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[Mofin01]

Help needed please with 1, 21a & 26a

"The chap complained at length and,  from his lofty position,  donated the Coek anthem to others"(2,4,4,4,3,5)

What seems to fit in is "He gave them down the banks" but it doesn't make sense to me!!!

[scorpiojo]

Does this help?

https://books.google.com/books/about/Notes_and_Queries.html?id=DUwAAAAAYAAJ#v=onepage&q=%22down%20the%20banks%22&f=false

 

[scorpiojo]

//This quote on "down the banks" is from an 1862 edition of Notes and Queries.

It is frequently heard in the South of Ireland, often in a threatening sense. "If he dares to do it, he'll get down the banks, I promise him," or "I got down the banks for my pains," &c. It appears to mean a severe scolding sometimes.//

[Mofin01]

Thanks so much Scorpiojo, I've never heard that phrase before !!