tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post2390418259694600135..comments2024-03-23T09:59:53.293+00:00Comments on LINEN ON THE HEDGEROW: The Nativity, not bad....just naff!Richard Collinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-27185884390694980132010-12-22T20:11:38.172+00:002010-12-22T20:11:38.172+00:00Its beautiful now, and the Bishops Palace isnt loo...Its beautiful now, and the Bishops Palace isnt looking bad, (mainly thanks to my brother-in-law)so are you in Haverfordwest? my husband doesnt know your name so you cant be from St Davids!We are very sad not to have got down to St Davids before Christmas as our son Geraint's ashes are buried there, along with Geoffs Mum,Step-Dad ,and Grandfather, Great Grandfather et al.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-65092787569338689732010-12-22T15:25:49.942+00:002010-12-22T15:25:49.942+00:00Ah, St Davids,a mere 14 miles from where I live an...Ah, St Davids,a mere 14 miles from where I live and home to a beautiful Cathedral - in the 16th century :)Richard Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-48397243963638889612010-12-22T14:56:03.002+00:002010-12-22T14:56:03.002+00:00Lol, yes the firm that supplies Plaster statues in...Lol, yes the firm that supplies Plaster statues in the UK uses a sort of generic Bishop for several different Saints! just paints them in different colours (same probably goes for monks/friars and nuns!)<br />By the way my husband is from the north of the Landscar not "Little England beyond Wales", Saint Davids to be exact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-16657944410238240472010-12-22T10:16:40.883+00:002010-12-22T10:16:40.883+00:00Diddleymaz....
Whey aye, as they say in Pembrokes...Diddleymaz....<br /><br />Whey aye, as they say in Pembrokeshire. You make a good point. I could get used to an 'Irish' St Joseph, I recall a story told by author Robin Flower, a noted Catholic hater, who, upon entering a church on the island of Lewis, found the priest in the porch chiselling off the snake writhing under the feet of a statue of St Patrick.<br />When he asked the priest what he was about the priest told him that the church was dedicated to St Joseph but, as they did not have a statue of him, they were 'adapting' St Patrick!<br />Flower thought this was barbaric and primitive but I think it jolly good!Richard Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-9101942009147519782010-12-22T08:31:28.407+00:002010-12-22T08:31:28.407+00:00Dear Friends, I am glad you gave it a try, I actua...Dear Friends, I am glad you gave it a try, I actually speak (most of the time)in a received pronunciation accent, as that is how I was brought up, BUT, it is a regional accent just as much as my husbands Pembrokeshire or my children's Valleys lite! Don't be misled I love King James Version its what I was brought up with (I could read it myself by age 8)This Nativity is being seen by the sort of people who run a mile when folk like us advocate something,and the actual Conception of Our Lord was truly shown to be a miracle. Joseph's accent isn't bad ,don't forget the comments about Galileans in the New Testament!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-82474687505942760882010-12-21T22:59:27.193+00:002010-12-21T22:59:27.193+00:00You obviously have a stronger stomach than I! Sens...You obviously have a stronger stomach than I! Sensing the naffness,I just couldn't bear to watch it. That they are making some effort to get to grips with what Christmas is actually about is, nevertheless, remarkable in post-Christian Britain.Patriciushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08906131174326742939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3682550116445790117.post-55522007320274309032010-12-21T21:31:38.219+00:002010-12-21T21:31:38.219+00:00It is dumbed down for the numpties.It is dumbed down for the numpties.Webmaster Garethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14145929812952678326noreply@blogger.com