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Mother’s Day Gifts for Writers
Mira, Mothers invariably end up in the kitchen. What would be nice images and sayings -- to get moms through the cooking and dishes -- for an apron or counter mats or wall calendar?
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/21/2018
Chasing Butterflies, or Living in the Moment
Mira, What poetic forms are particularly popular in Romania? Is there a form that can be said to be quintessentially Romanian?
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/21/2018
Adrenal Gland Crisis
Suppose a person suffered long term stress, which I as a medical layperson infer would result in long term exposure to high levels of adrenaline. What would be the effects on that person's body?
frankbeswick, on 06/20/2018
Affordable Italy: 6 Tips for Traveling on a Budget
Very enjoyable article. I did the rental home idea in Mexico and it worked great and saved us a ton of money.
MBC, on 06/19/2018
Traditional Cheshire Food
But I have no evidence that Pigeon Pie is a traditional and well known Cheshire food as Cheshire is to the South of Manchester, which was in South Lancashire at that time.
Veronica, on 06/17/2018
Traditional Cheshire Food
Veronica you seem to have missed pigeon pie. Your great uncle was a groundsman at Manchester City's ground and employed partly to keep the pitch pigeon free. This involved shooting pigeons. He brought his kills back to eat.So I ate pigeon, but ...
frankbeswick, on 06/16/2018
Bramhall History Walk
Yes the owners would have had to pay to get them back otherwise the landowner would have kept them.
Veronica, on 06/16/2018
Rushbearing at Grasmere in the English Lake District
Laying down rushes is an old tradition. The rushes were changed at the end of the season. They would have been quite dirty and not too loud to walk upon
Veronica, on 06/16/2018
Little Moreton Hall; It shouldn't be standing up
The Victorian era saw the emergence of the middle class in England. These people wanted to be upper class but didn't know how so they devised a set of rules and norms to live by thinking they were copying the upper classes by so doing. These ...
Veronica, on 06/16/2018
Little Moreton Hall; It shouldn't be standing up
Veronica, Thank you for sharing Little Moreton Hall, whose existence proves the saying that Nature-like beauty abhors a straight line! Why did original cream and yellow colors get replaced by white, which shows wear-and-tear more easily?
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/16/2018
Rushbearing at Grasmere in the English Lake District
Veronica, Do people who like old ways still use reed-covered floors and thatched roofs anywhere in U.K.? The harp looks very springtime festive with flowers and rushes! How often would rushes centuries ago have to be changed on great house ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/16/2018
Bramhall History Walk
Veronica, Thank you for sharing Bramhall's history with us! What happened to the strays rounded up in the pinfold? Were their owners given a chance to get them back?
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/16/2018
Traditional Cheshire Food
The lemon and almond tart is definitely very good. My lot eat a whole dish of it in one sitting.
I have never actually made potted pigeon. It is more of a traditional dish but asparagus and corn cobs are native vegetables to Cheshire.
Veronica, on 06/16/2018
The Stockport ( Cheshire ) Anti Irish riots 1852
Great questions.
The Irish couldn't afford to be owners. They were tenants.
Crookley woods is now built over and industrialised and all that remains of it is a duel carriageway called Crookily Way.
The riots are forgotten. I think they ...
Veronica, on 06/16/2018
Traditional Cheshire Food
Veronica, Very delicious, especially your creation that looks and reads most healthily and prettily with lemon for digestion and rolled oats for fiber! Do you do anything with the bread crusts that don't go into the asparagus and cheese ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/16/2018