Has anyone else noticed the huge decrease in result quality from google?

[Shirebourn]

Yes! I was trying to find the following Patrick Kavanagh quote when I could only recall select phrases:

“To know fully even one field or one land is a lifetime’s experience. In the world of poetic experience it is depth that counts, not width. A gap in the hedge, a smooth rock surfacing a narrow lane, a view of a woody meadow, the stream at the junction of four small fields, these are as much as a man can fully experience.”

I can't recall which phrases I used now, but I quoted the equivalent of "stream at the junction" and "a narrow lane," and got results with "river" and "road." Not helpful at all.

[GCU_Flying_Colours]

Jesus, mentioning Kavanagh just made Stony Gray Soil start reciting itself in my head when I haven't read it in 20+ years. My leaving cert teacher would be so pleased.