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OP I first came across "loblolly" in the Bloody Jack series of books, by L.A. Meyer.
Jacky Faber is an orphan and street urchin in London, circa 1803. After volunteering to be a ship's boy in the Royal Navy life gets better. One problem: Jacky is a girl and has to find a way of hiding her gender from the other ship's boys and the officers of The Dolphin. In one of the books she meets a ship's loblolly.
I loved these adventure books and can particularly recommend the audio versions with reader Katherine Kellgren.
Most unfortunately, author Meyer died just a few weeks ago.
You can read about the series here: Bloody Jack.
Is there any connection to Jacky Faber of
"Puff the Magic Dragon", or am I confused about the name in Puff?
----please, draw me a sheep----
OP
Thanks, funny how you get a word in your head and it remains.
I've thought it was Faber since first hearing the song.
Appreciate the update of decades.
----please, draw me a sheep----
The name, Jackie Paper, was a factor in the common interpretation that Puff the Magic Dragon was about marijuana use. "Puff the magic drag in."
Oh Wow. I am behind the times. Or just naive.
Thanks much.
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It was before your time.
Not really, I just led a very sheltered life, and grew up
in boarding school, very isolated. I always thought the song
very sad, but when I next hear it, I will listen carefully
for a different interpretation.
----please, draw me a sheep----
In the dictionary it is quoted as being a thick gruel.
loblolly. Dictionary.com. Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition. HarperCollins Publishers. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/loblolly (accessed: January 26, 2015).
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