Plumbs

• s Miss Hooligan's Christmas Cake: "There was plums and prunes and cherries/ And citron and raisins and cinnamon too"
  • Ritual offerings of food for the dead have been common throughout history, giving rise to early beliefs in an afterlife; the ancient Egyptians gave food to their dead in honor of the god Osiris

• plumb: (n.) a bob weight on the end of a plumbline; (v.i.) to hang vertically; to work as a plumber

• s Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye: "With your drums and guns, and guns and drums"
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