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Fables and Fairy Tales; What's the Difference?
Yes, DerdriuMarriner, I believe fables are actually at least one thousand years older.
Tolovaj, on 10/17/2023
Fables and Fairy Tales; What's the Difference?
Great to see you too, Thamishgith! BTW - how long do have this hat?
Tolovaj, on 10/17/2023
Hans Christian Andersen - a few words on his originality
Your first tale, The tinder-box, catches my attention with it similarizing a tale in the Arabian Nights.
Internet sources describe Hans Christian Andersen as son of an illiterate washerwoman and of a man with at least a basic education. They ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/17/2023
10 Facts about Madame Leprince de Beaumont
The first fact/educated guess about her education establishes the subsequent Jeanne-Marie as the daughter of someone who worked with gold.
Might that not be somewhat of elite knowledge and skill to do so?
That paragraph nevertheless indicates ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/17/2023
The Health Benefits of Gardening
I have heard of grounding. I don't do it, but I I garden bare handed. You expressed a hope for my health. The disease that I have is incurable, so I will not get better. Medicine can hold it back. The doctor said that the aim of medical ...
frankbeswick, on 10/17/2023
British Country Shows
The winemakers who display at the show seek to win medals. Thus they are less interested in sales than in glory. Anyway, if the wine is not sold it leaves it to the makers to drink!
frankbeswick, on 10/17/2023
Fables and Fairy Tales; What's the Difference?
The computer crashed before I completed my comment concerning the first, Origin difference between fables and fairy tales.
It draws my attention that fairy tales domiciled in 16th-century Italy before dwelling in 17th-century France.
Is there ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/17/2023
British Country Shows
It sounds as though some participants seek appreciative audiences for their wines even as they shrink from sales.
Would there be some financial advantage to not having a license and not selling one's (hard-labored ;-D) product?
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/17/2023
Is Genuine Moissanite Natural or Synthetic Gemstone?
The computer crashed before I completed my comments concerning diamond versus moissanite color, shine and weight.
Is it possible or profitable to promote moissanite color, shine and weight equally?
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/17/2023
British Country Shows
The wine makers make grape and other wines, including dandelion, whatever whichever wine they make the rule is the same, no licence means no sale
frankbeswick, on 10/17/2023
Is Genuine Moissanite Natural or Synthetic Gemstone?
The third subheading, Synthetic Moissanite Enters The Scene!, contains in its second paragraph the observation that "While diamonds were (and still are) always cut in the way which maximizes their weight, moissanite jewelers were always focusing ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/17/2023
Fables and Fairy Tales; What's the Difference?
The first difference, Origin, attributes fairy-tale origins to 15th- and 16th-century Italy by way of 17th-century France.
The writer Giovanni Francesco Straparola, according to internet sources, dwelt in the Caravaggio town of central-north ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/17/2023
British Country Shows
Your second subheading, Northwards, contains in its last paragraph about the Poynton show that "I enjoyed sampling the wine, but for legal reasons purchasing wine from an unlicensed vendor is illegal in Britain."
Is it grape-made wine or some ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 10/17/2023
The Health Benefits of Gardening
Have you heard of "grounding" where you walk barefoot on the earth to absorb good energy? Well, gardening without gloves must be similar, when your hands are playing in the dirt and connecting with nature. I haven't been gardening much in this ...
dustytoes, on 10/17/2023
British Country Shows
A wonderful list to get anyone started on visiting English country shows.
dustytoes, on 10/17/2023