At Loggerheads Traditional Cache
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You'll be at loggerheads with yourself. A fair amount of stealth may be required.
Unfortunately the original container was muggled, the name of the cache was related to the camo of the original container (it was hidden inside a carved out piece of a log). The container has been replaced and is no longer inside a log but is still pretty close to "loggerheads" in a sense.
The cache is located close to a "spruit" in the South of Johannesburg. We are not sure if it has a name or whether it is part of the storm water drainage system. We doubt the latter as it flows or trickles into the Kliprivier nature reserve and there are no signs as are posted in other areas warning of the dangers of a storm water drainage system.
This cache was made up by our youngest family member. The name of the cache means something, but not the literal meaning which is "in dispute with.".
The Origin of the phrase / word:
Of UK origin. The word 'loggerhead' is now not much used apart from in this odd phrase, and as a name - of a species of turtle, a bird and as a place name. It had two, now archaic, meanings but it isn't clear which is the source of the phrase. One meaning is 'a stupid person - a blockhead'. Shakespeare used it with that meaning in Love's Labours Lost, 1588:
"Ah you whoreson logger-head, you were borne to doe me shame."
It is also recorded as 'an iron instrument with a long handle used for melting pitch and for heating liquids'. This could also be what's referred to in 'at loggerheads'.
The first use of the phrase known in print is in Francis Kirkman's, The English Rogue, 1680:
"They frequently quarrell'd about their Sicilian wenches, and indeed..they seem..to be worth the going to Logger-heads for."
Loggerheads is also a small town in Staffordshire - a gift for jokers - 'Are you going on holiday this year? Yes, I'll be having a fortnight at Loggerheads with the wife'.
Enjoy the cache
********FTF Honours go to Nish4 30th Sept 2008********
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Ng gur onfr, oheag bhg, snyyra
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