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Post by sassenach on Nov 14, 2009 14:49:40 GMT -5
Oh, i'm sure our big Scott boy would be delighted to eat your homemade porridge, Donna !
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Post by gerrysgranny on Nov 14, 2009 15:00:35 GMT -5
Thank You SASS-------
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Post by Dianne on Nov 15, 2009 5:27:52 GMT -5
Thank You SASS------- I'm sure he would too, and with a grown up Goldielocks perched on his knee.
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Post by Leppardlady on Nov 15, 2009 10:50:48 GMT -5
Talking about porridge and Scots makes me think of another Scot close to my heart.... Jamie Fraser. This was his morning staple and every time I read about him, his head bending over his morning parritch (sp?), I have this urge to stand behind him and stoke his hair as he ate.... just my own little fantasy.
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Post by dawne27 on Nov 15, 2009 18:23:25 GMT -5
yummy! LOL, lepp... my little 'mental tryst'...gerry enjoying his bowl of porridge of hot oats, barely with golden streams of honey and instead of turning into the vixen, i start humming the childrens parody 'pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, pease porridge in the pot nine days olds'.......GAK!
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Post by Dianne on Nov 16, 2009 5:08:24 GMT -5
yummy! LOL, lepp... my little 'mental tryst'...gerry enjoying his bowl of porridge of hot oats, barely with golden streams of honey and instead of turning into the vixen, i start humming the childrens parody 'pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, pease porridge in the pot nine days olds'.......GAK! Here's a little useless trivia. I researched the middle ages and back then that is exactly what they would do. They would have the same stew and keep adding to it, day, after day, after day. There is a lot to learn from old nursery rhymes. Another is ring around the Rosy. It was originally written about the Black Death (Bubonic Plague). Ring around the Rosy (signifying the rash) A pocket full of Posies (people not knowing about germs thought the smell of flowers would ward the Black Death away so they would carry flowers around.) Ashes, Ashes originally was ahchoo, ahchoo(sneezing being one of the symptoms) We all fall down (dead)
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Post by dawne27 on Nov 16, 2009 6:36:36 GMT -5
love history! it speaks!
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Post by sassenach on Nov 16, 2009 11:47:22 GMT -5
WOW ! Thanks for it, Dianne! Being an history freak myself, i often search for such infos. In fact, i've learnt not long ago that an infantile song used to "choose sides" was actually narrating the conquest of a fortress back in 14 century.
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Post by dawne27 on Nov 16, 2009 14:39:15 GMT -5
oooh, tell more sass! i am serious!
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Post by Tuesday on Nov 20, 2009 16:47:05 GMT -5
yummy! LOL, lepp... my little 'mental tryst'...gerry enjoying his bowl of porridge of hot oats, barely with golden streams of honey and instead of turning into the vixen, i start humming the childrens parody 'pease porridge hot, pease porridge cold, pease porridge in the pot nine days olds'.......GAK! Here's a little useless trivia. I researched the middle ages and back then that is exactly what they would do. They would have the same stew and keep adding to it, day, after day, after day. There is a lot to learn from old nursery rhymes. Another is ring around the Rosy. It was originally written about the Black Death (Bubonic Plague). Ring around the Rosy (signifying the rash) A pocket full of Posies (people not knowing about germs thought the smell of flowers would ward the Black Death away so they would carry flowers around.) Ashes, Ashes originally was ahchoo, ahchoo(sneezing being one of the symptoms) We all fall down (dead) I remember learning about that in school. Most children's fairy tales have grim origins.
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Post by Dianne on Nov 20, 2009 18:49:29 GMT -5
Here's a little useless trivia. I researched the middle ages and back then that is exactly what they would do. They would have the same stew and keep adding to it, day, after day, after day. There is a lot to learn from old nursery rhymes. Another is ring around the Rosy. It was originally written about the Black Death (Bubonic Plague). Ring around the Rosy (signifying the rash) A pocket full of Posies (people not knowing about germs thought the smell of flowers would ward the Black Death away so they would carry flowers around.) Ashes, Ashes originally was ahchoo, ahchoo(sneezing being one of the symptoms) We all fall down (dead) I remember learning about that in school. Most children's fairy tales have grim origins. Isn't that funny, they do. Some sayings as well. Like don't throw the baby out with the bath water. In the middle ages people took a bath once a year whether they needed it or not. Dad went first then mum, and down the line... by the time the poor baby got its turn the bath water was horribly murky, so much so you could lose the baby in it....YUCK!!!! Same with the brides bouquet. Bride took her yearly bath normally in the first of the spring and weddings usually took place in late spring. The bouquet was used to hide her stench. Queen Isabella of Spain bragged that she never took a bath in her entire life.
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Post by Clairemarie! on Nov 22, 2009 21:01:33 GMT -5
I might sound weird but I LOVE learning this kinda stuff. Anyone know any others?
And WHY would anyone boast that they never took a bath? I know that the early puritans looked down on weekly baths.
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Post by Tuesday on Nov 22, 2009 21:36:02 GMT -5
I might sound weird but I LOVE learning this kinda stuff. Anyone know any others? And WHY would anyone boast that they never took a bath? I know that the early puritans looked down on weekly baths. Why would guys wear tight-ass ball crushing jeans? Because it's the trend.
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Post by Leppardlady on Nov 23, 2009 9:56:07 GMT -5
Men used to wear nice tight breeks back in the 1800's as well.... I guess they are just a glutton for punishment.... makes for good eye candy though, especially when the man is verra, verra happy (if you know what I mean ![](http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww236/weirdlygerry/eyebrows.gif) )
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Post by sassenach on Nov 23, 2009 10:02:48 GMT -5
Men used to wear nice tight breeks back in the 1800's as well.... I guess they are just a glutton for punishment.... makes for good eye candy though, especially when the man is verra, verra happy (if you know what I mean ![](http://i723.photobucket.com/albums/ww236/weirdlygerry/eyebrows.gif) ) Oh, tell me about it, LL ! Most of "Pride and Prejudice" the BBC production of 1995, should be X-rated, for the fine gentlemen(Colin Firth and Crispin Bonham -Carter) were walking around into their tight breeches being in commando and with nothing left to fantasy ! Now, it's high time Gerard should make a period drama, i daresay!
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