http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/ Talking Folklore Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:13:51 GMT Scott Wood http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/537 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/537 The bit of updated folklore has just come in from the Pop Bitch mailout. ... Scott "Wolves, bears, head into the town. There you have friends who won't let you Sat, 27 Jun 2009 12:56:44 GMT Mike Howard http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/536 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/536 Dear David, That's a secret!! Regards, Mike Howard ... From: David Clarke To: TalkingFolklore@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 11:50 AM Subject: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:50:49 GMT David Clarke http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/535 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/535 Hi, Isn't the building at Vauxhall actually the HQ of MI6 (Secret Intelligence Service)? Dave Clarke On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Martin Goodson Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:36:21 GMT c.oates@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/534 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/534 Brill! I'll pass that on as well. Thanks Will Caroline From: Dr Caroline Oates The Folklore Society, c/o The Warburg Institute, Woburn Square London WC1H 0AB, Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:09:31 GMT Will Ryan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/533 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/533 For the Friar and Nun dance, Google gives several references. Here is an article: http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/lod/vol4/friar_and_nun.html. It does not explain Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:51:10 GMT c.oates@... http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/532 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/532 Hi Will, There's a dance called The Friar and the Nun? I didn't come across that, but did find a late 15thC text of the rude carol (composed by a Cambridge Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:38:31 GMT Will Ryan http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/531 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/531 Caroline, Well spotted. I hope the dance of the same name is not equally indecorous. I have been trying to imagine the steps. Will Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:53:15 GMT Caroline Oates http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/530 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/530 Re the query a couple of years ago re "the faere and ye Nome" in an English inventory of 1553/4, asking if anyone knew a story about "the Fairy and the Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:13:36 GMT Martin Goodson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/529 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/529 If it is MI6 then I do indeed stand corrected! I guess, considering its connection with James Bond such stories are to be expected. Regards Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:14:27 GMT belindakhalique http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/528 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/528 Hi In the album folder titled painting,you will find a photo of the same name.Can anyone tell me what painting is of?.It appears to me like two or more animals Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:52:21 GMT Stephen Miller http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/527 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/527 ... [snip] Do you not mean the MI6 HQ at Vauxhall Cross, known as "Legoland"? If so, funnily enough I was watching a video about it this afternoon: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:36:24 GMT Martin Goodson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/526 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/526 Just to report sitting on the number 36 bus yesterday from Peckham to Victoria in London. Three students got on outside the art college at Camberwell. We Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:20:00 GMT Chris J Brady http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/525 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/525 Fowarded ... Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:32:06 GMT Chris J Brady http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/524 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/524 For folks' info. - some good clips of Brit. folk customs. http://www.showstudio.com/project/britannica/ Chris B. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:41:48 GMT Matthew Cheeseman http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/523 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkingFolklore/message/523 Dear Belinda, The photo you have added is very poor quality - it looks like a natal scan to me. Yours, Matt Cheeseman