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The dissolutionnaffects mainly the House of Commons, but during a dissolution the Lords does not sit.

No traditions on these questions have been preserved.

Certainly. She was known in the Christian community as the Lady Mary. I think that her role in the Christian community would have been aiding devotikn to Jesus.

It is a Catholic church dedicated to St Patrick

Yes it is an interesting question. We in the UK do not pay as much attention to the Tradescants'work in Virginia as we should.

The fourth paragraph to the second subheading, Sophisticated horticulture, advises us that "Growing pineapples was a sophisticated task, but one that brought high status to the owner and the head gardener. English head gardeners developed a hot bed system in which manure was allowed to rot down,producing heat as it did so, and the resulting hot air circulated through gaps in the brickwork to maintain the right temperature for growing pineapples."

Elsewhere I asked you about painted versions of King Charles II (May 29, 1630-Feb. 6, 1685; reigned May 29, 1660-Feb. 6, 1685) being brought the first pineapple from English voyages to the New World.

The book Gardens of Colony and State: Gardens and Gardeners of the American Colonies and of the Republic before 1840 (Charles Scribner's Sons for The Garden Club of America, 1984; copyrighted by The Garden Club of America 1934), by Alice G.B. Lockwood, contains the statement, on page 19, that "There is a tradition that the younger [John] Tradescant [Aug. 4, 1608-Apr 22, 1662] first planted the pineapple in England, in the garden of Sir James Palmer at Dorney House, Windsor, where a large stone cut in the shape of a pineapple is still extant, while the village inn still bears the sign of the pineapple."

Wouldn't it be interesting if the pineapple in the painting came from the Tradescant plantation in Virginia and its seeds numbered among those in the Palmer garden?

Thank you for your comment below on Jan. 29, 2020, in answer to my previous-day observation and question.

The fourth paragraph to the second subheading, Southwards through Connaught, considers pilgrims who climb Croagh Patrick barefooted.

English Wiktionary describes the summit as domiciling a church.

Does the church have a name and a religious affiliation?

Thank you for your comment below on Jan. 21, 2021, in answer to my previous-day observation and question.

Jesus Christ had men and women followers.

Our Lady Mary may be called a follower also, correct?

Might she have had any responsibilities?

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Our Lady Mary ascended into heaven. Does Christian tradition say whether or not she said anything, whether or not she was alone?

Thank you!

The first paragraph to the first subheading, The main institutions, alerts us to monarchical residual power to dissolve parliament.

Does dissolving parliament affect both the House of Commons and the House of Lords?

The sixth subheading, The old fire station, considers the previous name of Cheadle Hulme as Cheadle Moseley.

English Wiktionary correlates Moseley with Old English mos ("bog, peat") and leah ("clearing, woodland") or with Old English mus ("mouse") and leah ("clearing, woodland").

Which option of the two above-mentioned etymologies might apply to the Cheadle Hulme area: a clearing/woodland with bogs/peat or -- ;-D -- one with mice?

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

The terms long and short term intrigue me.

Might the aforementioned terms refer to storage or to waste timespans?

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous, same-day observation and question.

It must be difficult dealing with poor soil when one already must deal with stormy air, stormy land, stormy water.

Importing foodstuffs must be expensive what with the storm-challenged transport.

Would the northern isles-ers (or any remote islands-ers) have signature drinks and foods that especially work wonders during holidays -- would they celebrate St. Patrick's Day? -- and during stormy-air, stormy-land, stormy-water days?

That's quite a compliment from what Unitedstatesians generally stereotype Scots-wise as taciturn!

Another Unitedstatesian stereotype presents Irish as more outgoing, even more spontaneous than Scot counterparts.

Would that be accurate always, never, or only during St. Patrick's celebrations ;-D!?

Heating pads help with just about anything because they make the blood-vessel network a bit larger so that blood moves without the obstruction of constricted vessel walls.

Somewhat related, somewhat unrelated, perhaps the one good thing about bloodletting presented itself in pressure-lowering by removing blood in quantities -- but often too large -- more than injury-constricted blood walls preferred to handle.

Hot showers realize what hot soaks realize even as they perhaps should replace the latter in the case of sore hips! (With such a slender wife, you probably would have to have help out of a tub soak from your sons were your hip to refuse to work like a well hip! [In the United States, Emergency Medical Services and Fire Department paramedics would be called!])

And a key component would be hearing or reciting Be Thou my vision!