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Laudato Si: reflections on the papal encyclical
Thank you!
All the animal sentients whom I discern at Blessings of the Animals seemingly do not dislike the beautiful tradition.
Do you know the Italian-language film The truffle hunters? There's a touching scene of a truffle-hunting villager ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/19/2024
Different Versions of Red Riding Hood
The paragraph immediately under the first subheading, about the Perrault version, advises us that "Of course, the end with the grandmother and the girl being eaten at the end sends a completely different moral."
What is that moral?
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/19/2024
The Jesus' Wife Papyrus
We do not know when Joseph died, but Luke mentions that at the finding in the temple Jesus' parents were seeking him. Jesus left Egypt about two years old, and The finding took place when he was twelve. So Joseph must have still been around for ...
frankbeswick, on 04/19/2024
The North Wales Pilgrim Path
St Winefrid's Well had the occasional pilgrimage, as did Walsingham
frankbeswick, on 04/19/2024
The Traditional Languages and Dialects of the British Isles
The Isle of Man lies between Southern Scotland, where Gaelicv as not spoken, and Eastern ,Ireland, where Gaelic had fallen out of use. The language fell out of use. In The Isle of Man.
frankbeswick, on 04/19/2024
Who were the Magi?
No specific area, but the gospel spread around the mediterranean region.
frankbeswick, on 04/19/2024
Laudato Si: reflections on the papal encyclical
Yes, certainly
frankbeswick, on 04/19/2024
Rotating your crops
No, Ireland was very poor.
frankbeswick, on 04/19/2024
Meet the Herods
The Herods were Edomites, a tribe coerced by the.?
Hasmoneans into accepting
Judaism, but culturall they werev Hellenised into Greek culture
frankbeswick, on 04/19/2024
Different Versions of Red Riding Hood
The third, Perrault version intrigues me with your description that "the girl wears a red hood, not a cap, which is worn in versions by the Grimms."
Is it known why Perrault replaced a cap with a hood?
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/18/2024
The North Wales Pilgrim Path
The first paragraph to the first subheading, Pilgrimage, considers that "Pilgrimages used to be part and parcel of life in Britain, but they were seriously curtailed by the Protestant reformation, which was imposed on the people by a small ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/18/2024
The Traditional Languages and Dialects of the British Isles
Thank you!
It appears to me a bit confounding that there are not Gaelic speakers on the Isle of Man.
So do most Isle of Man-ers speak English even as some Isle of Man-ers speak Manx?
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/18/2024
Who were the Magi?
The first two sentences in your introduction are that "There came wise men from the East who were following a mysterious star, which led them first to King Herod and then to Bethlehem where they met the infant Jesus and his family. They then ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/18/2024
Laudato Si: reflections on the papal encyclical
The second paragraph to the second subheading, The basic principles, considers that "The idea underlying this encyclical is that humanity and nature are part of an integral unity under God. Think of it as a triangle with the individual at the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/18/2024
Rotating your crops
Thank you!
Your comment March 2, 2024, in answer to my previous, same-day question, categorizes Irish rent-paying in corn versus English rent-paying in cash.
Your comment three boxes down, in answer to my question four boxes down, considers ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 04/18/2024