North Devon Firefly Faery Fayre & Ball goes beyond celebration of Faery culture and fundraising as we are aiming for an event that recreates as far as we are able the Olde English Country Fayre with handmade crafts and clothing, acoustic music,astrological readings,food for sale,circus acts,pirates,colourful tents, storytelling etc in the daytime, while the Faery Ball in the evening features new original music with modern sound equipment and lighting also with a bar and up to date Vegetarian Feast.
WHAT AN AMAZING DAY FOR EVERYONE !!
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
North Devon Firefly Faery Fayre & Ball
How old are fairytales?
Fairytales
Fairytales much older than previously thought, say researchers
Study of fairy story origins traces some back thousands of years, with one tale dating back as far as bronze age
Illustration of Beauty and the Beast, one of the fairytales believed to date from thousands of years ago.
Illustration of Beauty and the Beast, one of the fairytales believed to d
Fairy stories such as Beauty and the Beast and Rumpelstiltskin can be traced back thousands of years to prehistoric times, with one tale originating from the bronze age, academics have revealed.
Using techniques normally employed by biologists, they studied common links between stories from around the world and found some have roots that are far older than previously known.
Durham University anthropologist Dr Jamie Tehrani, who worked with folklorist Sara Graça da Silva, from New University of Lisbon, believed the research – published in the Royal Society Open Science journal – has answered a question about our cultural heritage.
These stories have been told since before even English, French and Italian existed
Dr Jamie Tehrani
In the 19th century Wilhelm Grimm, of the Brothers Grimm, believed many of the fairy stories they popularised were rooted in a shared cultural history dating back to the birth of the Indo-European language family.
But later thinkers challenged that view, saying some stories were much younger, and passed into oral tradition having first been written down by writers from the 16th and 17th centuries.
Tehrani said: “We can come firmly down on the side of Wilhelm Grimm.
“Some of these stories go back much further than the earliest literary record and indeed further back than classical mythology – some versions of these stories appear in Latin and Greek texts – but our findings suggest they are much older than
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The academic said Jack and the Beanstalk was rooted in a group of stories classified as The Boy Who Stole Ogre’s Treasure, and could be traced back to when eastern and western Indo-European languages split – more than 5,000 years ago.
Analysis showed Beauty and the Beast and Rumpelstiltskin to be about 4,000 years old. And a folk tale called The Smith and the Devil was estimated to date back 6,000 years to the bronze age.
The story, which involves a blacksmith selling his soul in a pact with the devil in order to gain supernatural ability, then tricking the evil power, is not so well known today, but its theme of a Faustian pact is familiar to many.
The study employed phylogenetic analysis, which was developed to investigate evolutionary relationships between species, and used a tree of Indo-European languages to trace the descent of shared tales on it, to see how far they could be demonstrated to go back in time.
Tehrani said: “We find it pretty remarkable these stories have survived without being written. They have been told since before even English, French and Italian existed. They were probably told in an extinct Indo-European language.”
Fairytales often have themes common to humans throughout the world and through all ages, such as family, betrayal, violence and survival, he said.
And he said we enjoy the magical element, explaining: “I think it is human nature to think about that territory about the edges of what is possible and impossible.”
Monday, 18 January 2016
Kahriq salil an article
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Sunday, 17 January 2016
GADGET TO ANCHOR TO INSIDE TO TROUSERS.
THIS HAS BEEN INVENTED BY THOMAS ECKAND ,ST.LOIUS ,AMERICA.IT HELPS TO ANCHOR A SHIRT TO INSIDE TROUSERS SO IT CANNOT BE UNTUCKED.
'Wrong kind of sun' delays trains
Trains approaching Bath Spa station have been slowed down by the mad March heat.
In a move already dubbed 'the wrong kind of sun' by some commuters, Network Rail has imposed speed restrictions on stretches of line in the west.
Operator First Great Western says the worst affected area has been between Filton Abbey Wood and Stapleton Road in Bristol, but there have also been delays in Wiltshire and in Bath itself.
The curbs – called heat speeds – have been implemented because of the effect of the spring heatwave on the tracks.
Read more: http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/Wrong-kind-sun-delays-trains/story-15658300-detail/story.html#ixzz3xWfidHLP
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DOGS GET EMOTIONS.
SCIENTISTS SAY DOGS USE OUR FACES AND VOICES TO WORK OUT OUR MOODS.IN A TEST 17 ANIMALS WERE SHOWN A RANGE OF THESE AND DOGS SPENT LONGER LOOKING AT FACIAL APPEARANCE THAT MATCHED .
ARE YOU BEING SARCASTIC?
IF YOUR AN OLDER PERSON YOU MAY HAVE LOST YOUR ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND PEOPLE BEING SARCASTIC .THIS WAS FOUND BY A STUDY ON 116 PEOPLE WHO WATCHED VIDEO,S OF PEOPLE MAKING REMARKS,90 PER CENT OF YOUNGER AND MIDDLE AGED UNDERSTOOD WHEN SARCASM WAS USED COMPERED TO 8 PER CENT OF ONLY 65 -ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY-PROF-LOUISE PHILLIPS.
TIME TO WAKE UP.
ARE YOU A HEAVY SLEEPER ,WHY YOU ASK DEAR READER .THIS IS DUE TO THE FACT YOU CAN NOW BUY THE WORLDS LOUDEST ALARM CLOCK-113-DECIBEL-CALLED THUNDERCLAP PRICED AT 22.83P.
SAD HALL .
