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DINNERLADY
@lazydaizee (6732)
• United Kingdom
18 Nov 19
I managed to read this book during the course of the weekend because it was not a very long story, and I found it hard to put down because I wanted to find out what happened in the end.
It is sort of like a modern day folk story...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
31 May 18
The last, and longest story in the collection, and disgracefully, the second Canterbury tale which Penguin classics translator Nevill Coghill refused to include in his collection, as he did with The Tale of Melibee. As a result, I...
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
25 May 18
Prologue - The Canon and his Yeoman were not with the rest of the Canterbury pilgrims when they first set off on their journey, but dramatically catch up with the party at this point in the narrative.
The Yeoman boasts that the...
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Inlemay
@Inlemay (17712)
• South Africa
26 Jan 18
"It was this tradition of telling stories around the campfire that gave birth to oral traditions, where information is passed on through the spoken word to the younger generations, so that events are captured and...
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Morley Hunt
@Morleyhunt (21741)
• Canada
11 Dec 17
My husband likes to tease our five year old grand daughter Sandra.
Last week the clippers were at the back door waiting to be taken out to the garden shed.
My husband picked them up and started to trim his fingernails. He then...
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
8 Apr 17
Day 212
Proverbs 20:19
Proverbs 20:19 He that goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flatters with his lips.
Can you be trusted? If someone tells you something in confidence, can you...
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
27 Jan 17
I am not sure if this fabled tale would be something other areas of the world would have heard from their own grandparents. I do know, atleast as it relates to the Southern States, that many of us would have heard this told to us...
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Claire Raymond
@Clairelouiser (683)
• United Kingdom
9 Jan 17
I live in a place very rich in mythology and legend which I love, it is historically significant and culturally fascinating.
But it is also a little bit silly at times, for example, word has it that a beast roams on the moors...
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
10 May 16
I was perusing facebook just a few minutes ago when I came across something which gives me pause. I am still not sure what to think about it .
It was a photograph with a caption underneath recounting the crime committed by two...
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
1 Mar 16
But not before beheading his daughter.
Barbara was a beautiful woman with many men lusting after her. Her father did not like the men lusting after her, but furthermore did not want her converting to Christianity. Locking her in...
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
17 Feb 16
Creiddylad is the Welsh Goddess of love and flowers. Her story is sort of a sad one. She was promised to one man but stolen by another. The man she was promised to was also the man she truly loved. He set off to rescue her and...
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AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
16 Feb 16
Pictured are two books that I have and need to start reading. I have read a bit out of "The Mabinogion" which is a book full of Welsh Tales. The other, smaller book, I've only skimmed through a bit.
According to the Publisher's...
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (69183)
• Centralia, Washington
8 Oct 15
When we visit a city like Victoria, British Columbia or New Orleans in the states, we like to sign up for ghost tours. Its a fun way to interact with the locals and get in some history while taking a walk. I really liked...
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winterose
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
14 Jul 12
pride or vanity is portrayed as a negative thing in many cultures. The Greeks have a myth about Narcissus. He thought he was so beautiful that he would gaze into the river to see his reflection. Well one day he bent down a little...
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leafygreens08
@leafygreens08 (754)
• United States
29 Jun 12
Writers have their favorite genres. Mine is mostly medieval fantasy romances. I am fascinated by the medieval and renaissance periods. Even though I am writing books now for the time being, I still enjoy writing short stories and...
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cjfoust
@cjfoust (614)
• United States
19 Feb 12
I am 15 weeks pregnant and cannot wait to find out the gender of the baby. I have done several of those gender tests online just for fun but am curious if any mylotters have any insight on the subject? I know in the end I will...
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