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Meaning of 3 - Rule of Threes
The third example, Brother and Sister, presents what seems an unusual scenario. No one seems to have a name: Brother, King, Sister and Witch.
What would have been the impact of such a nameless situation? Would it have made the plot more ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/26/2023
Mary of the Gael: St Brigid of Kildare
The next-to-last sentence in the first paragraph to your first subheading, The Mystery of Brigid, contains the interesting description of St Brigid as "also known as Bride in the Hebrides, whose very name derives from Bride."
Is this name from ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/26/2023
Reformation Divided: a review
Correct on both counts. He was the son of Magaret Pole and the executioner had to chase her round the block.
frankbeswick, on 09/26/2023
I CRASHED BUT REFUSED TO BURN
DerdriuMarriner I notice it but my friends tell me to slow down, too! LOL I have to concentrate to do it, especially if I am nervous or excited!
SidewalkPhilosopher, on 09/25/2023
Meaning of 3 - Rule of Threes
The computer crashed before I could clarify my comments concerning the Brother and Sister fairytale.
Is it intended that we interpret the pattern of three brooks as two bad -- deaths by tiger and by wolf -- and one perhaps not as bad but not ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/25/2023
I CRASHED BUT REFUSED TO BURN
You mention that without your medication you tend to talk faster.
Might that be something that just you notice, since you know yourself? Or would family and friends have asked you to slow down ;-D?
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/25/2023
Reformation Divided: a review
The first paragraph in your second subheading, Part two, considers the contributions of Cardinals Allen and Pole.
Is the former the Cardinal Reginald Pole, son of Margaret Pole?
One of the English history stories on this, western-side of the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/25/2023
Mary of the Gael: St Brigid of Kildare
It is difficul to trace the source of a title given in the distant past. The title was given by acclaim and so we cannot identify a precise moment at which it was given
frankbeswick, on 09/25/2023
Meaning of 3 - Rule of Threes
The third example, Brother and Sister, intrigues me in the three brooks. The first two linked respectively with a tiger and with a wolf. The two possibilities made the Sister fear that she respectively would be torn to pieces and would be ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/25/2023
Mary of the Gael: St Brigid of Kildare
The first sentence in the first paragraph under your third subheading, The Significance of Brigid. intrigues me with its observation that "Brigid's combination of profound holiness with a feminine character has led to her being acclaimed Mary of ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/25/2023
Reformation Divided: a review
There is no evidence that the murder of unsuccessful claimants to the throne ever happened in the British Isles. I know of no instances of families retaliating against an executioner. But while the families of executed people did not suffer ...
frankbeswick, on 09/24/2023
Mary of the Gael: St Brigid of Kildare
There is not I am disappointed to say.
frankbeswick, on 09/24/2023
Redheads and pain tolerance – scientific facts and myths
Considering hair properties with the graying and whitening with age came to mind with the last three parenthesized words -- (dyed reds excluded) -- in the last sentence of your first paragraph in the first subheading, Myths and facts.
Blood, ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/23/2023
Meaning of 3 - Rule of Threes
The computer crashed before I could continue my comment with a somewhat related, somewhat unrelated question.
Some sources suggest the narwhal as the inspiration for the unicorn.
What would you consider as the actual animal that served as the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/23/2023
Meaning of 3 - Rule of Threes
The tasks completed by the Brave little tailor caused me to consider if there's a uniformity in not only the number but the type of tasks in fairy tales.
For example, I feel as if I've come across scary interactions of the "good guy" with ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 09/23/2023