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English Identities

Thank you! Ireland attracted Norse speakers such that my maternal Norse line appears in every county of all Ireland. That representation causes me to consider Scandinavian influences as strong in Ireland also. Might Scandinavian influences be ...

DerdriuMarriner, 1 day ago

English Hedges

The Catholic Faith Store online advises us to "Get out and pray: how to create a prayer garden." For Mary-dedicated prayer gardens, the aforementioned site considers: Lilies, for Mary's grace and purity; Roses, for Mary's heavenly ...

DerdriuMarriner, 1 day ago

Belfast; HMS Caroline

The in-text images of onboard drink and food cause me to consider officer and sailor fare. Did the captain and his officers drink the same drinks and eat the same foods as their sailors? Or was it one menu for captain and officers and another ...

DerdriuMarriner, 1 day ago

Does God Speak?

Your comment below about natural events as harmful or as helpful caused me to consider world ends. A comment elsewhere, again in answer to previous observations and questions of mine, designates from Christian tradition fire as world ...

DerdriuMarriner, 1 day ago

Christian Hermits

To return at the appointed time is in the temptations of Christ in Luke's Gospel. Yes I'll be back is apt. Did you see the temptations of Christ in this story?

frankbeswick, 1 day ago

Irish myths and legends ( 1 ) - The Giant's Causeway

The last entry to the second subheading, Irish mythical creatures, advises us of "Fear Dearg - a mischievous spirit like a leprechaun but dressed all in red." Can the other mythical creatures be color-coded in terms of signature dress?

DerdriuMarriner, 1 day ago

Can You be Rational and Religious?

In the collapse of Roman Europe many, most in fact, documents were lost, and Aristotle'-s works were among those lost.

frankbeswick, 1 day ago

An Island Castle

Orkney and Shetland were only joined to Scotland innthe fifteenth century. They havevavstrong identity of their own,

frankbeswick, 1 day ago

Irish Myths and Legends ( 2 ) - The Children of Lir

Reading your wizzley again caused me to consider that Ireland configures as Northern and as Republic. Did swans lose royal-property protection with Irish independence outside Northern Ireland or did that protection transfer to someone or ...

DerdriuMarriner, 1 day ago

Christian Hermits

Thank you for Genius loci. The aforementioned short story is compelling even as it invokes the scariness of being on one's own away from all worldly help in times of other-worldy and worldly troubles and the unsettling presence of a walker with ...

DerdriuMarriner, 1 day ago

Can You be Rational and Religious?

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous, same-day observation and question. Your comment April 3, 2023, that "The Greek influence came not from Pharaonic Egypt but much later from the Byzantine Greek culture of the Eastern ...

DerdriuMarriner, 1 day ago

An Island Castle

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous, same-day question. It intrigues me that Orkney law invokes ancient Norse law even as ancient Norse law perhaps informed other areas of the British Isles. Is Orkney managing to be ...

DerdriuMarriner, 1 day ago

The Christian Teaching on the Holy Spirit

Quite right. How much beingbfirstbmattersvwith twins I do not know.

frankbeswick, 2 days ago

Review of Paul: a biography

No date can be agreed on.

frankbeswick, 2 days ago

Late Winter in the Garden

Becausevartificial fertilisers have often replaced rather than supplemented natural soil enhancers like manure, seaweed and leaf mould.

frankbeswick, 2 days ago