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Started by Palustris, November 15, 2003, 14:46:31

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Palustris

November 15, 2003, 14:46:31 Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 by 1077926400
Another folk tale for your delight and delectation. In certain parts of the world the farmer is supposed to take his wife to the field at midnight. There she stripped naked and ran round the crop three times. He then threw her to the ground where they made love enthusiastically. This it was claimed saved the crop from a wide range of evils and ensured a good harvest. Of course in modern Britain it would be a man from the Ministry who would be required to perform the act with the farmer' wfie and only if there was a grant available.
Eric.
Gardening is the great leveller.

Palustris

November 15, 2003, 14:46:31 Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 by 1077926400
Gardening is the great leveller.

Mrs Ava

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November 15, 2003, 16:14:16 Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 by 1077926400
hmmm...must see if I can get a babysitter on a regular basis during the spring and summer..... ;)

Palustris

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November 15, 2003, 17:35:10 Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:11 by -1
One way of frightening off the wild life I suppose. By the way you will be glad to know that the act is supposed to be done secretly so NO AUDIENCE! AWWWW! ;D
Gardening is the great leveller.

Hugh_Jones

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November 15, 2003, 19:00:41 Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 by 1077926400
So how did you become so well informed about it Eric?

Palustris

#4
November 15, 2003, 19:27:44 Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 by 1077926400
Well people just love to blab. And if Roman make mosaics.
Gardening is the great leveller.

Hugh_Jones

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November 15, 2003, 19:40:34 Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:11 by -1
Don`t tell me the Romans did it Eric. Virgil and Ovid make no mention whatever of it.  Besides, the Romans didn`t need to run naked round corn fields at night and copulate in secrecy, they had their orgies in comfort at home, and if the crops needed a bit of help throwing a few christians to the lions was much more fun.

Come to think of it, Apuleius doesn`t mention it either, and he mentions most of the naughty bits.

Doris_Pinks

#6
November 15, 2003, 21:41:14 Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 by 1077926400
Dragging the other half up the lottie tonight.....................................must take a thermos!!! will let you know what my harvest next year is like!  ;D
We don't inherit the earth, we only borrow it from our children.
Blog: http://www.nonsuchgardening.blogspot.com/

Hugh_Jones

#7
November 15, 2003, 22:22:08 Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:11 by -1
Well don`t do anything near the gooseberry bushes - all sorts of funny things found under them.


(Only one more to go)

Hugh_Jones

#8
November 15, 2003, 22:42:15 Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:11 by -1
THERE IT IS!  All bright and shiny. I`m a Four Star Senior Citizen, just like Tim and Teresa.  Now where`s my extra pension?  Don`t I get a party?

Palustris

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November 15, 2003, 23:48:05 Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 by 1077926400
Look at some of the mosaics found in Pompaei.
But this came from Eastern Europe and Eastern U.S.A.
Gardening is the great leveller.

Hugh_Jones

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November 15, 2003, 23:56:18 Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:11 by -1
What they did in Pompaei had Absolutely Nothing At All to do with crops Eric - wonderful life while it lasted. And I don`t think the Romans ever got as far as the Eastern USA, or we`d have spent our time at school construing "Omnis America in tria partes divisa est" into english.

campanula

#11
November 16, 2003, 00:03:31 Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 by 1077926400
omni what....duh

teresa

#12
November 16, 2003, 11:50:19 Last Edit: January 01, 1970, 01:00:00 by 1077926400
Hi Hugh congratulations on your four stars also to Tim dont know whats next we might have to start at the begining again hee hee.
Teresa
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