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was donald trump proud that he skipped biden's inaugration

Enough. Matt Deres (talk) 14:14, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
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49.149.137.31 (talk) 00:27, 2 September 2021 (UTC) why did hillary clinton and joe biden attend trump's inauguration but trump did not attend biden's inauguration? 49.149.137.31 (talk) 00:32, 2 September 2021 (UTC) 49… Could you perhaps keep all your questions about Trump not attending Biden’s inauguration to one single thread? Starting so many threads about the same issue can sometimes be considered disruptive. Thanks. Blueboar (talk) 01:32, 2 September 2021 (UTC) Class. You've either got it or you haven't. DuncanHill (talk) 01:50, 2 September 2021 (UTC) Because Trump has bad manners. Cullen328 Let's discuss it 01:59, 2 September 2021 (UTC) It was in furtherance of his fictional story that he himself "won" the election, so in effect his taking off early was in protest, i.e. refusing to concede. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 02:58, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

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Fidele's Grassy Tomb

Henry Newbolt's poem "Fidele's Grassy Tomb" is set at the island church of Orchardleigh, where Newbolt himself is buried. Is the poem based on local folklore? His wife was a Duckworth, of the family which had the church restored, when it could have come to pass that "laying the floor anew, they found/ In the tomb of the Squire the bones of a hound". Thank you, DuncanHill (talk) 02:02, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Just for clarity, he obviously got the title from William Collins, but I mean the bones, as it were, of the story. DuncanHill (talk) 02:05, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Here is a compatible story, not presenting a bibliographically identifiable source but quoting an author Jan Toms, perhaps this one. The story can reportedly^[1] also be found in the book Palaces for Pigs by Lucinda Lambton, pp. 222–225.  --Lambiam 10:40, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

The Toms book is Animal Graves and Memorials, but no Google Books preview. Alansplodge (talk) 15:27, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

Don’t know if this fits with the rest of the poem, but searching for dog folktales in Somerset I found Odds and Ends of Somerset Folklore (1958 article): "I was also told that the reason w h y n o dog's bones are ever accidentally excavated in churchyards was b e c a u s e unpopular people were 'laid atop, so's they was both kept awake' — t h e dog to do his duty, and the sinner t o repent in endless wakefulness." 70.67.193.176 (talk) 17:21, 3 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks all, I also found this excursion report from the Forty-fifth Annual Meeting of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society (1893). "One thing of interest found in the church was the skeleton of a dog in the Champney chapel. There was a tradition to the effect that a member of the Champney family was rescued from drowning, off the coast of Denmark, by a large and skilful dog. A monument was erected to its memory in the park. The stone had been destroyed, but the only word it bore was known to have been " Fidele." It was said that a former bishop ordered the body of the dog to be exhumed and buried elsewhere ; but as the skull and skeleton of the animal were found in the church, the order must have been disobeyed and the monument erected as a blind". You can hear Newbolt reciting the poem here. DuncanHill (talk) 00:45, 5 September 2021 (UTC)