Posted on 10/20/2004 2:02:41 PM PDT by blam
The Danes have some nice long boats in their museum.
Brave Beocat!
Hearthpet of Hradmin Moderator in whose high halls;
He slayed ten thousand DemonRats;
Whose lies and rants fell from besotted lips.
Lapkit of the Valkyrie, Shield Maidens of Valhalla;
Battlecat of a thousand tales of glorious victory;
Wielder of Thor’s Hammer;
He hurls bolts of Zot as mortal man doth cast spear and battleaxe.
Fiercest of a fearsome brood,
Broodmate of the heroes of sagas and runes yet unwrit;
But boasted of in halls of fame and glory,
And hissed in caves of fear and darkness.
Grandsire of all the Kits of Viking lore,
Whose sharp ears stand like spear tips;
Upraised, erect, listening for evil-sounds,
The lies that fall from lips of trolls not good.
Fangs of iron; claws of steel;
Maw dripping with blackened blood;
Smiter of Trolls, ruiner of Rats, destroyer of Dims;
His muzzle darkened with evil gore.
Now he purrs;
Brave Beocat!
"We need pics of the ancient historic viking kitties, perhaps the viking kittie mummies....."
Find a fairy ring and start digging!
Nice to see someone putting an English Lit degree to good use.
OI! I must confess, lass, you do look Irish (or scots- they're the same people anyway). Regardless - wow! You'd give a man courage to do great deeds if he were coming home to the likes of you. ;)
- oh yeah - County Mayo heritage here. :)
*L* I love that!
Wow! I'd mistake you for Nicole Kidman! (-:
I love your red hair! My own used to much redder when I was a kid but it's gotten darker over the years - more of an auburn now.
My family in Ireland dates back to the 1200's when they settled in Sligo. They actually were Nordic invaders (I say 'Nordic' as 'viking' is actually a verb, not a noun.) and, like most invaders of Ireland, they became Irish.
In the 1850-1900 period most of the family emigrated to the Boston area and my folks moved to California in the 1950's. I've lived in Sacramento since 1978.
Do you know much of your family history?
- Peter
I am a retired U.S.N. rescue swimmer and medical diver. I was diving off the coast of Gitmo Bay, Cuba in approx. 70 ft. of water when on the bottom I found a small object which appears to be made out of lead. It was encrusted with sediment and approx. 3 inches long shaped like a bottle. After removing the debris there was a indented circle with what appears to be a protruding face maybe of a king?. Above the indentation of the face are some letters or numbers. I told my parents of what I found because of it being interesting, at that time they were subscribing to National Geographic and said they had seen an object of similar description in an issue. According to the issue the object (in the issue) was 1700 yrs. old and a perfume vile. It went along to say vikings on ships would use these viles for obvious reasons and one was so they would not have to smell the men who were rowing the ship. I have tried and tried to find this issue or some one who could help me identify this lead vile. Can you help?
thank you,
David P. Miller
I am a retired U.S.N. rescue swimmer and medical diver. I was diving off the coast of Gitmo Bay, Cuba in approx. 70 ft. of water when on the bottom I found a small object which appears to be made out of lead. It was encrusted with sediment and approx. 3 inches long shaped like a bottle. After removing the debris there was a indented circle with what appears to be a protruding face maybe of a king?. Above the indentation of the face are some letters or numbers. I told my parents of what I found because of it being interesting, at that time they were subscribing to National Geographic and said they had seen an object of similar description in an issue. According to the issue the object (in the issue) was 1700 yrs. old and a perfume vile. It went along to say vikings on ships would use these viles for obvious reasons and one was so they would not have to smell the men who were rowing the ship. I have tried and tried to find this issue or some one who could help me identify this lead vile. Can you help?
thank you,
David P. Miller
Fascinatig. I hope the Irish government decides to preserve this find.
I don't know that I can help you much. :) I'd say the best thing to do would be to contact someone "in the know" at a local public university.
The only thing I could say for sure is that the vikings probably didn't get that far south. They tended to stay relatively near land and hugged the coastline where possible. Their records say that they never got much farther south than New England, via Iceland, Greenland, and Newfoundland.
About the smell, well, I guess they'd just stop noticing after a while. :D
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