[Sca-cooks] Mairi Ceilidh

[Sue Clemenger]

I don't even have a real scroll for my AoA...what I got was half a sheet 
of paper (like half of an 8.5 x 11 sheet, only heavier paper), with 
someone's Gothic text on it.  I know it's half a sheet because it wasn't 
exactly cut precisely evenly, and my friend, who got her GoA that same 
day, had the other half :o)
Both my peerages were drive-bys, even if almost 12 years apart.  I got a 
sort-of scroll with my earlier one (the laurel--and I'll add that pretty 
much all of the peerages were drive-bys back then).  Think it's known as 
a "promissory" scroll. It's a photocopied text on that faux parchment 
you can get at Kinko's.  Someone had made some attempt to add some 
color, but it was done with colored marker, which ran really badly (a 
very wet event).  Added to which, the Crown that elevated me has since 
been subject to a Level 3 banishment (not for my peerage, I hasten to 
add! <g>)
My OP (got it last Nov) was done without a lot of planning, I think. 
Their Majesties wanted me to have it, but that particular event was 
apparently the only time we'd be jointly attended.  So it just happened! 
I was thrilled and flabbergasted to be asked *that* question, but didn't 
even get a chance to change my dress....folks thought I'd get suspicious 
if I was encouraged to go home and change.
I think it's more common than not for folks to get scrolls with their 
peerages, although it sometimes seems to depend on the lag time between 
the initial announcement and the elevation.  It may be partly due to 
IKA, but also probably partly a result of just not having that many 
scribes in the kingdom.
I missed having a vigil and all that cool stuff both times, so a friend 
of mine (who didn't get one, either) and I are thinking of hosting a 
"non-Vigil Vigil Party" at this year's Uprising (Artemisia's single 
largest event).  Lots of good nibblies and conversation, with everyone 
welcome to attend.  I'm thinking of doing a bunch of the illusion food 
that Olwen's done, like the shrimp (if I can get the mold), and the 
edible bouquet, and the apple-eggs.  Limited amounts of alcohol, but 
lots of homemade softdrinks (one of our locals makes a wicked 
lemon-lime), and sekanjabin, of course! (I adore sekanjabin, even if I 
don't know how to pronounce it! <g>)
I'd also like to do the peach pits that folks have talked about on the 
list.  And some other, easy-to-transport nibbles.  Cold, sliced 
cormarye, etc.
--maire "any excuse for a party with yummy food" ni nuanain

Robin Carroll-Mann wrote:

> ::blink::  You didn't get a scroll when you were elevated?  Is this one of those 
> inter-kingdom anthropology things?  In the East, it's the norm for most 
> awards to be presented with a scroll in court.  Sometimes a person receiving 
> an AoA or an Order of Merit gets a promissory note instead, but I've never 
> seen a Laurel or Pelican not receive a scroll at their elevation.