a plague on you pudding  ..

Maybe a next year.


hugs,
buddhakitty.

years are annual things, like the cup
final or pancake day, but they last
longer ..

Dear P,

Another hilarious post. Thanks for the lift. H🌷

glad you picked it up  :)

I had to read this twice trying to decide if it was in reference to the cost of something, or a year!  I'm leaning toward the latter, however, knowing you . . .

1665 was the plague year, 1666 the great fire of london, which
began in pudding lane in a bakery ..

Dammit I should've caught that, being I love British history!  Why didn't I catch that. Because it's PAUL, and I never know what to expect from him!

So, it was a baker who started the great plague of London. Maybe he was Dutch, since on March 4th 1665 Charles II decalred war on the Netherlands, defeating them on June 13th 1665 at the Battle of Lowestoft.
Of course, they got their own back the following year by starting the Great Fire of London, (in a baker's shop owned by Thomas Farriner, in Pudding Lane - not sure if he was Dutch too)
But the real action was the Brits and Portuguese joining forces to beat those bloody Spaniards.
For the literati, the "London Gazette" was first published, also in 1665, (Nov 7th). All-in-all, quite a year.

I thought the plague came from poor food and livestock
husbandry in china pottery always sells well, I remember
as kids we used to drink corona pop from a bottle ..

Great poem.

thanks very much ..

and the butcher?
....the candlestick maker?

sorry....been outta the loop.....31 days in hospital.
gawd, watta nightmare.........

mate, knowing you, you'll be alwrite
about it (I would, if it was me ..     :)