Was it fur this?
Apparently.
National Library of Ireland writes:
We recently acquired this letter from WB Yeats, sent from Nassau Hotel, Dublin, to Dorothy Reilly, wife of Sir Charles Herbert Reilly, regarding a fur rug…
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can anyone read that handwriting ?
It was written with a dipped nib – no biros then.
ah I’m old enough to have been gifted a nib for my ” joined up writing ” when I was ten ! If I’m honest that handwriting makes mine look good, I have been forced to print shopping lists for himself because my written ones have rather hilarious results :)
…W.B. is the short form of written badly. ;-)
Yes, he’s saying that the rug really tied the room together.
Hehehehehe
ha, nice one,
I was on an all fur rug and no knickers tangent myself….damn springtime, plays havoc with the naughty thoughts
Nothing wrong with a nice healthy breeze to air out the carpets.
n’est pas
All well and good, until donkeys, ponies, zebras etc. start following you around.
Don’t go piddling in a field.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCcvv9D9P8M
“The old man told me to take any rug in the house”
he was asking if her fur rug matched her drapes.
I tried but maybe this will remain a mystery for mankind
I thought my handwriting was bad but
Nassau Hotel
Nov 18
Dear Mr Reilly
Mrs Reynolds has written to me about the fur rug and I have asked her to send it to me here unless you have sent for it. If you have it I would be vey much obliged if you would send it to me. I hoped to be able to … (illegible) … soon as possible. I am very sorry to give you so much trouble. I hate …(illegible-ish)… a parcel and I know a rug must be harder than most parcels. I am sorry I have been so cavalier(?).
(Illegible)
WB Yeats
A rough draft, maybe.
you did better than me
My god it all makes sense
I often wonder why doctors handwriting is regarded as pretty illegible as well
Sorry, am late to the table.
I hope this helps, as I realise his scrawl is similar to his brother Jack’s, and I have seen some of that before regarding his paintings.
I make the first ‘illegible’ as: I hoped to be able to come by Dean (Lean?) House but it is proved to be impossible
The ‘illegible-ish’ as: I hate foistering off a parcel…
Last line ‘careless’, not cavalier
Can’t get the last before his name,
Best I can do, and likely wrong anyway :-)
RIP W.B. Yeats, another victim of Big Laudanum.
What need you be concerned with pence,
Measure up my rug, its size deduce
Then parcel. post at my expense,
For without it I cannot seduce!
Oh beloved Maud, you and I alone
Love-making by a blazing fire,
A rug of fur to call our own?
Or a pelt to cloak o’er my desire?
Oooh!
And so easy to change the rug colour to match the decor:
Just cast a cold dye on it.
Lol … good man Paulus !
Nice one mat … I mean mate …
excellent
:)
Very nice Fergalito
:)