SC - Nebraska's Proud Medieval Heritage (OP)

[Laura C. Minnick]

Chris Stanifer wrote:

> Among all of the other things to do and see in
> Nebraska, they showed a fairly nice bit of SCA combat,
> as well, which surprized me.  Pretty clean head shot
> by a pole arm, too, if you ask me...
> 
> Has anyone else seen this ad (and recognize anyone in
> it) ??  I thought I was just having pre-war
> halucinations until my girlfriend said "is *that* what
> you do on weekends...?"

Well, there are some thriving SCA groups there (I'm sure Margaret and
Bear would testify to that...).

I am wondering if it's related though- there's apparently a 'runestone'
there in Nebraska, not far from the University. Much has been made of
it, including an assertion that Leif Erickson's gang (or someone like
that) made it that far inland. They finally determined (last year I
think) that a grad student in English did it sometime in the 50's- and a
couple of folks on the ANSAX list think they know who but I can't
remember. It was seen as a jolly good April Fools'-type joke...

Ok- It might be funny to an Anglo-Saxonist...

(Hwaet! We gar-dena!.... har har har...)

'Lainie