[Ansteorra] Re: A bet made- was Laurels Prize Tourney date

HL Darcy darcy at seacove.net
Thu Jul 4 08:41:01 PDT 2002


Yep!!  That's the one!.  I now remember the pillows on the knees.  LOL  It's
good to be the King.

Gilli
----- Original Message -----
From: "D. Vandever" <hlannes at ev1.net>
To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 9:35 AM
Subject: [Ansteorra] Re: A bet made- was Laurels Prize Tourney date


> Gilli wrote:
>
>
> > A while back, I don't remember which of His reigns, a young knight named
> > Mahadi made a bet with his Majesty Patrick Michael.  When you bet with
the
> > King, unless the King wants to lose, you are going to be the one to
lose.
> > HE Mahadi did not win the wager and had me make the belt to pay off his
> > loss.
> >
> > It's good to be the King, or soon to be King again.
> >
> > Gilli
>
> If the bet was over whether or not anyone would actually kneel on the
> cushions during court, I can shed some light on that one.  During Patrick
> Michael's 2nd reign, at Raven's Fort Defender, Sept. 29, 1990, we were
> gathering for court.  My household was quite excited as we had wind that
one
> of our most beloved members, Caitlin nan Cnoc Airgead aka Caitlin the
Celt,
> was going to receive her AoA.  As we settled into our chairs, His Then
Royal
> Majesty, was circulating thru the crowd, rather surreptuously...or as
sneaky
> as you can be when you are the crown...explaining that he had a bet with
> Mahadi as to whether or not anyone would kneel on the cushions when called
> into court and that everyone was to kneel!  This caused us some
> consternation as our dear sister, being a Celt #1 and with bad knees #2
and
> bad back #3 had declared loudly and often that if she was ever in court,
she
> would not have knelt, would not kneel and indeed could not kneel.  She had
> not yet come into the crowd and was unaware of the King's wishes.  We, of
> course, being loyal subjects of the crown, did not wish to see our sister
> break his wish.  So we formulated a plot then and there to satisfy all
> parties involved.
>
> As luck would have it, hers was the first name called.  As she rose to
enter
> court, she was a bit startled to realize that the entire household was
> rising to their feet to accompany her.  Marching forward, I and my then
> husband flanked her with the rest following.  Reaching the thrones,
Patrick
> Michael looked at her expectantly.  Mahadi hovered behind him watching
> intently.  She, in her ignorant innocence as we had not told her of the
> command to kneel as it would have done no good,  smiled serenely and stood
> her ground.
>
> In the next instant, Mahadi was screaming,"You cheated!!!  You cheated!!!"
> and His Majesty, Patrick Michael had totally lost his dignity in choking
> laughter so great he had to leave the throne and roll on the ground
holding
> his sides with pain.
>
> For there, still standing, she proudly stood, that paragon of Celtic
Pride,
> as I and my ex firmly held *both* kneeling pillows to her knees!!
>
> Even if this is not the incident you allude to above, it is a good old
story
> and one that I was glad to remember and share.
>
> Annes
> Dear God,  Help me to be the person
> my dog thinks I am.  Amen
>
>
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