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Dr Caitlin Green
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Dr Caitlin Green

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History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.

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    Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Jul 2016

    Voyagers in the Vault of Heaven: Phenomenon of Ships in the Sky in Medieval Ireland & Beyond https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17808/22180 …pic.twitter.com/UZAvZzkn1V

    1:43 AM - 16 Jul 2016
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      2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        Another medieval 'airship' from the Norwegian Konungs skuggsjá (Speculum regale), c.1250: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17808/22180 …pic.twitter.com/CSP7uLHOvN

        3 replies 19 retweets 37 likes
      3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        One more account, from a 14th-15thC Irish manuscript, trans. K. H. Jackson: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17808/22180 …pic.twitter.com/Q0yAkq3lAm

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      4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 17 Jul 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        And finally, a similar tale of ships in the sky from late 18thC Nova Scotia :) https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/MCR/article/view/17808/22180 …pic.twitter.com/QrEVzEZi8s

        6 replies 10 retweets 13 likes
      5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 17 Jul 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        One more from Gervase of Tilbury's 13thC Otia Imperialia, via @lordbonkers blog :) http://liberalengland.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/sea-above-earth.html …pic.twitter.com/y1KxlpGJll

        2 replies 10 retweets 18 likes
      6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 8 Sep 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen @lordbonkers

        Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Hannah Worthen

        Another supposed pre-modern 'airship', this time from 17th-century Berkshire— apparently flew over a high steeple :)https://twitter.com/HannahWorthen/status/906189345882767362 …

        Dr Caitlin Green added,

        Hannah Worthen @HannahWorthen
        What I learnt this afternoon: an "ingenious fellow" from Berkshire invented a flying boat in 1607 and it flew 20 miles [TNA SP 14/28 f. 108] pic.twitter.com/27h1inMMjc
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      2. T S P‏ @morangles 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        If you want to enter the mysterious realm of 'odd encounters' they are many and Ancient Aliens is not always wrong

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @morangles

        Well, I guess it's always a possibility...! ;)

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      4. T S P‏ @morangles 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        When wishing to relax and like an intellectual bubble bath Ancient Aliens is on par to a Mojito on cruise ship sundeck

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      5. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @morangles

        Hah! :)

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Colin sherlock‏ @nocylad 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        That Ergot, better than than the legendary Vietnam buddah grass! High on rye.

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      1. George Rick‏ @GeorgeRick1 12 Apr 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        You kind of have to wonder what they were smoking at the Teltown Fair.

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      1. Matthew Curry‏ @curry_matthew 22 Jul 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        'Out of the marvellous as he had known it'

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      1. John Dixon‏ @JohnJackoDixon 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        spooky similar stories separated by centuries.

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      1. (((CheshireKaz)))‏ @CheshireKaz 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        Weren't the Tuatha De Danaan supposed to have reached Ireland in flying ships?

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      1. Tideswellman‏ @tideswellman 16 Jul 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        great but hard to interpret. I once read a similar story about York. Airship , creature, stoned to death by townsfolk

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      1. Nigel Hillpaul ن‏ @TheHillpaul 8 Sep 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        The first Briton to fly was a Welshman https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Frost … or possibly an Englishman https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Pilcher … but both before the Wrights

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      1. A Good Start But Let's Punch More Nazis‏ @tlecaque 12 Apr 2017
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen

        I desperately want this to be the inspiration for the airships in the Final Fantasy series. I think I'm going to pretend it is.

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      1. Eamonn Fitzgerald‏ @eamonn 27 Oct 2016
        Replying to @caitlinrgreen @cathyby

        So, the Irish, not the English, invented the game of darts. Is that the Republican subtext here?

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