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Harpers Ferry West Virginia
As you mentioned, Harpers Ferry and the surrounding area has a long history of catastrophic flooding. Visitors will have no problem spotting evidence of previous floods. Like many rivers of the Mid Atlantic, the Potomac is not to be taken ...
north_america, on 05/27/2022
Lough Corrib
Veronica,you are right about the origins of the Celtic myth in the eighteenth century. Britons and Gaels did not regard themselves Celts,though there were cultural and linguistic affinities to Celtic cultures. Iverson is mentioned once in Irish ...
frankbeswick, on 05/27/2022
Lough Corrib
Derdriu, the concept of race as a shared ancestral heritage or a common genetics was not shared by all cultures,so it is reasonable to believe that Celts simply accepted people who shared their language and culture.
frankbeswick, on 05/27/2022
Harpers Ferry West Virginia
I'd meant to include in my comment below, from around May 19, that 16-, 18-, 21.5- and 24-foot crests respectively represent action, flood, moderate flood and major flood stages!
The NWS information, accessed by searching Harpers Ferry Potomac ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/27/2022
A fashion walk through time Pt 1
Derdriu,
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Veronica, on 05/27/2022
DOES JEALOUSY ROB YOU OF GOD’S GRACE?
Derdriu, thank you for the information to pass along. Jealousy can rob a person of so much joy!
SidewalkPhilosopher, on 05/27/2022
A fashion walk through time Pt 1
Did the material for men's and women's clothes remain the same throughout the 19th century?
Is it possible that the type of material used was related to the socio-economic position of the wearer?
For example, was cotton used in clothing for ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/27/2022
Pilate
The Pontii are believed to be of equestrian rank,above plebeians,but not patrician. I think it reasonable to suggest that she was also equestrian.
frankbeswick, on 05/27/2022
Lough Corrib
I have heard this claim of a thousand Ivernic speakers,but I don't think that there is an area where it is spoken. I think that these people are enthusiasts who master an extinct reconstructed language, rather like Cornish.
frankbeswick, on 05/27/2022
Lough Corrib
In my opinion, celts only became known as Celts in approx c18thC. They were known as Gauls, Gaels and Britons. Not Celts .
I am not knowledgeable enough to know if Ivernic existed or not .
Veronica, on 05/27/2022
DOES JEALOUSY ROB YOU OF GOD’S GRACE?
Andrew Quernmore offers an online meditation course. He suggests that if one cannot meditate upon those one dislikes or perceives as enemies then one may achieve effective insights by meditating upon what one dislikes or feels uncomfortable ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/27/2022
Lough Corrib
Also, would you know whether I'm remembering accurately -- as something that I read from what was most likely a reliable source authority even as I don't recall which reliable source authority ;-{ it was -- the following: Celts accepted as Celts ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/27/2022
Pilate
It's interesting that Pontius Pilate's wife expressed her take on the situation and that she was comfortable and effective in so doing.
Is there any suggestion anywhere as to Pontius Pilate's wife's family background and social rank? Would it ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/27/2022
Lough Corrib
May we go back to your suggestion of Ivernic as the pre-Celtic language from which the name Oiribsean or Oiribsiu for Manannán mac Lir comes?
FrathWiki mentions Ivernic as the sole surviving language nowadays of the West Albic branch of the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 05/27/2022
Pilgrimage: the Road to the Scottish Isles: a review
There is no consensus on the meaning of Iona. Some say that the original name was I, but while Ay is a Norse word for an island this name was pre-Norse. Others say that Iona is a Hebrew word for dove, given by the monks. As for the association ...
frankbeswick, on 05/27/2022