[Sca-cooks] Fw: [SCA Equestrian] Re: Another look at a Florilegium entry...

[Phlip]

Another comment...



Saint Phlip,
CoDoLDS

"When in doubt, heat it up and hit it with a hammer."
 Blacksmith's credo.

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <VixensMistress at aol.com>
To: <sca-equine at midrealm.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 10:38 PM
Subject: [SCA Equestrian] Re: Another look at a Florilegium entry...


> Sorry, I wasn't objecting to the idea of people eating horses in period.
>
> I was objecting to the idea that that particular pack animal/pony was
about
> be slaughtered.  It is being led away from the fire, and is working since
it
> has the pack saddle on.  The packs even look like they are bulging at the
> bottom, so I think the packs are full.  Thus, to me, it appears the
pony/horse is
> working.
>
> I thought the small ax was a favorite war weapon that wasn't as expensive
as
> a sword, and thus it was appropriate to be carried by many of the
men/warriors
> in the Bayeux tapestry.  But if the ax is the symbol of a cook/butcher,
then
> the Normans sure brought a lot of cooks with them to England.....  But I
am
> not a weapons expert, nor am I an expert on the Bayeux Tapestery.
>
> Rachel from Barony Bhakail
>
>
>
> In a message dated 5/16/2004 5:31:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> phlip at 99main.com writes:
>
> > Selene, Stefan, In the Florilegium, Selene has the following note
posted:
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