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Post by foxglove on Jan 4, 2011 14:42:31 GMT 1
Ponies in Bogs that I recall:
Tarquin in one of the Kestrels series Shantih in Night of the Red Pony (not entirely sure it's this one of the Jinny books) Skewbald in Skewbald The New Forest Pony Tuppence in Martin Rides The Moor
I think some loose horses run dangerously close to boggy ground in Red Rosette. There is a general fear of bogs in books set on moorland or forests.
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Post by Claire on Jan 4, 2011 22:32:53 GMT 1
Teehee I see everyone has voted for gypsies ;D
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Post by Claire on Feb 2, 2011 22:30:19 GMT 1
Just read another 'falling into bog' one - The Runaway Horse by Jane yres, both horse and a girl fall into a bog. Its a 2010 book. So just shows its still going strong! Funny tho I live where there is a lot of marsh land and in fact I've fell in them myself (had to plodge thru one the other day) and tho not very pleasant they just arent dangerous, except to your clothes! I suppose there may be some dangerous ones on dartmoor but the only people I have heard being killed in a similar situation are those poor people on the sands at Morecambe Bay and thats quicksand, not bog.
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Post by jinglerebel on Feb 3, 2011 2:27:24 GMT 1
In Jill Has Two Ponies Jill and Diana ride into a bog but it's dealt with in one paragraph, their main regret is that it was a very smelly bog and Mercy Dulbottle (my favourite character name) keeps telling them they "hum" ;D .
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2011 7:27:34 GMT 1
I'm pleased to hear the bog cliche is still alive and kicking ;D "Hum" I wonder how that word is connected to stinking to high heaven?
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Post by Claire on Feb 3, 2011 12:24:27 GMT 1
Yes from my experience of bogs Jill and Ann's experience is more realistic. I wonder if 'hum' is a northern expression as we use it up here and Ruby Ferguson actually came from Yorkshire.
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Post by haffyfan on Feb 3, 2011 21:21:25 GMT 1
yep we use hum too so maybe it is a more northern thing? Out of interest in that case do any of you know what loppy means?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2011 21:34:21 GMT 1
I've never heard of it so I google it and it says "Hanging Limp"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2011 21:37:19 GMT 1
Just started reading Three White Stockings by Moyra Charlton and guess what...a huntsman jumps straight over a stone wall and into a bog
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2011 20:10:42 GMT 1
Another bog! This time in The Young Horsebreakers by Golden Gorse
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Post by Claire on May 12, 2011 20:23:20 GMT 1
lol Rosie, read a very modern one the other day (forget what it was) and there was a bog in that one - shows the old cliches are still going strong! Actually I think I will compile a cliche-ometer with points given for the various top cliches on the poll and then we can rate any book to find its cliche factor! ;D I wonder what would win....?
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2011 18:15:19 GMT 1
Think I have a bog fetish ;D
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Post by rallycairn on Dec 20, 2012 1:54:21 GMT 1
bumpity bump so I don't have to keep tracking this thread down for the Christmas cliches game/quiz!
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