Lilian's Tree

                                                                 Edgar. Edgar hangs of my husbands tree with the glorious handle of Edgar Bird Ironside, being his great grandfather.  A very dapper fellow. The name Edgar comes from the Old English name,   Eadgar, formed from ead , meaning prosperity and   gar meaning spear, thus ' owning many spears.'   It has been in use from medieval time and was at it's peak in the late 19th century. Some famous Edgars are; Edgar Alan Poe, US poet and writer.  Edgar Rice Burroughs, US novelist.

                                                              ONOMATOPOEIA Onomatopoeia is when words suggest the thing or action, that they represent. Words like   buzz, crash, sizzle, plop, moo or hiss. The word Onomatopoeia comes from the Greek onoma, meaning name and poiein, to make. Edgar Allan Poe's,  (1809 - 1849), poem The Bells, is a good example. "Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme, To the tintinnabulation that musically wells From the bells, bells, bells." This poem is four stanza's in length and this piece is from the first stanza.  Published 1849. Tintinnabulation, means the ringing or sounding of bells. Bye for now, Lilian...