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| Tom Fool's Tree, Muncaster | ||
| Tom Fool's Tree | ||
| site name:- | Muncaster Castle | |
| civil parish:- | Muncaster (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | tree | |
| locality type:- | sweet chestnut | |
| coordinates:- | SD10399641 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | SD1096 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD19 | |
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 BNT95.jpg Tom Fool's Tree (taken 5.6.2007) |
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| hearsay:- |
Thomas Skelton was court jester to Sir Francis Pennington. Besides foolery, Sir Francis
had his jester kill a young carpenter who had courted his daughter; Thomas presented
his master with the young man's head. His jesting gave rise to the term tomfoolery
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| Sweet chestnut, or spanish chestnut, Castanea sativa. |
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| Richardson, Keith: 2011: Jack's Yak: River Greta Writer (Keswick, Cumbria):: ISBN
978 0 9559640 2 2 |
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