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Understanding the British Political System
The dissolutionnaffects mainly the House of Commons, but during a dissolution the Lords does not sit.
frankbeswick, 2 days ago
Why do Christians Believe that Jesus was Divine
No traditions on these questions have been preserved.
frankbeswick, 2 days ago
Yes to deaconesses
Certainly. She was known in the Christian community as the Lady Mary. I think that her role in the Christian community would have been aiding devotikn to Jesus.
frankbeswick, 2 days ago
The Road to Roaringwater
It is a Catholic church dedicated to St Patrick
frankbeswick, 2 days ago
Walled Gardens
Yes it is an interesting question. We in the UK do not pay as much attention to the Tradescants'work in Virginia as we should.
frankbeswick, 2 days ago
Walled Gardens
The fourth paragraph to the second subheading, Sophisticated horticulture, advises us that "Growing pineapples was a sophisticated task, but one that brought high status to the owner and the head gardener. English head gardeners developed a hot ...
DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago
The Road to Roaringwater
Thank you for your comment below on Jan. 29, 2020, in answer to my previous-day observation and question.
The fourth paragraph to the second subheading, Southwards through Connaught, considers pilgrims who climb Croagh Patrick ...
DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago
Yes to deaconesses
Thank you for your comment below on Jan. 21, 2021, in answer to my previous-day observation and question.
Jesus Christ had men and women followers.
Our Lady Mary may be called a follower also, correct?
Might she have had any responsibilities?
DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago
Why do Christians Believe that Jesus was Divine
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.
Our Lady Mary ascended into heaven. Does Christian tradition say whether or not she said anything, whether or not she was alone?
DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago
Understanding the British Political System
Thank you!
The first paragraph to the first subheading, The main institutions, alerts us to monarchical residual power to dissolve parliament.
Does dissolving parliament affect both the House of Commons and the House of Lords?
DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago
Cheadle Hulme History Walk, Cheshire
The sixth subheading, The old fire station, considers the previous name of Cheadle Hulme as Cheadle Moseley.
English Wiktionary correlates Moseley with Old English mos ("bog, peat") and leah ("clearing, woodland") or with Old English mus ...
DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago
Underland: a Review
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The terms long and short term intrigue me.
Might the aforementioned terms refer to storage or to waste timespans?
DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago
The Remote Islands of Britain
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous, same-day observation and question.
It must be difficult dealing with poor soil when one already must deal with stormy air, stormy land, stormy water.
Importing foodstuffs must be ...
DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago
The Gathering Tide: a review
That's quite a compliment from what Unitedstatesians generally stereotype Scots-wise as taciturn!
Another Unitedstatesian stereotype presents Irish as more outgoing, even more spontaneous than Scot counterparts.
Would that be accurate always, ...
DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago
Pilgrimage: the Road to the Scottish Isles: a review
Heating pads help with just about anything because they make the blood-vessel network a bit larger so that blood moves without the obstruction of constricted vessel walls.
Somewhat related, somewhat unrelated, perhaps the one good thing about ...
DerdriuMarriner, 3 days ago