Beachcombed 55 January 1, 2015
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Dear Reader, Anarchy rages in the Beachcombing house with newborns and shifting nannies, then, this morning snow arrived on the beach. Thanks, as always, to the multiple linkers: Amanda, Chris, Chris S, Joan, Ricardo, Wade and others. I’ve put the very best contributions below to the posts from this month. Thanks to all emails too. Live long and prosper in 2015!
Beach
An Early Icelandic Fairy: Leif looking at terms and range of the Icelandic fairy…
Ass Who Became A Saint: Bruce with an alternative and funnier version.
Benedict’s Pool: NH on the real Benedict and Southern Man with a map.
Churchill Euro-Sceptic? DA with reflections on the British meaning of Europe
Dog Fight Over Parliament: Andy the Mad monks rubbishes the picture. Too good to be true…
Dragon Sleeps with Queen: Typhon redates and gives context.
Earth Light in Norfolk: Bruce and Invisible on personal experiences or accounts of personal experiences…
Fighting Sea Monsters with Vinegar: JT, KHM and Chris from Haunted Ohio Books with smells and vinegar cures…
Flexible Glass in Tiberius’ Rome: Chris S remembering Starlite…
Irish British Relations: Mike Dash on mercury
Jokes from World War 2: Some jokes sent in by Southern Man
Longbow at Dunkirk: JC writes in with another mad Jack Churchill story…
Luftwaffe Kills a Rabbit Perhaps: Southern Man with the original sources
Pulling Things Out of Rivers: A Chinese sword is added to the collection by James
Roman Bowl in Japan: Bruce comparing the bowl and far-travelled glass beads…
Roman Coins in Iceland: Lehmansterms explains the nature of the coins discovered…
Saved by Birds and a Gypsy: LTM with some parallels…
The Buddha in Viking Sweden: Beach himself picked up a photograph of the three great holy finds from Helgo which is worth sharing..
The Man Who Lost Germany The Great War: Jacob writes in with a useful screen capture
The Problem of Pygmy Fairies: Leif again calling up bog bodies!
Unusual Riots: Tunnel Rat on the Aggieville Riots
