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Mary of the Gael: St Brigid of Kildare
Yes. How glorious.
frankbeswick, 23 days ago
Monte Cassino: the battle at a monastery
I am unsure. Most people were known by someone, but not necessarily all.
frankbeswick, 23 days ago
Monte Cassino: the battle at a monastery
Thank you for your comment on Jan. 26, 2024, in answer to my previous, same-day observation and question.
Was all identity lost with the bombing or were identities reconstructible for the 200 innocents?
DerdriuMarriner, 24 days ago
Coppicing
Thank you for your comment below, on Dec. 20, 2023, in answer to my previous, previous-day observation and question Dec. 19, 2023.
Is there a desired number of shoots to inhabit the stump surface or is it whatever is there is fine as long as it ...
DerdriuMarriner, 24 days ago
Mary of the Gael: St Brigid of Kildare
The second paragraph to the first subheading, The mystery of Brigid, advises us that "In 1993 a new sacred flame was kindled there on the instigation of the Brigitine nuns. Justice at last!"
Is that sacred flame kindled non-stop since 1993?
DerdriuMarriner, 24 days ago
The Reforestation of Skiddaw
The last sentence to the first subheading, Introduction to Skiddaw, advises us that "to deviate slightly the name Cumbria is derived from Old Welsh and is related to Cambria, the name for Wales. It derives from the time when Wales stretched ...
DerdriuMarriner, 24 days ago
Easy Truck Unloader
The third tip to the third subheading, A Review and Tips for Unloading a Truck, advises us that "Don't ever unwind the tarp completely, leave at least three cycle turns on the pipe at all times."
Is it easy to track the cycle turns so as not to ...
DerdriuMarriner, 24 days ago
Irish Christmas traditions and Christmas foods
Happy New Year 2025
I have added a couple of Irish New Year's traditions to this page.
I am wondering if the red-haired tradition links in with the Vikings.
Veronica, 24 days ago
Chester Zoo, Cheshire
If a coin is found, it tends to be kept by the finder and then spent.
Veronica, 24 days ago
Religion and the Mountains
United Nations definitions tend to be accepted as binding.
frankbeswick, 26 days ago
Interstellar: Science Fiction Film Review
Interstellar, as I commented below, conduces to a filmed prequel and to a filmed sequel, if not two or even more.
Is it not interesting to imagine one sequel perhaps interested in what itinerating space invokes and another sequel perhaps ...
DerdriuMarriner, 26 days ago
Religion and the Mountains
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
The Adventure-dot-com site cites the United Nations Environmental Programme distinction between hills and mountains that "any peak above 8,200 feet (2,500m) is ...
DerdriuMarriner, 26 days ago
Support Your Local Pet Rescue Charity
Thank you for your comment below, in answer to my previous observation and question.
The computer crashed before I commenced another component to the concern over canines a bit chunky in zoo contexts versus "lean and fit" in their "natural ...
DerdriuMarriner, 26 days ago
Support Your Local Pet Rescue Charity
I've no idea but hopefully, they have adequate training in order to know this. Maybe it's also a tactic to prevent boredom etc.
tinacollins, 26 days ago
Religion and the Mountains
As far as I know it is fiction, but there is a grain of truth. Leith Hill is the highest point in South East England, at 960 feet. So the locals built a forty foot tower to take the height to a thousand feet. I have been up it once.
frankbeswick, 26 days ago