgot about the 'pail' in Jack and Jill but always assumed they went up the hill because that's where the well was!

As you can see nellynolan We some of us on here are raving bonkers. I have no idea what this thread is about but it is funny.

nellynolan Are you new? If so welcome.

twigged what sort of twig Ana

janer you are so sensible! I never thought of that.

Yes, you're right about the eucalyptus, rosequartz - I read it at the time and never twigged....

And for the same reason it's not

Jack fell down and broke his leg.

Pails used to be huge and made of heavy wood, more like a half-barrel, often two people used to have to hold either side of a handle, especially children.

Springs often emerge halfway up hills. It's better to collect from the source, than lower down where animals have fed and fouled the water. (farming family!)

Because it wouldn't rhyme?

I have never seen a kangaroo up a tree, even a eucalyptus! (I have seen koalas though, and btw they are NOT bears but of course you all knew that, nor are they Scottish!).

No good me trying to climb a tree, especially a Scots pine with a straight trunk.

Buckets were always pails.

Jack and Jill went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water

(why not two, one each, and WHY was the water up the hill not down at the bottom in the pool?)

Oor Wullie, Fat Bob and Soapy Souter. Ageless.

Anyone else remember when a bucket was called a pail?

Excellent.

jings. Oor Wullie was always depicted sitting on an enamel bucket.

Was my grammer ok this time?

Now I've got this picture in my head of Bags, outside a tent in the middle of the North York Moors, rain pelting down, bitterly cold wind whistling across a lonely campsite, sitting on an upturned bucket, from which she has just fished out her sarnies.

I did not know about it until I met my husband. Then we had to buy it every week. It's the best Sunday paper in Northumberland, too.