Posted on 05/01/2014 12:13:06 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
***The radiocarbon dates confirm activity in the period from 1472 to 1645. **
Ending in the Plague years.
Yeah, my take on the headline was that it was still a working village that had been overlooked in the modern era.
Good idea, and that might account for all memory of the town having been lost.
‘In 1350, there was a great pestilence and mortality of men in the kingdom of Scotland, and this pestilence also raged for many years before and after in various parts of the world.’
Scotichronicon, John of Fordun
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/scotlandshistory/medievallife/blackdeath/index.asp
“...Most written sources give no real sense of how people actually lived. You only get that sense by examining where they lived and the objects they used in daily life...”
“Or suppose a woman has ten silver coins[a] and loses one. Doesnt she light a lamp, sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it?”
Obviously you’ve never been to Scotland. [ducks, runs]
You play a bass?!? You should switch to something more musical, like bagpipes! ;’)
Turns out that Brigadoon didn’t really vanish and then reappear, the witnesses were just drunk.
American Colonial Penny image search:
https://www.google.com/search?q=american+colonial+penny&tbm=isch
Steeleye Span - Parcel of Rogues
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLufwtSZiIs
Thanks exDemMom!
When posting this topic, I put both terms into the keywords.
Okay, so, I hadn’t actually done it yet, turns out that was a slightly earlier topic.
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Is that the one with President Jefferson Davis on it?
-PJ
The ‘Silian 3’ stone was discovered by chance alongside a stream in the Welsh village of Silian.
“Tis ok...
Thanks!
So, did the ancient Scots actually invent Communism???
What is the difference between a lawn mower and a bagpipe?
You can tune a lawn mower!
(Disclaimer: I am ON the Official FR Bagpipe Ping List! LOL!
It is a low volume ping list for a hig volume instrument.)
Ah, thanks, maybe another topic in the offing.
You paint with a wide brush, sir.
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