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Havelok the Dane
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Havelok the Dane, also known as Havelok or Lay of Havelok the Dane, is a Middle English romance story. The story, however, is also known in two earlier Anglo-Norman versions. Most scholars place Havelok the Dane at the end of the thirteenth century, between 1280 and 1290. The name “Havelok” [...]
Continue reading...Adder stone
29 August 2009
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Adder stone is a type of stone, usually glassy, with a naturally-occurring hole through it. Such stones have been discovered by archaeologists in both Britain and Egypt. In Britain they are also called hag stones, witch stones, serpent’s eggs, snake’s eggs, or glain neidyr in Wales and milpreve in Cornwall. [...]
Continue reading...Flibbertigibbet
28 August 2009
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Flibbertigibbet is a Middle English word referring to a flighty or whimsical person, usually a young female. In modern use, it is used as a slang term, especially in Yorkshire, for a gossipy or overly talkative person. Its origin is in a meaningless representation of chattering.
Continue reading...Elf
28 August 2009
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia An elf is a creature of Germanic mythology. The elves were originally thought of as a race of minor nature and fertility gods, who are often pictured as youthful-seeming men and women of great beauty living in forests and underground places and caves, or in wells and springs. They have [...]
Continue reading...Drake’s Drum
27 August 2009
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Drake’s Drum is a snare drum that Sir Francis Drake took with him when he circumnavigated the world. Shortly before he died he ordered the drum to be taken to Buckland Abbey, where it still is today, and vowed that if England was ever in danger someone was to beat [...]
Continue reading...Cunning folk
27 August 2009
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The term “cunning man” or “cunning woman” was most widely used in southern England and the Midlands, as well as in Wales. Such people were also frequently known across England as “wizards”, “wise men” or “wise women”, or, in southern England and Wales, as “conjurers”. In Cornwall they were sometimes [...]
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