Spectres and Phantoms
Looking at Vernon Hill's extraordinary calendar for 1910, I can't help noticing that February is a pretty bad month. I don't know what "the hateful Fill-Dyke" is exactly, but it sounds awful [update: looks like he took it from an old rhyme]:
At least it's not November, which looks even worse:
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Fill-Dyke, a freezing winter rain, and melted winter snow filling the ditches to overflowing according to the Brewers Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.
Posted by: JB | February 16, 2009 10:47 PM