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A British Garden Society
The local council is the municipal government.
frankbeswick, on 08/22/2024

What is happening when we read
I love writing, but My best writing is in articles, followed by short stories. I have Written educational materials, which are now out of print.
frankbeswick, on 08/22/2024

The Potato Famine
I got the phrase seventh bread from my studies of vegetables. I gotnmynIrish from an Open University course and from a friend, carl
frankbeswick, on 08/22/2024

The Shrigley Heiress Abduction 1826 ; Cheshire
there is a massive move here away from traditional colours . The photo is my lovely daughter in law, me and my granddaughter .
There is a photo of |Frank, me and another brother further down
Veronica, on 08/22/2024

Restoration of Bramall Hall, Cheshire
yes. mid summer here in north west England and it blew a gale last night , storms and rain . wet today. it is how it is. cold and wet
Veronica, on 08/22/2024

Essex Days ; The White Hart, Witham,
No he would have been spotted walking through the hotel in a mask
Veronica, on 08/22/2024

Essex days; Hylands House and Park
i think you need a new computer
Veronica, on 08/22/2024

The Potato Famine
Rye bread in our house. And soda bread. All home made.
Gingerbread is a cake over here not a bread.
I do speak a little Irish Gaelic and I do not know where he gets this.
Veronica, on 08/22/2024

Understanding Plant Names
Barley, wheat, rye and ginger are still common
frankbeswick, on 08/22/2024

The Potato Famine
Barley, rye, Wheaton and ginger are still common
frankbeswick, on 08/22/2024

The Linear Equation and Related Equations and Inequalities
When I started teaching there were two remedial courses, intro algebra and intermediate algebra, which were later called foundation courses because remedial had a bad connotation. They were high school level for students too weak for college ...
blackspanielgallery, on 08/21/2024

The Potato Famine
Thanks to Veronica for the comment below about the aggravatingly untranslated phrase an litir bheag.
The LearnGaelic site with that phrase suggested, per Ronald Black in The Gaelic Otherworld, silverweed as the seventh bread after the first ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/21/2024

Understanding Plant Names
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.
Plants may get renamed in the sense of changing from one genus to another or from one species to another.
Might there be any rule about changing the species ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/21/2024

What is happening when we read
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.
Your wizzleys/wizzlies mention prose writing, such as your short stories and your unrealized novel about Pontius Pilate. You released a Brexit-related wizzley ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/21/2024

Who Was Robin Hood?
Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.
So the bodies and the heads of criminals did not decompose into the next-world afterlife together.
Is there a Christian tradition about how such a situation ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 08/21/2024