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Connecting with the Wizzley Community
Hi Jo, You've been so welcoming to this new Wizzlet... I love the advice you give. So far I've only interacted with "how-do-I" questions, and a few comments on pages. Looks like I will have to get over my nerves, and go to the forums more often.
MaggiePowell, on 09/05/2013
Haunted Battlefields: The Ghosts of Flodden
I am familiar with Nigel Pennick's work, though squinting at my Celtic books here, I'm struggling to name what I've read. I don't think I've read 'Celtic Sacred landscapes' though, so I'll add that to my wish list. Thanks!
Considering that ...
JoHarrington, on 09/05/2013
Haunted Battlefields: The Ghosts of Flodden
I do agree with you that religious ideas blend into each other, and that old traditions linger on in places. The old religion lingered as a folk religion for centuries and never really died. I think that you would love the book Celtic Sacred ...
frankbeswick, on 09/05/2013
How to Pickle Vegetables - Recipes for Runner Beans, Green Tomatoes, Courgette (Zucchini) Pickle
Kimbesa - Thanks for your comment. - Yes, time to batten down the hatches and stock up for winter!
KathleenDuffy, on 09/05/2013
Book Review: The Frozen Shoulder Workbook by C Davies
Hello Kimbesa - You are welcome - I hope it works. It worked for me, and I've got the Theracane which is so helpful!
KathleenDuffy, on 09/05/2013
The Death of Katherine Parr: Four Marriages and One Daughter
My guess is that they wouldn't have answered that she wasn't a 14 year old girl. She was Lady Elizabeth Tudor, the future Queen of England.
JoHarrington, on 09/05/2013
Haunted Battlefields: The Ghosts of Flodden
As a Pagan, I read a lot of the old religion behind many ghost stories. It does make me question a literal reading of some of these Scottish tales too.
How important would the last rites have been for the fallen of Flodden?
As long as the ...
JoHarrington, on 09/05/2013
The Death of Katherine Parr: Four Marriages and One Daughter
It really is criminal. Such a shame to end a tragic story.
It is crazy how it was considered normal and fine back then. Although, maybe they would think it is crazy how we react now.
AlexandriaIngham, on 09/05/2013
Haunted Battlefields: The Ghosts of Flodden
I forgot to say, Jo, that your willingness to bring the supernatural into a historical account does you credit. We need people like you who challenge orthodoxy in academia.
frankbeswick, on 09/05/2013
The Death of Katherine Parr: Four Marriages and One Daughter
It's downright criminal that the ladies never sealed the coffin again.
It shows how times have changed. If a 40 year old man tried to force himself on a 14 year old girl now, we'd have more to say than he was merely engaging in an ambitious ...
JoHarrington, on 09/05/2013
Haunted Battlefields: The Ghosts of Flodden
Scotland is famous for spooky tales, many of which, I believe, are made up. But we cannot say that all are.
Despite being Catholic, I do not go along with the simplistic view of the afterlife [heaven hell, purgatory] taught by the church, ...
frankbeswick, on 09/05/2013
Finding a Grave
Wow. I'm trying to get some info on my Italian side of the family. I want to put some memorials up for them but I need the name of the cemetery. My sister is working on it.
Ragtimelil, on 09/05/2013
Finding a Grave
Flanders. He was Welsh, during the First World War, which meant that he didn't have much of a chance of not being buried in Flanders.
JoHarrington, on 09/05/2013
How To Paint a Night Scene Using the Infinite Painter Android App
Thanks so much for the nice comments. Stay tuned for more lessons!
EllieTaylorArtist, on 09/05/2013
Haunted Battlefields: The Ghosts of Flodden
I admit to pausing while writing the part about Provost Douglas, just imagining what that must have been like. I got goosebumps. I'm afraid that I might have just fled out of a back door and hidden under a blanket for a while.
Mind you, there ...
JoHarrington, on 09/05/2013