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[aynrandfreak]

Gee, I knew they said 1066 was the last successful foreign invasion of England, I just didn’t realize it happened so often before that

[kaehurowing]

Give me you spam, I love it!

[JimRed]

They also hope to mark his death with a re-enactment of a Viking burial.

I always thought the Viking tradition was to build a replica longship, put the corpse aboard, set it afire and shove it off.

[Pontiac]

Officials want to twin the town with Sweyn's birthplace of Roskilde, Denmark and stage a festival.

They also hope to mark his death with a re-enactment of a Viking burial.

Seems rather inappropriate since Sweyn himself did not have a Viking burial.

After his death, Sweyn Forkbeard was taken to York, before being taken back to his Danish birthplace for burial. He is said to have been laid to rest in a wooden church on the site of Roskilde Cathedral

[jabbermog]

This is near here, Lincolnshire. Known as Lindsey in the 11th century.
Also home of most of the Pilgrim Fathers. This is why we refer to people from Massachusetts as “plastic yellowbellies” and “Lincolnshire Rejects” !