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The Tropical Ravine, Belfast, June 2022
A guinea was worth one pound and one shilling, a shilling being twelve old pence,which was the equivalent of one pound and five new pence. Only the relatively rich dealt in guineas. Horse racing, a rich person's sport still deals in guineas.
frankbeswick, on 06/26/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
Ireland was overpopulated in relation to its economic model. Parasitic landlords were draining wealth and resources from the island without putting in any goods or services to compensate. There was enough food in Ireland to feed its people,but ...
frankbeswick, on 06/25/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
Derdriu
That is a mighty fine supply of mushrooms.
frank is good at identifying them. I am not!
Veronica, on 06/25/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
Derdriu
Considering your close Irish ancestry, it must be extra meaningful for you to cook Irish recipes.
The Irish are very adaptable; just change ingredients as you like.
Veronica, on 06/25/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
Veronica,though wild food was present,it was not sufficient to supply the eight million people who dwelt in Erin pre-_Famine. Ireland's population has still not recovered from the famine.
frankbeswick, on 06/24/2022
Freshwater Fishing Basics
Your wizzley appears to apply to spring, summer and fall fishing, correct?
Winter fishing also gets my attention. (Have you read The Fisherman within The Angel on the Roof short-story collection by Russell Banks?)
Have you read the article ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/24/2022
5 Ways your Smartphone Could be Making you Money Right Now
Both Checkpoints and Shopkicks appear to confer points for scanning barcodes.
Is it the same products that you must scan in the same stores? That would be quite convenient, gas-, mileage- and time-saving to earn points with two different ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/24/2022
Safe Serving of Snacks
One problem is that some foods are not good choices. One has new restraints in these times.
blackspanielgallery, on 06/24/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
Thank you!
The frozen juniper berries are good.
The grocery store where I shop does nice ground turkey and turkey bacon.
Edible black trumpet (Craterellus caeruleofuscus) and yellowfoot (Craterellus tubaeformis) chanterelle, chicken-of-the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/24/2022
The Tropical Ravine, Belfast, June 2022
Derdriu
£5 guineas would have been a substantial sum in 1795. Approx £2000 I guestimate, which would be approx $2500,00 today.
Veronica, on 06/24/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
I am always saddened by discussions on the Irish Famines because Ireland is teeming with wild food....you can walk about and there are eels and salmon in the loughs, wild pears, apples , black berries, wild garlic, herbs . I have always been ...
Veronica, on 06/24/2022
The Tropical Ravine, Belfast, June 2022
Dearest BSG,
Thank you for commenting. There were scents of the flowers as the plants grow tall but the overwhelming smell is sort of dank and musty, ferny because of the temperatures.
Veronica, on 06/24/2022
Balnamoon Skink ; Irish food
As Ireland is cattle rearing land the fields tend to favour mushrooms that grow on soil to which dung has been added.An Irish friend of mine used to visit his grandfather who kept store cattle. This involved rearing cattle in nearly summer then ...
frankbeswick, on 06/24/2022
Dark Gold: Garden Compost
There is no standard practice on the subject,but I think that outdoor is the more common option.
frankbeswick, on 06/24/2022
Soil Enhancers
No problem,Derdriu. Your messages are always welcome.
frankbeswick, on 06/24/2022