Timeline for "Wear the broom and climb the hedgerows" in Housman's "A Shropshire Lad"
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| Jun 2, 2024 at 12:30 | comment | added | Peter Shor | While this might explain "wear the broom," I'm not convinced that it's an adequate explanation of "climb the hedgerows." Surely may-trees have just as sharp thorns in Worcestershire as in Shropshire. | |
| Jun 1, 2024 at 20:57 | history | answered | Gareth Rees | CC BY-SA 4.0 |