tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post3826830043554523904..comments2024-01-29T03:04:24.219+11:00Comments on Flinders Family Freer: WeddingsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-48297054457951292012011-04-13T21:45:33.662+10:002011-04-13T21:45:33.662+10:00Tinker, Tailor,
Soldier, Sailor,
Rich Man, Poor Ma...Tinker, Tailor,<br />Soldier, Sailor,<br />Rich Man, Poor Man,<br />Beggar Man, Thief<br /><br />Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - one of my favourite books by one of my favourite authors too........birenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11995840418966696101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-66708492442885337092011-04-13T21:39:21.291+10:002011-04-13T21:39:21.291+10:00Thanks - google uncle wasnt forthcoming this time ...Thanks - google uncle wasnt forthcoming this time !birenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11995840418966696101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-24895710801300323572011-04-13T07:50:34.906+10:002011-04-13T07:50:34.906+10:00Biren - a 'Tink' is Irish short form of &#...Biren - a 'Tink' is Irish short form of 'Tinker' -travelling (sometimes Romany) pot memders of yesteryear. They had a fairly bad reputation for casual theft etc, as well as one the most obscene songs ever about the highland Tinker.<br /><br />This 'Tink' was a rather good fellow and a Catholic Priest, and the name is just the short form of something innocuous. <br /><br />Only someone like me would still know what the other interpretation was. Tinkerbell - was in fact a play on this too - she's a rather common little fairy, in the classist backround of the authorAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12315551718688781746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-30404336885096655812011-04-13T00:20:38.957+10:002011-04-13T00:20:38.957+10:00A Tinker Bell.....A Tinker Bell.....birenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11995840418966696101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301791108611372665.post-49531918319390732812011-04-13T00:08:39.162+10:002011-04-13T00:08:39.162+10:00what in the world is a "Tink"??what in the world is a "Tink"??birenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11995840418966696101noreply@blogger.com