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Old 03-July-2005, 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Arneb

Whow, I hadn't thought of that. Imaginative =D> , but no cigar - a mare is a wet place, not mother to it. Is a wrinkle round? What about the place where the cunning man reigned?
No, but a "mare" (using one sense) is a female in several senses and the mother of a foal. A "Mare" in another sense can be used to describe not only the sea, but an arm of the sea, a creek, an inlet, a marsh or a fen (or "a lot of wet places"). And where else would a "cunning man reign" but in a place of cleverness? :wink:

(mumble...mumble...I bet I could find a round wrinkle somewhere....mumble...)

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