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The land was white, The seed was black; It will take a good scholar To riddle me that. Riddles...

Riddle-Me-Ree | Posted by joh at 12:25 PM on September 28, 2003
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'A month that comes in good, goes out bad.' says this Weather Folklore site (via Boynton). Now, can this be generalised further? Can it be applied to other things than...

Whether weather? | Posted by joh at 10:03 PM on September 10, 2003
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Tomorrow afternoon I am off to Wales to the Beyond the Border storytelling festival. It should be fun. Back on Monday. (In the meantime I suggest you turn over to...

Stories and Wales | Posted by joh at 09:19 PM on July 03, 2003
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I found this entry on dark children’s tales (or was that tails? It certainly isn't wings) via the comments at Troubled Diva. So much to read, so little time. It's...

Dark Stories | Posted by joh at 08:12 AM on June 12, 2003
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'All folks as come to Sussex Must follow Sussex wyas, And when they've larned to know us well There's no place else they'd wish to dwell In all their blessed...

Adam Acidophilus is The Fable Man. Cult satirical storyteller. Songs, stories, aphorisms, wisdom and enlightenment. With over 100 original fables amounting to more than 40 hours of material, Adam...

Yoghurt Stories | Posted by joh at 10:38 AM on June 02, 2003
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But there was another interested figure who haunted the Piltdown site during excavation, a doctor who knew human anatomy and chemistry, someone interested in geology and archeology, and an avid...

The Perp. | Posted by joh at 07:39 PM on May 20, 2003
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On 17th May at midnight each year a big ghost ship type thing sails into Brighton, this would be viewable from St Nicholas's church if some bugger hadn't built...

For Beltane I avoided fires, spells (via leuschke), poetry and dancing. Instead I went out and drank Southern Comfort at a rock club*. I'm a traditionalist, me. - - -...

s'may | Posted by joh at 03:20 PM on May 01, 2003
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God dag, mann - økseskaft, idiom. The phrase comes from the folk tale about a man who is going deaf and who expects a visit. In order to hide...

Norwegian Lesson of the Day | Posted by joh at 01:43 PM on April 24, 2003
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I have just reserved tickets to see Adam Acidophilus (as mentioned here) at The Greys on Sunday 1st of June. Very happy, and not at all unbalanced....

Fable Viewing | Posted by joh at 08:24 PM on April 20, 2003
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Easter is not really a solar festival, but rather one of the moon. The name Easter comes to us from the Saxon Eostre (synonymous with the phoenician Astarte), goddess of...

I'm curious... | Posted by joh at 08:05 PM on April 20, 2003
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Why is clockwise Clockwise? gives the answer to a question that was put to me the other day: It turns out that the antonym of widdershins is sunwise. ...which brings...

Round and Round | Posted by joh at 01:26 AM on April 06, 2003
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You could send Pomegranates and saffron crocus (laughter and mirth) to someone in celebration of foolishness. Give columbine; it’s the symbol of folly because of the similarity of the shape...

Herbs and Fools | Posted by joh at 06:46 PM on April 01, 2003
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Today I am driving Matt to take photo's of Beachy Head and Devils Dyke. It is a good start to seeing the Sussex countryside. (I am fighting my fear and...

Ramblings in Sussex (part two) | Posted by joh at 02:29 PM on March 15, 2003
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