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Fairy tales
Wed, 19 Dec 2007 09:51:47 +0000
'lo all.
Can anyone tell me some good sources on origins of fairy tales - did
Grimm and Andersen write their own material or collect it, that sort
of thing. I have half an idea that they did adapt tales they already
knew rather than making them up, but I don't know if my memory is
deceiving me.
So far the S ...
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Re: Santa Claus, flying reindeer and the Fly Agaric. The supposed pagan origins of Christmas
Sun, 16 Dec 2007 23:44:17 +0000
On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:45:35 -0000, "Jymn" <jymnat@gmail.com>
blethered:
>In urp, Halla wrote in response to Jymn:
><snip>
>>> Its doable, given the space and the money I'd start with a
>>> couple of telegraph poles, and some heavy plant to move
>>> them, (but am in training to be a wimp these days) ;~)
>>
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Re: Ha!
Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:09:08 +0000
On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:50:18 -0000, "Jymn" <jymnat@gmail.com>
blethered:
>In urp, Halla wrote in response to Jymn:
><snip>
>>> The political correctness line has pushed the tolerance of
>>> groups, and has sought to pigeon hole people into neat
>>> little groups. There's a legally forced tolerance of these
> ...
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Fluff: Christma-Hanu-Rama-Ka-Dona-Kwanzaa
Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:55:23 -0600
Just to make sure *nobody* feels left out this Winterval, here's Roy
Zimmerman (the closest thing we have to a modern day Tom Lehrer) to
spread goodwill in the most inclusive way possible. :-)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNrS0HvsUXc
There's more here if you like him:
http://www.youtube.com/ ...
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UK Religion Pagan Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Fri, 14 Dec 2007 19:09:12 -0000
uk.religion.pagan (URP) is a newsgroup. It is not a chat-room, it is not a
mailing list, it is a newsgroup, and as such posters are
expected to follow the appropriate netiquette. Though urp can be accessed
via Google Groups, and Google Groups does have the most complete archive
which I'm aware of, it is a usenet n ...
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[fluff]
Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:33:20 +0000
Literally - flamin' cat has decided that the mousemat is a good place
to settle. He's purring at the moment, but he's an exuberant biter, so
I daren't move away from URP. ;-)
--
"I can still see her face at thirty.
When will I be most myself?
I thought I'd always be their child.
In my sleep it's never wint ...
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[ot] Go me!
Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:21:43 +0000
I appear to have found a job (on a sort of as-and-when basis, anyway),
and our local friendly councillor tells us we got our allotment site!
Actually, I could make this vaguely on topic and wonder if a spate of
good luck is bound to attract bad or whether that's
superstition/conditioning/West of Scotland 'don't ...
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Re: Ha!
Mon, 10 Dec 2007 10:20:58 +0000
On 10 Dec 2007 05:25:14 GMT, Arctic Stone <arcticstone@gmail.com>
blethered:
>Halla <halla@drunkenbastards.spam.com>:
>
>> I wonder how much of that is due to a sort of office-culturalism? I've
>> worked places where it's tricky to strike up a conversation if 1) you
>> don't like dance music and dance clubs ...
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Stonehenge road denied
Sat, 08 Dec 2007 00:44:29 +0000
For those who may be interested but haven't heard:
"This is a short email to let you know that the A303 Stonehenge
tunnel/road scheme was officially scrapped this morning, Thursday 6th
December. That's the news we've wanted to bring you for almost a
decade!
You can read the official British government annou ...
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UK Religion Pagan Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Fri, 7 Dec 2007 19:22:31 -0000
uk.religion.pagan (URP) is a newsgroup. It is not a chat-room, it is not a
mailing list, it is a newsgroup, and as such posters are
expected to follow the appropriate netiquette. Though urp can be accessed
via Google Groups, and Google Groups does have the most complete archive
which I'm aware of, it is a usenet n ...
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