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Hi everyone.  I work for an organisation which is supposed to pride itself on the use of 'plain English'.  Today I read a briefing which descibed an individual as a 'keeper of the stones'.  Now, without resorting to Google, can you please tell me what you think this phrase might mean?

G x

huh ???

Without googling i would say they were mature and could be relied upon.

Nothing about people in glass houses is there??? ???

This is good.  Two replies and no-one any the wiser.   ;D

g x

what was the brief about?

It was describing a certain individual's political stance.

G x

having shuffled it around my head for a few minutes only - I'd think it mean't they had 'outstanding historical knowledge'

It would strike me that the person was being referred to as the leader or caretaker??

Politically perhaps one who stuck by current leaders whatever!!

XX Jeannine

HP you are spot on but it doesn't describe the whole.

Jeannine I think you are close with leader...but still there is a gap

G x

I've just googled it...  he's not a druid is he!?  ;)

Well if you go to the original Keeper ( without looking) I believe it belonged to a trusted village elder who was entrusted with important facts that had to be protected in the days before records were kept, I am strecting my brain cells a bit here but some things survive after all else fails and the Keeper is the one who facilitates this, he may pass the info on directly to the next generation so that it is kept going without the written word. Some American Indians do that.??XX Jeannine

will be really interested to know more about it (having to close).....don't want to go and google it just yet, find it interesting to see what other people think too.

yet another typo :-[.....should say (having got close)

Quote from: Hot_Potato on July 10, 2007, 23:07:04
yet another typo

Yes - perhaps it should say "keeper of the stores".  ;D

Carries a lot of weight?

Is grossly overweight and needs to join a gym ?

Does it mean you're a roadie?

It could be the man who is responsible for say the Scone Stone, presumably there are other stones too that rate as political or national symbols.

I remember how the Scone Stone was stolen from Westminster in about 1948 and taken to Scotland.

Must be Moses!! ;D