Ghost And Ragman Roll

Preface

PREFACE

Redress - setting an injustice right; the term may imply retaliation or punishment

Ragman Roll- I first learned of the term Ragman Roll as the origination of the modern-day expression of rigmarole in the book Red Herrings and White Elephants by Albert Jacks. Jacks says the expression dates back over 700 years, and was used to describe a deed of loyalty to Edward I, signed by Scottish noblemen that eventually became a shambles of dishevelled documents that when unrolled was forty feet long. I liked the sound of Ragman Roll and I used it completely out of context. The modern derivative is thought to be ‘rigmarole’, now used to describe anything or anyone, of a troublesome, time consuming, awkward nature.

Ghost – A Spectre, or a Spook?

There are only three possible endings to any story aren't there? Revenge, tragedy or forgiveness - that’s it. All stories end like that. - Jeanette Winterson