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10 Symbols in The Frog King
Thank you!
An alternate title about a subordinate character appears somewhat strange to me.
Did other fairy tales draw upon different characters, places and things for their alternate titles even as someone other than a main character draws ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/25/2024
Robert Anning Bell - His Life and His Works
Thank you for the family name and the socioeconomic niches!
An architect as middle class causes me to consider artist socioeconomic niches.
Did the middle class describe Robert Anning Bell because of his avuncular and paternal socioeconomics ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/25/2024
The Southport Flower Show
Suggestions might be polite, but rebuttals would be emphatic
frankbeswick, on 04/25/2024
Understanding the Situation in Jerusalem
No. Civil servants have good holiday allowance. My youngest son is a crown servant, slightly different from a civil servant, and his holiday allowance is quite good.
The difference is that civil servants work for the government whereas crown ...
frankbeswick, on 04/25/2024
The Berwyns: a lonely, but beautiful range
Whatever people do on the beach. For me it was rockpooling, or when I was very young playing rolly poley down the dunes at Prestatyn.
frankbeswick, on 04/25/2024
The Appeal of Ruins
I hope so, for I don't wish that anyone goes to Hell, not even my worst enemy, if I had one.
frankbeswick, on 04/25/2024
Moorland Fires
I have never heard of the phenomenon of exploding trees, so they cannot be common in the British Isles. Maybe oil in the wood, as eucalyptus has, causes trees to explode in conditions of intense heat.
frankbeswick, on 04/25/2024
Taking Stock: Pope Francis at 80
This saying should not be taken literally. It is a metaphor for saying that when we replace a pope we choose a person with a character different from their predecessor.
frankbeswick, on 04/25/2024
10 Symbols in The Frog King
Some species have special places in their folklore for sure, but I can't say much more.
Tolovaj, on 04/24/2024
Robert Anning Bell - His Life and His Works
He was brother of his mother. They had the surname Knight.
Tolovaj, on 04/24/2024
Robert Anning Bell - His Life and His Works
His father was a merchant and his uncle was an architect. They were middle class.
Tolovaj, on 04/24/2024
10 Symbols in The Frog King
The enchanted prince (king) had a servant who was so sad for his master he felt his heart will broke. He put three hoops made of iron to prevent that. When his master returned, his heart was so joyeus that hoops broke.
Tolovaj, on 04/24/2024
10 Symbols in The Frog King
Illustrators portrayed them by their inspiration.
Tolovaj, on 04/24/2024
Taking Stock: Pope Francis at 80
The introductory paragraph begins with "The Italians have a saying,"After a fat pope a thin one."
Does that saying base itself on the fact of there being fat popes even as I have no association of any pope with excess girth!
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/24/2024
Moorland Fires
Thank you for your comment below on Oct. 17, 2019, in answer to my previous-day observations and question Oct. 16, 2019.
Window breakage caused me to consider trees exploding from such events as fires, high winds and ice.
Have there been ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/24/2024