In the poem, how much did the Owl and the Pussycat pay for their ring?
Correct answer: A shilling
jerezaa
Edward Lear must have been hitting the bong trees pretty hard the day he wrote that poem.
Laudy Miss Claudy
I always loved that poem.
nurseynan
my all time favourite poem
Unreal Neil.
jerezaa, High as a kite...
Dina
Lisik, farthing is the correct spelling. Definition in another answer
Callie Rose
toe jam, yes with Barbara Streisand in the iconic negligee with the hands appliqued on the breaststroke. the movie also has George Segal as her neighbor.
andrea
very cool. never heard this poem B4.
mousie4
Lisik, A farthing is a quarter of an old penny in British currency. It's name is derived from a fourth part or fourthing. There were 48 farthings in a shilling therefore 960 in a £.
Lisik
What is a fathing?
toe jam
wasn't there a movie called, the owl and the pussycat?
Roo
Great stuff. Off his nut, he was.
Player Teresa611
I adore this poem.
Rick-N-Bacher
Player #30740230, it gets the creative juices flowing
Old Fool
jerezaa, I wrote a lot of poems in the '70s.
Or at least I often woke up to find poems scrawled in what might be my handwriting on the walls of my apartment.
Player #30740230
jerezaa, well the author's, and artists of that time period enjoyed opium dens, and Absinth served in their local pubs. I am not suggesting this was the case with Mr. Lear
Player judyndisguise
lily 21, no kidding!
Chelseablue 1971
jerezaa, was he on opium? It makes NO SENSE!!
ObnoxiousJock69209
There never was a coin called a FATHING. But there were FARTHINGS (4 in one penny).
Player #96919
nurseynan, mine too.love it
SloaneRanger2019
pattiehartland5000, One fourth of a penny. Like the half penny it is now obsolete. Inflation:)