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I packed my carrier bag
So called for being easily portable
And in it I put
My Neolithic flint core
My Bronze Age Beaker pot
My third century Roman toiletries
My sixth century stockings
My eleventh century book
My fourteenth century Apostle spoons
My seventeenth century kitten-heeled shoes
My eighteenth century loose gown
And called the bag my portmanteau
59 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Portmanteau
btw: Manteau is a loose gown fashionable in eighteenth century
crispina kemp 
A time traveller’s trunk no less
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Indeed, yes. contrived so I could use the word manteau without the port
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Fantastic collection!
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Thank you. It was fun
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You’re welcome!
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🙂
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That portmanteau seems to be magical to contain so many items… I want one!
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Yes, it’s my magical bag. I’ve had it since my children were young. We used to play I packed my back and theme it. The one I licked best was to start small (a microbe eg) and each person had to increase the size. And in it I put the universe… that finished the game
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What a wonderful game!
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It kept my kids occupied for hours
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I bet!
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Great memory training, too
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All the better.
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Probably I could do with playing that again. I’m getting so I can’t remember names… actors, singers, authors, not terrific important some of my favourites from years past
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That’s because our brains have years of stuff in there! But it probably wouldn’t be a bad idea to play to stimulate your remembery 😉
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Note it’s only names I have this problem with. And I’m wondering if it cames the virus I had which also result in memory loss particularly of names. Maybe I just haven’t needed to access those names since.
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Hmm. Interesting. I personally think the Rolodex is fo full it takes time to spin it to find what we are looking for. Plus, with the internets, we have become lazy and just look things up now.
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Oh haven’t we ever. Yea, so handy. Even this morning… oh, how do you say Good Morning in Norwegian? Google translated. Oh surprise, it’s so-so close to German.
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Fantastic take!
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Thank you. It’s a favourite game of mine
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Wow, that’s a lot of stuff and it works so well with the prompt. Superbly done ☺️
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Thank you 🙂
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Dear Crispina,
That’s a fascinating haul. Nicely carried.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you very much. I really enjoyed assembling the items
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Quite a bagful, something for every eventuality! A highly original take, nice one.
My 59!
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Thank you. History fanatic 🙂
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The case of the millennial traveler. Nicely done, Crispina.
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Thank you, Bill 🙂
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Only the necessities in fact!
pax,
dora
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🙂
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