Maude Frome

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Western Mysteries - and a little bit more

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Vrijeme pridruživanja: prosinac 2015.

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    22. sij
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  2. 2. velj

    “All springs reduce their currents to mine eyes, that I, being governed by the watery moon, may send forth plenteous tears to drown the world.” Queen Elizabeth in Richard III, Act 2, Sc 2 Circe Invidiosa, John William Waterhouse, 1892

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    got their name from the drop earrings worn by ladies of the English court in the 16th century, rather than drops of snow. In Greek they are Galanthus Nivalis which means “milk flower of the snow”. by Stanley Spencer, 1955.

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    are also known as Fair Maids of , because traditionally they are the first flowers to have pushed through the cold winter earth by on . Snowdrops are symbols of the new life that comes in the after the harshness of winter.

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  5. 30. sij

    1st Feb is (or Imbolg - ‘in the belly’), a celebration of the start of & the quickening of new life. It is the day of the fire goddess as she brings blessings to the hearth & fertility to the land. are her footprints.

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  6. 30. sij

    In old lore Bride, the Princess of Summer, is enslaved by the Cailleach, hag goddess of winter. Bride is given snowdrops by kindly Father Winter, which she shows to the hag, who is enraged as they mean her reign is coming to an end. Img: Cicely Barker

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  7. 28. sij

    was first published on 28 January 1813. The did not carry ’s name, but stated that it was “By the of Sense and Sensibility”, which in turn had been written “By a Lady”. below by Hugh Thomson for the 1894 edition.

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  8. 27. sij

    Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known as , was born in on 27th Jan 1832. He was an cleric & an mathematician as well as the of . Some by Arthur Rackham from the 1908 edition of Alice.

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  9. 26. sij

    “He’s of the colour of the nutmeg. And of the heat of the ginger...He is pure air and fire; and the dull elements of earth and water never appear in him, but only in patient stillness while his rider mounts him. He is indeed a horse...” Henry V, Act 3, Sc 7

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  10. 25. sij

    , ’s bard & national hero, was born on 25th Jan 1759. He wrote the poem “Ode to a Mouse” after disturbing a mouse while ploughing: “Wee, sleekit, cowran, tim’rous beastie, O, what a panic’s in thy breastie!” sleekit = smooth, cowran = cowering

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  11. 25. sij

    (nee Stephen) was born on 25th Jan 1882, in . Seen here in 1902, as photographed by George Charles Bereford, as a girl with her sister Vanessa in , with her husband Leonard Woolf in 1912, & in a in 1934.

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  12. 23. sij

    In there is an ancient belief that if you plant a tree near your front door it will ward off witches’ spells as well as faeries & bad spirits. Rowan is also known as witchentree or witch-wood. month, Img: Cicely Barker

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  13. 23. sij

    It was once believed that the person who pulled a mandrake root from the ground would instantaneously fall dead. The way round this was to tie a dog to the mandrake & then encourage it to move & pull the root up, thus transferring the risk of death to the dog.

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  14. 20. sij

    Escape - it’s ! Time to salute the cutest birds on the planet, who not only look out for one another, build support networks, & communicate effectively, but also have incredibly strong family ties & show one another a lot of love & affection.

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  15. 20. sij

    On 20 Jan 1606 (old calendar) a storm surge caused the Channel floods that almost wiped out 30 villages in alone. The & South were hit when waves 25 ft high swept up the Bristol Channel at a rate of 30 mph, flooding up to 200 miles inland.

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  16. 19. sij

    “The morning steals upon the night, melting the darkness ...” The Tempest, Act 5, Sc 1 after the Wreck, William Turner, c.1841

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  17. 18. sij

    “It’s my birthday, the happiest day of the year.” A. A. Milne, creator of , was born in on 18th January 1882.

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  18. 16. sij

    the apple trees traditionally occurs on Old Twelfth Night, 17th Jan. The Queen of the (‘good health’) toasts the largest trees in the orchards with cider-soaked bread. The crowd then drinks to the health of the trees to ensure a good crop.

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  19. 16. sij

    The Queen on Old Twelfth Night, 17th Jan, was often a child. She would knock on the trunk of the oldest tree in the orchard & ask the fertility spirit within, known as the Apple Tree Man, to “awake”. She then placed cider-soaked bread in its branches.

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  20. 16. sij

    symbolise wealth attained through hard work. They belong to Hera, the Mother Goddess of the , & are therefore linked to the sign of Cancer, also known for its love of hard work. is the ambrosia of the Goddess, & symbolises richness & abundance.

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