[Bards] Traditions and Courtesies

[lanphier taylor]

Gerald

I liked the bard who told me as Queen that as patron of the "Queen's
bards" i was to give very bard a gold ring. I got a package of those
wedding rings and gave them out.

Willow

On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 12:52:21 -0500 "Gerald L. Norris Jr."
<jerryn at houston.rr.com> writes:
> My good baron, you also forgot the tribute due those of the bardic
> community.
>
> Not being nearly as hoity-toity as the landed nobility, tens will do
> fine
> for us, thank you.
>
> Gerald, who is looking for a good tailor to upgrade his wardrobe.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Martin" <BMartin at corp.prodigy.com>
> To: <bards at ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 12:33 PM
> Subject: RE: [Bards] Traditions and Courtesies
>
>
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> > Gottfried,
> >
> > Since you're fairly new to the game and to Ansteorra, I think that
> there's
> a
> > long standing and very hallowed Ansteorran tradition that you
> should be
> made
> > aware of. I only mention this on the off chance that someone
> hasn't told
> you
> > because it is so very important to all Ansteorrans as to be a core
> value
> of
> > our society.
> >
> > The custom is to always, and I stress always, pay tribute to the
> landed
> > nobility - regardless of whether or not you live in a barony,
> shire or
> > whatever. This tribute can come in the form of goods or services,
> but cash
> > (preferably twenties) is always a winner. Beer, chocolate and
> custom
> > furniture are usually good bets, but nothings says "Howdy, Your
> Excellency -
> > gosh you're neat!" like a crisp stack of twenty dollar bills.
> >
> > I'm sure that many people have already taught you this venerable
> custom of
> > our beloved lands, but I wanted to put this in just in case they
> haven't.
> > After all, you don't want to find yourself in the embarrassing
> position of
> > being the only person at an event not hurling cash and other fine
> gifts at
> > the hard working landed nobility of the kingdom.
> >
> > Always trying to help,
> > Pendaran
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gottfried Krimmelbein [mailto:gottfried at zamigo.net]
> > Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 12:36 PM
> > To: bards at ansteorra.org
> > Subject: [Bards] Traditions and Courtesies
> >
> >
> > Being but a fledgling in the scheme of "playing" in the SCA, I
> have been
> > taught by elders of the SCA that while we have our own personas
> and come
> > from different time periods and cultures, that there are "things"
> that are
> > inherently Ansteorran that is not done anywhere else.  To that
> affect, I
> > would presume (ne'er assume) there are some things, matters,
> manners,
> etc...
> > that are Ansteorran Traditions/Customs.  That which is Ansteorran,
> should
> be
> > deemed worthy of S/He whose vision this book follows would have
> some of
> > these as well.
> >
> > In Service to Dream and Need
> > Gottfried Krimmelbein
> >
> >
> >
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