Another Damned Medievalist delivers her spiel.
Brief Googling indicates this comes from a summary of episode 114 of Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks. The German source is evidently here.I confess I was hoping for a more interesting source, like Karl May or maybe a translation of Somerville and Ross.
OK -- that's just odd!
"He makes himself on that change his donkey Finnegan into a race horse."???
Hello,This is a great blog. I'm going to be sure to link yours to mine. Would you mind doing the same for me?Thank you very much.My site: www.americanlegends.blogspot.comTake care,Mark
one of these things is not like the others?
No, the subject is an unnamed "he" -- as in, idiomatically, he decided to turn his donkey, Finnegan, into a racehorse
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Brief Googling indicates this comes from a summary of episode 114 of Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks. The German source is evidently here.
I confess I was hoping for a more interesting source, like Karl May or maybe a translation of Somerville and Ross.
OK -- that's just odd!
"He makes himself on that change his donkey Finnegan into a race horse."
???
Hello,
This is a great blog. I'm going to be sure to link yours to mine. Would you mind doing the same for me?
Thank you very much.
My site:
www.americanlegends.blogspot.com
Take care,
Mark
one of these things is not like the others?
No, the subject is an unnamed "he" -- as in, idiomatically, he decided to turn his donkey, Finnegan, into a racehorse
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