Just what on Earth is feigned magic?
A quite amusing parlour trick!
It's time that thoughts were put to bed
of people channelling the dead.
Now don't you think it rather daft
if one gives credence to witchcraft?
Your newt's eye brews don't go down well,
and I'm not bothered by your spell;
for nature's laws cannot be broke
by silly incantations spoke.
Therefore, it seems, in "jugglery",
we've found a word which should not be.
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Author Notes
Today's word: jugglery (n.) feigned magic or witchcraft.
As opposed to "real" magic or witchcraft? Oh, please!
My other half loves to tell the story of how she was discussing a TV show with a work colleague. The series featured tricks by some famous TV magician - it could have been Constantino, or someone else. The work friend didn't like the show because "The magic isn't real!" What does that even mean?
Image: By Strobridge Litho. Co., Cincinnati & New York [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
My much-treasured Christmas present for 2017 is a book by Paul Anthony Jones: "The cabinet of linguistic curiosities". Each page contains a descriptive story about some obscure or archaic word. It occurred to me it would be a fun exercise to try and write, each day, a poem featuring the "word of the day" from the book.
Thanks for reading.
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