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A few years ago I was writing nursery rhymes in English and one of them was about Tycho Brahe, the sixteenth century Danish astronomer who lost a piece of his nose in a duel and had it replaced with a silver plate. The King of Denmark gifted Brahe with an island in the straits between Denmark and Sweden and on that island Brahe built an observatory that he named
Stjerneborg - The Castle of the Stars. (I've been there, it's a pretty island.) My "British" nursery rhymes have never been published but here is the Tycho one, it's yours now
Vinny. One of my own favourites in all its na�vism.
TYCHO BRAHE LULLABY
Tycho Brahe had a silvern nose nose nose
Every night he rose rose rose
Bade the stars come close close close
Shine upon his nose nose nose
Shine upon his nose
Personally I
lost my mouth in the war ...the war between the sexes, ha ha... hairy business... (Piccy from earlier this summer, you'll remember I mentioned that one of my friends was having kittens...)
lol at
Maggie suspecting the dog!
Neti and I got on like a house on fire if you ask me! I'll try to be back tomorrow to tell the tale. Have to go look for
jno jr now.
anyone else for stockholm? I think there's still some room left.