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Banks
The banks of the River Doon in Ayrshire.
The banks of the River Doon in Ayrshire. Robert Burns’s song from 1791, recalling the unhappy case of Margaret ‘Peggy’ Kennedy (1766-95), abandoned by Andrew McDouall and left with his child, begins by invoking this verdant countryside.
Ye banks and braes o’ bonie Doon,
How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair;
How can ye chant, ye little birds,
And I sae weary, fu’ o’ care!
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The banks of the River Doon in Ayrshire. Robert Burns’s song from 1791, recalling the unhappy case of Margaret ‘Peggy’ Kennedy (1766-95), abandoned by Andrew McDouall and left with his child, begins by invoking this verdant countryside.
Ye banks and braes o’ bonie Doon,
How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair;
How can ye chant, ye little birds,
And I sae weary, fu’ o’ care!
Introduction
A Polyword is a game with words and letters. Make words of four letters or more from the letters of a nine-letter word, using each letter only once. Include the highlighted letter in every word you make. Can you beat our score?
Tap on any letter to use it for your word. Remember to include the highlighted letter. To change the highlighted letter and get different words, click here.
Find Banks in the Archive
Spinners Find in Think and Speak
For each group of words, compose a sentence that uses all three. You can use any form of the word: for example, cat → cats, go → went, or quick → quickly, though neigh → neighbour is stretching it a bit.
This exercise uses words found in the accompanying puzzle.
1 Beak. Care. Reek.
2 Acne. Creak. Near.
3 Bran. Crab. Neck.
Variations: 1. include direct and indirect speech 2. include one or more of these words: although, because, despite, either/or, if, unless, until, when, whether, which, who 3. use negatives (not, isn’t, neither/nor, never, nobody etc.)
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