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Walking the Long Mynd
The economic power of languages of the dominant culture squeezes out or pushes back the languages of less powerful cultures. So Welsh was pushed back from Shropshire.
frankbeswick, on 02/08/2024
Was Tolkien Racist?
If only we knew. The legend of the Tuatha De Danaan seems to use the word west in mythical space rather than objective space. So we cannot put a clear geographical value on the term west.
frankbeswick, on 02/08/2024
Weeds Wild, Wicked and Edible
The shape of the leaf suggests a fat creature.
frankbeswick, on 02/08/2024
The Flora of the Shore
Collecting these plants is carried out in the traditional way. There is no other.
frankbeswick, on 02/08/2024
St. Patrick's Day's Symbols
The St. Patrick cross flag intrigues me.
It's both expected and unexpected for that cross color to be red. It makes sense in terms of red as the color of the Holy Spirit.
And yet IrishCentral of New York City in its What was the original color ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/07/2024
Weeds Wild, Wicked and Edible
The second paragraph to the third subheading, But you can eat them, mentions fat hen (Chenopodium album).
The commoner common names occur as goosefoot, lamb's quarters and wild spinach over here.
What would prompt the designation fat hen?
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/07/2024
Was Tolkien Racist?
The first paragraph to the first subheading, Of Aryans and Hobbits, considers the "Irish myth of the coming of the Tuatha de Danaan from the West."
What western places did the Tuatha de Danaan come from?
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/07/2024
Walking the Long Mynd
Thank you!
What accounts for the Welsh language no longer being heard or spoken in the border regions?
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/07/2024
Views of Original Sin: Alternatives to Adam and Eve
The first paragraph to the first subheading, Adam and Eve, considers that "The next few chapters of Genesis show us sin steadily rising until God decides to send the flood to destroy the unrighteous, exempting only Noah."
What explains the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/07/2024
Understanding Christian Ethics
The first sentence in the introductory paragraph advises us that "There is a great divide between religious and secular ethics."
Unitedstatesian law has considered as non-lying, non-perjurious someone saying that he/she does not recall someone ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/07/2024
Understanding Biblical Literature
The introductory paragraph considers that "The literature developed as oral tradition for some time in the second millenium BC, but the final element of the Christian Bible was written in the late nineties."
Did the Biblical information pass ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/07/2024
The Wisdom of Near Death Experiences: a review
This is somewhat related because of dealing with near-dying but somewhat not related because of dealing with dying albeit temporarily.
Do only those who nearly die have such near-death experiences or do those who die but then resuscitate have ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/07/2024
The Wild Herds of Britain
The second paragraph to the third subheading, Wild ponies, alerts us that "The Carneddau herd suffered a threat some years ago when heavy snows caused many horse deaths and so farmers had to spend some time refraining from selling the surplus ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/07/2024
The Rule of the Land: a review
There appears to have been a Gaelic-language feature film released in 2022. It carries the title Róise & Frank.
(It got my attention because of the comic filmability of the episode that you identify in the comment box dated Sep. 4, 2018, in ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/07/2024
The Potato Growers' Curse
Your comment dated July 9, 2016, and down 7 comment boxes associates blight-free, early-treated soil with a one- to two-year wait.
What did yesteryear Irish growers do during that wait? Did they have access to blight-free soils and tubers?
DerdriuMarriner, on 02/07/2024