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WAR AT THE NUTT FARM

By Dan Donlan, www.PoetryPoem.com/dandy1    Unlock all Features - Upgrade to Poetry Prime

One chair at the table
and two want to sit down
The word, "Galore"
comes from the Irish
"Go lear", which means
"Enough" or "Plenty"
When someone has
had enough, they might
be told to "Say Uncle",
From the Irish anocal meaning
"Have Mercy!"
I as an uninterested onlooker
at the War at the Nutt Farm
Be the first to say Uncle
The red hand of Ulster
The ancient Celtic symbol
That now represents Northern Irish
originated when two Chieftians were
fighting each to rule Ulster
They decided to settle their dispute
with a race; the one whose hand
touched Ulster first would be new King
When they reached the river
that fronted the province
One swam across the other cut
off his hand with a sword
and then threw it across
Thus the new King was left handed
The hand not your heads at the Nutt farm
For me an American saying, "Give it a rest!"

Some of this response borrowed from
"Little known facts about well-Known
Places in Ireland--Author David Hoffman
I like this one:
Ireland eats more corn flakes
than oatmeal--and per capita
eats more corn flakes than any
other country in the world
Next week i well write about all
the Nannies in the neighborhood
and yard workers and some made
up suicide stories
He that also desires to be King
Only can't last five minutes
on the last hundred list
Confusedas say,"
Give the Donkey some credit for the ride







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