Quite sore

Usage examples of aching.

Baron was always very respectful to Mr Aching since Granny had died two years ago, calling him the finest shepherd in these hills, and was generally held by the people in the village to be not too bad these days.

Joke, the one that must have been handed down from Aching to Aching for hundreds of years.

Anyway, however they were spelled, all her ancestors had been Aching to stay, not Aching to leave.

Down in the village decisions were made, things were done, life went on in the knowledge that in her old wheeled shepherding hut on the hills Granny Aching was there, watching.

And Granny Aching wrapped this silence around herself and made room inside it for Tiffany.

Granny Aching was going to be a witch even if Tiffany had to argue all day.

It was something Granny Aching had said once, when Tiffany had been crying about a lamb.

That was not a good thing to do if you wanted Granny Aching to be your friend.

But all stories about Granny Aching had a bit of fairy tale about them.

A few hours later the Baron sent his bailiff, who was far more important but had known Granny Aching for longer.

Granny Aching had nodded to the men, who grabbed the sheep and dragged it back into the barn.

Next day the Baron technically did give Granny Aching gold, but it was only the gold-coloured foil on an ounce of Jolly Sailor, the cheap and horrible pipe tobacco that was the only one Granny Aching would ever smoke.

Granny Aching for all the gold in the world, but you could definitely attract her attention with an ounce of Jolly Sailor.

Granny Aching died, the men had cut and lifted the turf around the hut and stacked it neatly some way away.

Granny Aching had been wrapped in a woollen blanket, with a tuft of raw wool pinned to it.