I have always interpreted the line
"The groaning trencher there ye fill"
in Burns' Ode to a Haggis to refer to the large dish/plate carrying the haggis to the table, not the person eating the haggis, although he may well be groaning too.
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- Mon Apr 28, 2014 12:06 pm
- Forum: Good Word Discussion
- Topic: Trencherman
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