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The next-last paragraph above the two last in-text images advises us that "As a show of strength the Vasa sailed with its canon holes open and a swell of water waves plus the fact that heavy Japanese wood had been used in construction meant that the ship sank within minutes, a few hundreds yards out to sea."

Why is the construction with "heavy Japanese wood"?

DerdriuMarriner, May 18, 2024

Yes to deaconesses

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.

Perhaps the water into wine episode also indicates to us Jesus Christ's belief in what Our Lady Mary said.

Might it manifest how He respected her opinions as well as her facts, such as the latter about his birth?

DerdriuMarriner, May 18, 2024

Walled Gardens

The article Celtic Female Names of Ireland on the Freepages.rootsweb.com site (http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mallorybrody/genealogy/Eire/celtirishfem.html#:~:text=Doireann%20%2D%20(DAHR%2Dan%20or,of%20the%20pagan%20god%20Dagda.) associates Doireann with the Old Irish doirend for "daughter of Finn" or "sullen" or "gift of God."

That article attributes the name to the daughter of fairy king Midir and to the granddaughter of pagan god Dagda.

That personal first name can be Anglicized as Doirend, Doirind, Dorren or Dorothy.

Might the above information all be familiar and known already to you?

DerdriuMarriner, May 18, 2024

Kate Greenaway - The Grace and Tenderness of the Childhood Illustration

Yes, I really like Kate Greenaway's work because it looks so people-, place-, plant-friendly.

The first paragraph to the second subheading, Between the city and the countryside, advises us that "When her father got an important commission, he focused on the job and the rest of the family moved to the farm in Rolleston in Nottinghamshire, from where her mother originated."

Did the aforementioned farm belong to her maternal parents or relatives?

DerdriuMarriner, May 18, 2024

The Timeless Paths: a review of the book Holloway

Thank you for your comment below on Apr 12, 2024, in answer to my previous-day observation and question Apr 11, 2024.

The last paragraph advises us that "This is a small, easily affordable work which you can tuck into a pocket for reading on bus, tram or train. After purchasing I sat in a cafe drinking tea and savouring the first section, re-reading to absorb fully the rich language in which this Cambridge English scholar is so adept. This is a book whose language invites you to return to it.Holloway is a book written by a deeply literate and spiritually sensitive person. It is worth purchasing."

A café is sometimes sidewalk, likelier indoor or under an outdoor, roofed, walled patio-like extension open-air between roof and wall in the United States.

Is a café always outdoor or sometimes indoor for British-Isles-ers?

DerdriuMarriner, May 18, 2024

North of England dialect vocab list

The last entry to the fifth subheading, Liverpool - home of the Beatles, correlates Paddy's wigwam with RC cathedral.

Is it considered amusing, charming, deprecatory, dismissive to invoke such a phrase about such a religious, spiritual site?

DerdriuMarriner, May 18, 2024

Understanding the British Political System

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.

Well, voters not voting for you disappoints me.

Which of the 652 constituencies made the mistake of not electing you?

DerdriuMarriner, May 18, 2024

The Rings of Power: initial thoughts

The third paragraph to the first subheading, Initial thoughts, considers us that "Tolkien was a phonologist, so any casting of Tolkien's characters should take accents into consideration. Traditionally Hobbits have been seen as western English country folk and so have been given a south-western accent.It is here that the casters make a change in that they give the Harfoots an Irish accent. Fake Irish accents are all too common, but these are genuine. There is continuity between the films and the Rings of Power in the fact that both present the dwarfs with Scottish accents."

Did you hear American actor Brad Pitt's Irish accent in The Devil's Own and in Snatch by Guy Ritchie?

DerdriuMarriner, May 18, 2024

The Christian View of Political Leadership

Accidentally I came across Tilda Swinton communicating her descent from King Alfred the Great.

Just now I checked online sources, of which the Famous kin dot com site (https://famouskin.com/famous-kin-chart.php?name=75303+tilda+swinton&kin=4332+alfred+the+great), copyrighted 2010-2024, contains "Family Relationship of Tilda Swinton Movie Actress 32nd Great-Granddaughter to Alfred the Great King of the Anglo-Saxons" concretized as:

Alfred the Great
Ealhswith of Mercia
AElfthryth of Wessex
Baudouin II of Flanders
Arnulf of Flanders
Adele of Vermandois
Baudoin III of Flanders
Mathilde of Saxony
Arnulf II of Flanders
Rozala of Lombardy
Baudoin IV of Flanders
Ogive of Luxembourg
Baudoin V of Flanders
Adela of France
Matilda of Flanders
William I, King of England
Henry I, King of England
Maud of Scotland
Maud of England
Geoffrey Plantagenet
Henry II, King of England
Eleanor of Aquitaine
John, King of England
Isabelle of Angoulême
Henry III, King of England
Eleanor of Provence
Edward I, King of England
Margaret of France
Edmund of Woodstock
Margaret Wake
Joan Plantagenet
Thomas Holand
John de Holand
Elizabeth of Lancaster
Constance de Holand
Sir John Grey
Alice Grey
Sir William Knyvet
Sir Edmund Knyvet
Eleanor Tyrrel
Sir Thomas Knyvet
Muriel Howard
Sir Henry Knyvet
Anne Pickering
Alice Knyvet
Christopher Dacre
Henry Dacre of Corby Salkeld
Mary Dacre
Thomas Fetherstonhaugh
Timothy Fetherstonhaugh
Bridget Bellingham
Heneage Fetherstonhaugh
Joan Lydston
Joyce Fetherstonhaugh
Rev. Charles Smallwood
Charles Smallwood Fetherstonhaugh
Elizabeth Hartley
Timothy Fetherstonhaugh
Eliza Were Clarke
Albany Fetherstonhaugh
Evelyn Gertrude Astell
Gertrude Clare Fetherstonhaugh
Cecil George Herbert Alers-Hankey
Mariora Beatrice Evelyn Rochfort Alers-Hankey
Alan Henry Campbell Swinton
Sir John Swinton
Judith Balfour Killen
Tilda Swinton Movie Actress

She described her ancestors as writing things down so that the proof endured for each generation.

The above-mentioned ascent/descent lines look convincing, correct?

DerdriuMarriner, May 18, 2024