The first coltsfoot of the season is flowering, at last a real sign of spring.
The tin can was a bit of flotsam, or is it jetsam? Either way, from the label the contents were painted on a ship's bottom.
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Norfolk
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Mundesley,
Norfolk
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2 comments:
A nice little linguistic puzzle thank you!
"In maritime law, flotsam applies to wreckage or cargo left floating on the sea after a shipwreck. Jetsam applies to cargo or equipment thrown overboard from a ship in distress and either sunk or washed ashore."
So unless the ship sank, I reckon your tin must be jetsam!
Good to see the coltsfoot.
Jetsam it is then.
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