[Ansteorra] Story from nine Worthies concerning the weather
Darlene Burns
annescvb at gmail.com
Tue Jul 13 19:00:26 PDT 2010
I remember that Worthies well...and yes, it was very hot. A lot of history
there and here.
Annes
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:52 AM, <Baronman at aol.com> wrote:
> I can remember a Tourney of the Nine Worthies started out at 90 degrees at
> 9 o'clock in the morning. Then it started to rain. Usually a good rain
> will help to cool things down but in this case it just made one feel hot,
> wet, sticky and miserable. Duchess Rowan who was the Crown during this
> event
> ( Hector was running late- real late) noticed the lack of enthusiasm from
> the fighters to get into armor, jumped up on a hay bale in the middle of
> the
> downpour, her herald shouted for all to attend . " We're not going to let
> a little rain and some heat stop our fun, are we?" she shouted. All in
> attendance yelled back "NO!" " Then lets get this tournament started!"
> she
> replied back. Just as the crowd started to break up to get ready, the
> rain
> suddenly stopped and a small break in the clouds opened up to cast full
> sunlight on Rowan standing alone on top of that bale of hay. I guess that
> is
> where the legend of the Iron Rose having dominion over the weather
> started.
> It ended up being a hot, wonderful day.
>
> That's my story and I'm sticking to it
> Baron Bors of Lothian
> ( I was there and even though I am 64, still remember my name and my
> history.)
>
>
>
> In a message dated 7/12/2010 7:26:01 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
> wiselaw at comcast.net writes:
>
> Greetings all,
>
> Sir Alexis LaBouche
>
> p.s. Haven't kept track of the number of kingdoms, but has been quite a
> few.
> Also, there was a certain charge up Senlac Hill in full mail harness
> against
> a couple of feisty Saxons wielding steel weapons...While not the original
> Battle of Hastings, the weight of the riveted mail harness over the aketon
> felt pretty real to me as I adjusted the conical to account for the trot
> of
> the horse..
>
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Annes
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None left to suffer, none left to die.
None to be beaten, none to be kicked.
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