Alresford Cryptic Quiz

[megfitz]

Any ideas please
Supernatural happenings.
1)Poacher's ghost heard here (9)
2)Sounds fatuous and is misleading (4,1,3,4,)

Money and numbers
1)Could brighten up the pound in your pocket (5,10)
2) Flashy bird's the money (7)

Many thanks

[gangesboy]

2 will o the wisp ?

[mallyh]

all i can find is.. 2, cock and hen=£10 that explains the birds part of the clue

[Davemano]

1 If not too extreme, an Australian swagman is a poacher and his ghost can be heard as you pass be the Billabong.

[megfitz]

Thank you gangesboy

[megfitz]

Thanks Mallyh ..I've looked at rhyming slang as well,like you I can't find anything
Peacock is the only flashy bird I can think of,what do you think of Paycock as in "Juno and" or Mynah bird =moolah ?
Yes I'm clutching at straws. so any ideas gratefully received.

[dannyk13]

Could flashy bird be referring to the human kind?

[megfitz]

Yes it could be, but who? or could it be a film reference.

[chiaroscuro]

1)Could brighten up the pound in your pocket (5,10)

Money laundering?

[mallyh]

2 Ruddock is a bird and a coin?

[megfitz]

Thank you mallyh that is genius!
chiaroscuro ,thanks that's much better than "brass polishing" which I had stuck in my head.
What do think for "the poachers ghost " I am intrigued by Billabong but not totally convinced.

[mallyh]

billabong sounds good ....his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong

[kawagino]

Poachers Inn, Bickerton (in Cheshire) supposed to be haunted?

[megfitz]

Thanks everyone.