Frank SonderborgFSonder@mastodon.ie
Oct 26, 2026, 8:48 PMBetween a Rock and a Gibraltar;+)
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/oct/26/the-horse-that-brought-down-manchester-united
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- Frank SonderborgFSonder@mastodon.ieOct 26, 2026, 8:54 PM
I believe Roy Keane called them Gombeen men. And he wasn't talking about the Glaziers;+)
- Frank SonderborgFSonder@mastodon.ieOct 26, 2026, 9:31 PM
THE GOMBEEN MAN
Behind a web of bottles, bales,
Tobacco, sugar, coffin nails
The gombeen like a spider sits,
Surfeited; and, for all his wits,
As meagre as the tally-board
On which his usuries are scored.
The mountain people come and go
For wool to weave or seed to sow,
White flour to bake a wedding cake,
Red spirits for a stranger's wake.Joseph Campbell
- Frank SonderborgFSonder@mastodon.ieOct 26, 2026, 9:34 PM
Red spirits for a stranger's wake.
No man can call his soul his own
Who has the Devil's spoon on loan.
And so behind his web of bales,
Horse halters, barrels, pucan sails
The gombeen like a spider sits,
Surfeited; and for all his wits,
As poor as one who never knew
The treasure of the early dew.
-- Joseph Campbell 
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