I'll do the old gorilla the justice to say that he is open-handed with money.

In the trough behind the white wave / Helen shook her dark head, the water sluiced from her shoulders / And rose-tipped breasts.

Common in the north and west of Yorkshire, laithe-houses are farmsteads in which the combined byre and barn (the laithe) was constructed as an elongated extension of the dwelling, with which it shares the same roof.

Aphids can be controlled by spraying with a modern (targetted) aphidicide early in the season, as a routine precaution, or soft soap sprays can be used on a regular basis.