Behind The Fence

[r.magnay]

...cemetary Maureen?

[Heather]

That's the QLD spelling Ross, coz they say it slower.

Hadn't heard that word before Marty.

[warooa]

vermilionize: it's in (the last line of) a prominent poem by a famous Australian poet.

Anyone?

[r.magnay]

...the man from Ironbark?....

[Peely]

An Answer to Various Bards by Banjo Paterson

"And then we'll come to Sydney and vermilionise the bars"

Note: I have used the spelling as found in my text. The use of 's' instead of 'z' from what I was taught was the preferred spelling for Australia and England.

[Bob Pacey]

Oh Heather I read the title and thought it was like behind the shed at school


Still a great poem though


Bob

[Heather]

...what do you mean "though" ?

[warooa]

An Answer to Various Bards by Banjo Paterson

"And then we'll come to Sydney and vermilionise the bars"

Note: I have used the spelling as found in my text. The use of 's' instead of 'z' from what I was taught was the preferred spelling for Australia and England.

Yes . . (sorry, Heather - those bloody post hi-jacking tangents at it again ) Peely . . my old 1965 Angus and Robertson Collected Verse of A.B. has a "z".

To vermilionise the bars obviously means to "go on a bender". Where it originates I'm not sure?

Marty

[Heather]

Vermillion (Aust Oxford Dict) - cinnabar - a brilliant red pigment made from... or the Geddes or Gosset version - bright scarlet colour

A fancy way of saying "paint the town red" - what ya reckon?

[Neville Briggs]

bright scarlet colour

I already told youse that. You don't listen to me do you. Understandable.