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Nine-8ths Irish - Anecdotes and Antics!!: Sonora Celtic Faire, what a weekend!
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Thursday, March 18, 2010. Sonora Celtic Faire, what a weekend! Wow, what a week! It would seem I have been lax in my blogging duties having not put one up about last weekend, but come on, we have been a bit busy hahaha. Well our St. Patrick's week started in Sonora, CA. at the Sonora Celtic Faire. We got to play alongside Golden Bough, those folks are great fun. We met up with some great NEW friends, and fellow Clan Inebriated. It means you should have been there! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Greycliff's Chronicles: King Arthur - man or myth?
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News from Thaelia's World, medieval trivia, dispatching, San Jose Sharks ice hockey, and everyday rants as I see fit. Have a suggestion for a topic on any subject listed above? Thursday, March 29, 2012. King Arthur - man or myth? Then spake King Arthur to Sir Bedivere:. The sequel of today unsoldiers all. The goodliest fellowship of famous knights. Whereof this world holds record. Such a sleep. They sleep-the men I loved. I think that we. Shall never more, at any futuer time,. Who led an army against an ...
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Greycliff's Chronicles: The countries of Thaelia's World: Greycliff
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News from Thaelia's World, medieval trivia, dispatching, San Jose Sharks ice hockey, and everyday rants as I see fit. Have a suggestion for a topic on any subject listed above? Thursday, July 30, 2015. The countries of Thaelia's World: Greycliff. The north part of the country is full of high mountains, thick forests, and picturesque lakes. The capitol city is Foxwarre. King Arken maintains a second palace at Karivane. Alline is one of the principle port cities. North half of Greycliff. 14-Havelwood.S...
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Greycliff's Chronicles: The Man Who Rewrote History:Geoffrey of Monmouth
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News from Thaelia's World, medieval trivia, dispatching, San Jose Sharks ice hockey, and everyday rants as I see fit. Have a suggestion for a topic on any subject listed above? Thursday, February 21, 2013. The Man Who Rewrote History:Geoffrey of Monmouth. De Historia Regun Britanniae,. The Bishop Geoffrey was dedicated to history. One of his early works was Prophetic Merlini. Written sometime before 1135. Geoffrey was fascinated with Arthurian studies, even signing an official Oxford charter once as R...
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Greycliff's Chronicles: Something different: two poems about knights
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News from Thaelia's World, medieval trivia, dispatching, San Jose Sharks ice hockey, and everyday rants as I see fit. Have a suggestion for a topic on any subject listed above? Saturday, July 25, 2015. Something different: two poems about knights. The Knight And The Lady. William Makepeace Thackeray [ More Titles by Thackeray. There's in the Vest a city pleasant. To vich King Bladud gev his name,. And in that city there's a Crescent. Vere dwelt a noble knight of fame. Although Sir John as gray, gray air,.
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Greycliff's Chronicles: Runes and Car Shopping
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News from Thaelia's World, medieval trivia, dispatching, San Jose Sharks ice hockey, and everyday rants as I see fit. Have a suggestion for a topic on any subject listed above? Friday, July 24, 2015. Runes and Car Shopping. I've had my current vehicle, a Pontiac Sunfire, for 14 years. It's been a good car - mechanically very reliable but it definitely shows the mileage. It's time to replace it. How does it drive (so many test drives). With all of my efforts, I do have one question for auto makers:. It's ...
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Greycliff's Chronicles: Witches and witchcraft in the Middle Ages
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News from Thaelia's World, medieval trivia, dispatching, San Jose Sharks ice hockey, and everyday rants as I see fit. Have a suggestion for a topic on any subject listed above? Friday, November 15, 2013. Witches and witchcraft in the Middle Ages. We've got a witch! We have found a witch, might we burn her? How do you know she is a witch? She looks like one. I'm not a witch. I'm not a witch. But you are dressed as one. They dressed me up like this. No, we didn't. no. Well, we did do the nose. All this cha...
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Greycliff's Chronicles: The Horse Goddess: Epona
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News from Thaelia's World, medieval trivia, dispatching, San Jose Sharks ice hockey, and everyday rants as I see fit. Have a suggestion for a topic on any subject listed above? Thursday, August 6, 2015. The Horse Goddess: Epona. One of my favorite possessions is a simple stone statue of a woman riding a horse. The Horse Goddess was also shown as a white mare. Epona can be traced back to the first first century. Her name is derived from the early Celtic ekwos. To learn more about Epona, see:. My book is d...
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Greycliff's Chronicles: Look Ma, no hands: the stirrup
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News from Thaelia's World, medieval trivia, dispatching, San Jose Sharks ice hockey, and everyday rants as I see fit. Have a suggestion for a topic on any subject listed above? Wednesday, December 28, 2011. Look Ma, no hands: the stirrup. Warfare changed dramatically when the horse was first used in combat. It is no surprise to follow the spread of humans quickly escalated when the horse was domesticated. Webster’s defines a stirrup as a ring with a flat bottom hung by a strap, usually on each side...
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Greycliff's Chronicles: Living or dying with honor: the Samurai Warrior
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News from Thaelia's World, medieval trivia, dispatching, San Jose Sharks ice hockey, and everyday rants as I see fit. Have a suggestion for a topic on any subject listed above? Saturday, July 13, 2013. Living or dying with honor: the Samurai Warrior. What is a Samurai. In his book, Samurai: the World of the Warrior. Noted medieval expert Steven Turnbull defines a Samurai as “those who serve”. And the strongest was the Yamato family . The time period between the eighth and the twelfth centuries is referre...
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