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January 16, 2014

  • What the Man Boiled in His Billy and Other OddiTEAs

    The famous Australian bush ballad “Waltzing Matilda” has lyrics that seem quite strange to those of us not familiar with that local lingo. Terms like “swagman,” “billabong,” “tucker bag,” and most importantly for this article “billy.” And the words we think we know, well, they have very different meanings in the song: “waltzing” means to… Continue reading

  • Compo Tea 101

    When I was but a young fellow I didn’t really have much of a concept of what tea was. Tea, at our house, was a powdered concoction that came in a big jar and was mixed in a pitcher and stored in the refrigerator. I drank just enough of it to confirm that it was… Continue reading