Francesca Johnson - Noggin

'It's a noggin' he said,
when I asked him what that object was.

'It's to keep evil spirits
away from the entrance to the room,
a centuries old tradition.'

It hangs.

I suppose it COULD be a noggin.

It looked more like
a locking device, to me.......

Francesca Johnson

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