What is it you mortals don’t understand about the number nine ? I hear you summon it in your stumbling modern speech — with your nine lives, your cloud nine, the whole nine yards, dressed to the nines. .. yet you still fail to grasp the essential essence of nine. Seguir leyendo »

St Patrick gets a lot of publicity. He had an excellent theatrical agent in the old days and his slick promotional material, backed up by Roman gold, was of the very best quality. Repeat something often enough and half of the population will believe it (just look at politicians, ancient or modern.) Seguir leyendo »

Here we go again. More questions about the dates. Why you mortals decided to play around with calendars at all is beyond me and, even when you did this, you couldn’t reach any agreement with each other. No wonder you get confused. Seguir leyendo »

Flora, the delightful Goddess of Flowers, was welcomed by the Ancient Romans in April and early May. It’s a little early yet but, in the North of the World, her presence is drawing very close. Seguir leyendo »

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Was there ever a horse like Bucephalos?

Bucephalos was as black as a crow’s wing at midnight in mid-winter. He was eighteen hands high, with a long powerful neck,  proud majestic head and was admired for his strength and beauty by all who saw him. What is less known, however, is that Bucephalos was a cantankerous nag. Seguir leyendo »

It was all a long long time ago. People have forgotten it now, but they still tell the story, even though they have it wrong. Seguir leyendo »

Odysseus was a rat. I often think that the worthy Oriental gentlemen who tabled the characteristics of the Rat Person had Odysseus in mind. Seguir leyendo »

This is the day of Bride
the Queen will come from the mound…… Seguir leyendo »