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Understanding Plant Classification
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That cricket bat willow grows in such a restricted area intrigues me. Is it basically disease- and pest-free?
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/30/2024
The Haunting of Lighthouse Island
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English Wikipedia, in its article Thomas Stevenson (Jul 22, 1818-May 8, 1887), describes the latter as "initially" disappointed by son Robert Louis (Nov 13, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/30/2024
The Fenlands of England
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Online sources associate sea-level rise with warmer water temperatures that bring about water expansion beyond their original containment, whereby causing water ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/30/2024
The ' Tatton Show 2024
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So everybody already knows not only the date but also the location of the next Tatton show: Tatton Park in 2027.
(So Unitedstatesians still might say the 20th ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/30/2024
The Symbolism of the Woods in Fairy Tales
Thank you for apprising me of the Grimm Brothers' The fisherman and his wife fairy tale.
The English translation by D.L. Ashliman does not translate the phrase "Mandje! Mandje! Timpe Te!" from the fisherman invoking "Mandje! Mandje! Timpe Te! ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/30/2024
The Symbolism of the Woods in Fairy Tales
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The University of Pittsburgh has The fisherman and his wife available online. It includes the note that "The Grimms' source for this tale, recorded in ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/30/2024
The Symbolism of the Woods in Fairy Tales
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous question about the English equivalent of pazi.
Online sources equate the rest of the phrase, pazi no malo, with no malo as "well a little." Is that a literal translation?
DerdriuMarriner, on 07/30/2024
The ' Tatton Show 2024
I should have written 2027 the show in 2027 will be well advertised.
frankbeswick, on 07/30/2024
The Symbolism of the Woods in Fairy Tales
Oskar Herrfurth, Harry Clarke, Max Teschemacher, Walter Crane, Otto Kubel, Leonard Leslie Brooke (black&white), Frank Adams, Leonard Leslie Brooke (color).
Tolovaj, on 07/30/2024
The ' Tatton Show 2024
20027 at Tatton Park
frankbeswick, on 07/30/2024
The Symbolism of the Woods in Fairy Tales
Fish (same is true for all the animals and humans) can also be treatede as smart or powerful, depending on the context. You can find completely another kind of fish in Fisherman and his wife, for instance.
Tolovaj, on 07/30/2024
A Farm of Your Own
Finland has nothing to do with Finland. A fen is a name for a bog.
frankbeswick, on 07/30/2024
Flora of the Tides: edible seaweeds
It has a vinegarish flavour and an Apple tang.
frankbeswick, on 07/30/2024
The Fenlands of England
Not that
I know.
frankbeswick, on 07/30/2024
The Haunting of Lighthouse Island
The family of engineers from whom the writer Robert Louis Stevenson came.
frankbeswick, on 07/30/2024