Grapevine

By Babrecila

Six Pen'orth Of Chips .....

With a medium cod !  We have a good fish 'n chip shop nearby. As a child, I would go with friends, sixpence in my pocket , for a bag of chips.  I remember the time when six pen 'orth  saved my life according to our doctor. Not knowing that all parts of the laburnum tree are highly poisonous, after my chips, I ate some of the seeds in the pods thinking they were like peas. I was immediately violently ill and thanks to a stomach full of chips, there were no lasting effects, which could have been convulsions and paralysis and even worse !  

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