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[Stefan li Rous]

As the originator, I am amazed to see how far the memorial poem
has traveled (and how quickly). There are already two newsletters
that have asked to publish it within the SCA (I'll grant normal rights,
with standard request for copy in which it appears, gladly).

Related bit: I have managed to send a copy directly to the
"official" response address (see www.mzbfm.com/news).
No need to forward extras, now.

And a special thank you to Master Adamantius for
correcting my poor Latin, and adding the dear lady's
SCA name.  (Couldn't remember everything through
my own tears...)

Now, for the on-topic connection: funerary feasts.
Big deals in many Native American cultures, wide
variations in how Christian Protestants and other
"mainstream" religions handle the situation.

What are the _culturally_ taboo or else "required" foods
and how have those changed historically? (There has to
be SOME history behind the American Midwest
tradition of a parade of casseroles...)

Related to that, as in providing the settings and possible
reasons for any number of traditional "funeral foods":
When did the practice of funeral games fall into disuse?
Did it survive even as late as the Norman Conquest of
England in "Christian" lands?

Mike C. Baker
SCA: Amr ibn Majid al-Bakri al-Amra
"Other": Kihe Blackeagle (the DreamSinger Bard)
Opinions? I'm FULL of 'em
- ----- Original Message -----
From: Jen Conrad <CONRAD3 at prodigy.net>
To: middlebridge <sca-middle at midrealm.org>; scacooks
<sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 8:31 AM
Subject: SC - Marion Zimmer Bradley: Mourning Song (FWD)


> from the SCA-Garb list
>
> Luveday
>
> Coqueo ergo sum ( I cook, therefore I am )
> :
> : Author, editor, mother, teacher, and oh so much more,
> : "Mama Marion" will be indeed missed.
> :
> : The following composition is from the heart, composed upon the
> : instant, and in no way meant to encompass all that this woman
> : has meant, and by every measure STILL means, to the Society,
> : to fans everywhere, and to her closest friends and loving family.
> : It is only the first of my responses.
> :
> : Would someone please forward this poem to the household in California?
> :     * * * * *
> :     Mourning: "Mama Marion"
> :         written by Mike C. Baker,
> :         known also as Rev. Kihe Blackeagle (the Dreamsinger Bard)
> :         and al-Sayyid Amr ibn Maid al-Bakri al-Amra
> :             September, AD1999, being Anno Societatis XXXIV
<SNIP: body of poem available from archives, or direct mail>

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