In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, s.parish17-
XZoyATsUNX5Wk0Htik3J/[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> --- In [email protected], "ansonpowell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> wrote:
> >> p.448 Gongoozler - 'an idle and inquisitive person who stands 
> staring for
> > prolonged periods at anything out of the common.  This word is 
> believed to
> > have its origins in the Lake District of England.'
> >> Mike
> > 
> > Narrowboar Joanna
> >
> 
> What is this life if, full of care,
> We have no time to stand and stare.
> 
> (Wm. Henry Davies)

Who allegedly wrote this on observation of the locks at Altyryn in 
South Wales...

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