What a great place to be from! Thanks for the shots of the Spring rituals - I couldn't help but think that the pig got shafted.
stan On May 8, 2007, at 2:36 AM, Bob W wrote: >> Never heard of the green man. What is that all about? > > the Green Man is a traditional figure representing the force of Nature > and spring, I think. Probably pre-Christian but it is carved into a > lot of churches here. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Man > > There was one carved in the parish church we went to when I was at > school, although I can't find a picture of it, but this is the church > (and the house I lived in - Elizabethan house on the right with 2 > large gables at the ends and 4 smaller gables between): > http://www.hobster.co.uk/Images/Balloon/church.jpg > > It finds its way into a lot of pub names. Here it was part of the > scaffolding in the town where I was at school - this is where the > locals used to hang people, so it was said: > > http://www.ashbourne-town.com/pubs/green/index.html > > -- > Bob > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: 08 May 2007 03:53 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Green Man and Pig's Head >> >> In a message dated 5/7/2007 3:13:24 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> The sun comes out for about 5 minutes, and all the heathens rush > out >> to conduct their foul pagan rituals: >> >> http://www.web-options.com/Mayday/ >> >> Bob >> >> =========== >> Very nice gallery. Colorful, interesting bits and pieces, >> especially the >> green man and the pig's head. You guys have some interesting >> native rituals. :-) >> Never heard of the green man. What is that all about? >> >> Marnie aka Doe :-) >> >> --------------------------------------------- >> Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. >> >> >> >> >> ************************************** See what's free at >> http://www.aol.com. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
