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English Wiktionary defines pilch as fur- or skin-lined, trimmed case or gown (from Middle English pilche as fur coat or overgarment, from Late Latin pellicia as fur coat from Latin pellis as animal-skin, felt, hide, pelt).

It defines pilcher as pilche-wearer, with the latter designated as sword scabbard. It also describes pilcher as an insult designating someone as contemptible, insignificant and worthless.

Why does an edible fish have such an unappetizing name?

Is pilchard not among preferred edible seafood?

That first, in-text image communicates a modern art style.

My cursor indicated the artistic attribution as Jessie M. King.

Is that correct?

(I was expecting Tolovaj as the innovative creator of such a modern-looking image!)

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Irish druids seem nature-friendly to me as a woody plant-loving arborist ;-D.

Would it have mattered to a dying Irish druid which reincarnation, animal or human sentient?

(Would an Irish druid ever have reincarnated as a plant sentient?)

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English Wikipedia correlates the place name Limerick with a west-Ireland city and with a west-Ireland county.

Did your father's maternal line live in Limerick city or Limerick county or both?

Does Veronica favor Limerick city or Limerick county or both?

Thank you for the end-of-wizzley three links!

But the Vintage Books link gives me the immediate and the try-again messages that "The connection has timed out. The server at vintagebooks.canalblog.com is taking too long to respond" and "Problem loading page."

Is there another way to access blog images and information?

Thank you for the link!

The Bicycle riding and mobile phones subheading, as next-to-last bicycle road rule and safety component, advises that "To keep yourself and other road users safe your full attention is needed when riding. Holding a mobile phone in your hand or resting it on any part of your body when riding is illegal—even if you're stopped in traffic. The phone does not need to be turned on for it to be an offence."

It allows that "When safely stopped, you can hold a phone to:
pay for goods and services, for example at a drive through
gain access to or from a road-related area, such as a car park
present a digital driver licence or other document to police when asked
get a card or money out of a phone wallet for the previous listed purposes."

It then considers that "You are allowed hands-free use of a mobile phone, for example, in a cradle attached to the bike. Hands-free can include to accept a call, use navigation apps or skip a song.
You can use a phone hands-free if it's in a pocket of your clothing or a pouch you're wearing. You must not touch or look at the phone. It can only be operated using your voice" (Queensland Government > Transport and motoring > Bicycles, skateboards, foot scooters and similar > Bicycle road rules and safety. Updated 19 February 2024).

Is the "hands-free" use when riding or stopping or just when stopped?

(I put in bibliographic information at the end of what I quoted above since I wasn't paraphrasing and the whole page was recognized at its end as "© The State of Queensland 1995–2024"!)

It's interesting that Traeth Lafan is Anglicized as Lafan Sands.

English Wiktionary links Welsh traeth ("beach") to Breton traezh ("sand"), Cornish treth ("beach, sand, seashore") and Irish trácht ("beach, strand").

Might Traeth Lafan not muster up as a people-playing, sunning, swimming and walking beach because of uncomfortable if not dangerous high-tide times?

The History Points site notes that medieval travelers only trekked over Lafan Sands "at low tide."

That's so protective against immediate or painful death and against incapacitating injury that Australia requires helmets.

Such is not the case in some Unitedstatesian states. For example, Illinois, Iowa, and New Hampshire lack such mandates.

Would Australian law require mandatory helmets for bicycles, motorcycles, scooters and skateboards?

So fruit and meat mince pie is a vanished tradition commercially!

Is it that mixed-mince pie looks, smells, tastes, textures less appetizingly than mince pie with just fruit or with just meat?

The opening sentences to your introduction advise us that "Jessie Marion King (1875-1949) was one of the most versatile and productive Scottish artists of all time. She lived and established a career in times when the feminist movement was still fighting for the basic human rights of women and art was one of the rare paid activities considered appropriate for women. Jessie M. King absorbed countless influences from numerous artistic styles flourishing on the edge of the 20th century to create her special expression."

Did personal factors such as astute personality and savvy selection of friends and spouse or socio-economic factors such as perhaps societal niche -- her birth family and later herself had housekeepers -- ensure her success so atypical at her time?

"Spammers have commercial interest. They want to profit themselves, no matter if they harm you (e.g., block your webpage). Trolls relieve their frustrations by putting you in a bad mood, so you feel even worse than them. Vandals just enjoy destroying stuff." And they do it all from the safety of their computer screen. SAD!

Yes. When driving to Wales to see my daughter we get a good view of the L a f a n sands . The separation of letters is due to the spell checker.

Veronica loves Limerick, which was where Dad's mother's family lived, but I prefer the North West, which is where I spent a year.

Reincarnation as human or animal was a belief of Irish druids.