With regard to Old Oswestry being the place "where King Arthur's Guinevere was born", this is an intriguing claim...! Thomas Pennant, an >
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@caitlinrgreen I love that Arthurian tales stretch Cumbria-Cornwall. Each "pocket" of native pop recalling that story of resistance. -
@STORI3D_PAST Well, it's an interesting one---earliest evidence suggests Arthur known in S. Wales and S. Scotland in 6thC! Question is, > -
@STORI3D_PAST > what was he famous for? He's absent from Armes Prydein, the great poem of resistance etc, after all, and Saxons get no > -
@STORI3D_PAST > mention in the non-historical materials, so was he famous generally for the non-historical bits? The giant-killing, boar > -
@STORI3D_PAST > hunting, witch slaying and the like of Culhwch, Pa Gur and the like?! An interesting conundrum! :) -
@caitlinrgreen One of the best mysteries of all time! I'm in the Riothamus camp for his origin story. I think R was Briton, not Breton -
@caitlinrgreen How 5th C Riothamus became 6th C "Mt Badon" Arthur is the tricky bit! Maybe his army took his name & used it as their own -
@STORI3D_PAST Riotamus is fascinating! But is he Arthur? Hmm! I kinda like Ambrosius as the victor of Badon & thus a composite Arthur! ;) - 1 more reply
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@caitlinrgreen Anyways academics aside the new display pic is wonderful :) -
@Umarkarim89 Hah! Thank you! :) -
@caitlinrgreen haha I actually noticed it quite late because usually your tweets are full of pictures so the whole focus is on them -
@Umarkarim89 Ah, yes, guess they are normally! :) -
@caitlinrgreen in those days the football world cup was going on so they have placed these bags which kind of looked like footballs :D -
@Umarkarim89 Sounds fun, and you've got to appreciate anywhere that provides bean-bags to sit on, lol! -
@caitlinrgreen anyways enjoying superb weather here :)after days of scorching heat with temperatures over 40 C which burnt one actually :( -
@Umarkarim89 Ouch :( Gather we're about to get the v hot weather over here---awaiting with some trepidation! - 7 more replies
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@caitlinrgreen Fast & on Sunday


. TYTY so much Caitlin; will cite u if I use...and probably WILL use it


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@chopin_slut No problem! :) The section of Myrddin Fardd I quoted is from pp. 118-19 of Grooms 1993, if that helps :) -
@caitlinrgreen It do, Caitlin; TYTYTY
. You have far exceeded the requirements for Tweepness

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