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A nap, or brief sleep, is encouraged as a health benefit, mental and physical. The word nap may also be applied to horse racing predictions; perhaps one may dream up a couple of winners! A classic interpretation, according to the OED, is of a rough layer of projecting threads or fibres on the surface of a woollen or other textile fabric, a raised pile given to cloth when cutting or smoothing. ....
Down the romantic Old Bog Road and along the highways and byways of the countryside a great blanket of white blossom shimmers in the sunshine. John Clare (1793-1864), English poet and son of a farm labourer, wrote: “And whitethorn they are breaking down with blossoms/’Tis nature’s livery in the bonny May.” ....
MISS MONEYSAVER: There couldn t be a better time to learn how to forage for food you can harvest from hedgerows, woods, beach and even streets if you know where to look and what to look for. ....