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Anti-Valentine's Day Piñata: Beat the Crap out of Couple-talism
I've found an amusing subtle irony in this post.
I don't like Valentines day, I always say no when I get asked out for it. Except last year, when Kenna asked me to be her date and I agreed. xD And then when I got properly asked out I had to ...
Ember, on 01/10/2014
Y Ddraig Goch: The Story of the Welsh Red Dragon Pt 1
Absolutely yes. That incident is writ large across the Welsh legends. It was Vortigern, who invited Jute mercenaries to fight his battles for him.
The Jutes realized that the territory was easy pickings and so sent home for their families and ...
JoHarrington, on 01/10/2014
Y Ddraig Goch: The Story of the Welsh Red Dragon Pt 1
I wonder whether the dragon was very much a British/Celtic symbol, which would be why the Welsh identified it as theirs. Why then the white dragon of Wessex? Wessex was very much a hybrid kingdom. Its ruling class were Saxon, yet its early ...
frankbeswick, on 01/10/2014
Anti-Valentine's Day Piñata: Beat the Crap out of Couple-talism
LOL I love it! I was there with the whole real world romance of the tale, then that sting in the tail. I think that many people feel as you do. Why do we need to be told how to romance our partners, and show our love, on one single day of ...
JoHarrington, on 01/10/2014
Anti-Valentine's Day Piñata: Beat the Crap out of Couple-talism
Our engagement anniversary is 13 February. Memories of a very snowy New York City and a father-and-son combo in the Jewellery District who sold us my engagement ring. We ate at Heartland Grill near the Empire State Building that night. These ...
Guest, on 01/10/2014
Y Ddraig Goch: The Story of the Welsh Red Dragon Pt 1
Yes, Henry Tudor took it with him onto Bosworth field. But it was already well established in the Welsh consciousness by then.
JoHarrington, on 01/10/2014
Y Ddraig Goch: The Story of the Welsh Red Dragon Pt 1
The red dragon also had a much later association with Henry Tudor, didn't it? I'm sure you and Alex will be able to put me right if I'm misremembering that. Looking forward to part 2...
Guest, on 01/10/2014
Have Brussels Sprouts for Breakfast Some Days. Here’s Why
:) Thank you for your comment, Jennifer!
Mira, on 01/10/2014
Y Ddraig Goch: The Story of the Welsh Red Dragon Pt 1
That would make sense, for all of the reasons that you said. Though I'm unaware of any settlement there before the Saxons created Oxenforde. Time to delve into the archaeology!
JoHarrington, on 01/10/2014
Y Ddraig Goch: The Story of the Welsh Red Dragon Pt 1
[I reckon that a site like Oxford would be older than 900 AD, as houses, even wattle and daub ones would have grown up around a ford, probably on a patch of high land nearby; and enterprising traders would have set up stalls for travellers ...
frankbeswick, on 01/10/2014
Have Brussels Sprouts for Breakfast Some Days. Here’s Why
I'm actually a fan of brussels sprouts and look forward to trying them roasted, probably not for breakfast though!
jptanabe, on 01/10/2014
Y Ddraig Goch: The Story of the Welsh Red Dragon Pt 1
Interestingly, Oxford was right there on the border of Wessex and Mercia. It makes you wonder if the original telling of the tale just mentioned a dragon. The fact that it was white was a later insertion, based upon the Wessex tribes in that ...
JoHarrington, on 01/10/2014
Why St Patrick's Day is More American Than Irish
New York City has the biggest St Patrick's Day parade in the world. It comes from all of those Irish families taking up residence in the Five Points and pretty much taking over Manhattan in the late 19th century.
JoHarrington, on 01/10/2014
Y Ddraig Goch: The Story of the Welsh Red Dragon Pt 1
The white dragon was the symbol of Wessex, and later it became the golden dragon of England after the line of Cerdic, kings of Wessex, Alfred's family, took over the kingdom, so not every English group used the dragon symbol. It seems to be ...
frankbeswick, on 01/10/2014
Why St Patrick's Day is More American Than Irish
Oh yes, St Patrick's Day is certainly big here in New York State - much more so than in Scotland when I grew up (and that's pretty close to Ireland!)
jptanabe, on 01/10/2014