A DERELICT HALL IN MERTHYR TYDFIL ,SOUTH WALES HAS ONLY BEEN VALUED FOR THE GRAND SUM OF ONE POUND DESPITE BEING BUILT BY BRUNEL-VICTORIAN ENGINEERING GENIUS.
/Glasses
Glasses, also known as eyeglasses or spectacles, are devices consisting of lenses mounted in a frame that holds them in front of a person's eyes. Glasses are typically used for vision correction. Safety glasses provide eye protection against flying debris or against visible and near-visible light or radiation. Sunglasses allow better vision in bright daylight, and may protect one's eyes against damage from high levels of ultraviolet light. Specialized glasses may be used for viewing specific visual information (such as stereoscopy). Sometimes glasses are worn simply for aesthetic or fashion purposes. The number of Americans who are nearsighted has doubled since the 1970s and almost 3/4 of the US population wears glasses. People are more likely to need glasses the older they get with 93% of people between the age of 65-75 wearing corrective lenses-wiki link-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasses-i have worn glasses since the middle eighties for reading,long sight and i remember being abit aware of people taking the mike out of me but soon pasted ,now have 2 pairs one is just for reading and doing computer the others are tinted due sightly sensitive to light.
Saturday, 16 January 2016
HOLSWORTHY HELP
Holsworthy rural community transport do provide a volunteer car service (if a driver is available) for all healthcare appointments but most volunteers are outside of holsworthy town so the mileage counts from the drivers house. Always worth a call. Also a couple of taxi services up and running in the area now. Bradworthy cars and Parkers Cars. What about the Ring & Ride bus? Again Holsworthy Rural Community Transport run this. They have a wheelchair accessible minibus which offer a door to door service. They travel both to supermarkets and social trips e.g. Truro, Falmouth and lunchtrips to pubs etc. Free to join cost of trips vary from £4.50.a thank you to Esther Rowe for all the info to this plea-Do you know of anyone else in Holsworthy area that finds transport to doctors or just for a break a problem due to bus every 4 hours and no good if can not walk far or no voluntary car as only hospital trips, taxi is 7.00 pounds plus and only if can get, please contact me ghostmanraines.ps forgot to mention that my eife slong with others cannot walk very far so we and thier if had a taxi would add on waiting time plus you have to pay a 2 pound admin charge on top if use voluntary car plus 45 p per mile from thier home to yours plus journey and back that could go over 7.00 per trip alot on limited funds.plus yes may be able to if pushed go to appointments but what about the trip to give a person a break from thier daily grindnof dealing with thier illnesses.
Monday, 11 January 2016
The things a interview
The band was inspired by a combination of punk rock from the mid 1970,sñ and 1960 garage punk rock.
...so aims to play lots of gigs and make more recordings..future plans we would like to. ...play in other countries ..we,re starting next month with a date in Berlin German
Sunday, 10 January 2016
INCONTINENT GHOST.
THIS GHOST IS BELIEVED TO BE HAUNTING DUFRIES HOUSE ,AYRSHIRE,SCOTLAND.THIS IS DUE TO THE SAID GHOST MAKING THE HOUSE SMELL OF WEE,THIS STATELY HOME WAS SAVED BY PRINCE CHARLES IN 2007.
A Stripe For Frazer: BBC to release lost episode of Dad's Army as animation
Dad's Army fans will get to see a lost episode of the popular BBC television sitcom. Titled, A Stripe For Frazer, the episode will be available on the BBC Store in animated form.
The network decided to produce the episode as a cartoon after it recovered a long lost soundtrack. The episode stars Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson and John Laurie as Private Frazer.Dad's Army fans will get to see a lost episode of the popular BBC television sitcom. Titled, A Stripe For Frazer, the episode will be available on the BBC Store in animated form.
The network decided to produce the episode as a cartoon after it recovered a long lost soundtrack. The episode stars Arthur Lowe as Captain Mainwaring, John Le Mesurier as Sergeant Wilson and John Laurie as Private Frazer.READ MORE -http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/stripe-frazer-bbc-release-lost-episode-dads-army-animation-1536719
T-rex was an old romantic at heart! Scrape marks show fearsome theropods built 'love nests' and took part in 'prehistoric foreplay' 100 million years ago
You may think of dinosaurs as cruel, terrifying creatures with slashing claws and ferocious jaws.
But new research reveals these beasts had a much softer side.
Palaeontologists have found evidence that dinosaurs used tender courtship displays and 'prehistoric foreplay' similar to some modern ground-nesting birds.
This included males preparing nests to persuade potential suitors they would make a helpful father. READ MORE -http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3388651/T-rex-old-romantic-heart-Scrape-marks-fearsome-theropods-built-love-nests-took-prehistoric-foreplay-100-million-years-ago.html
PLEASE MICROCHIP YOUR PET ITS THE LAW IN APRIL 6TH 2016.
IF YOU OWE A DOG AND IT HAS NOT BEEN MICROCHIPPED YOU WILL HAVE TO BY APRIL 6TH 2016 AS A LEGAL REQUIREMENT AND IF NOT YOU CAN BE LIABLE TO A FINE OF UP TO 500.OO.AT PRESENT THE DOGS TRUST SAYS ABOUT 45 PERCENT OF DOG OWNERS.
Information About Prosopagnosia
What is prosopagnosia?
Prosopagnosia (also known as 'face blindness') refers to a severe deficit in recognizing familiar people from their face. While some people report a very selective impairment that only influences the recognition of faces, others find the deficit extends to the recognition of other stimuli, such as objects, cars, or animals. Many people also report deficits in other aspects of face processing, such as judging age or gender, recognising certain emotional expressions, or following the direction of a person's eye gaze. Finally, a substantial proportion of prosopagnosics report navigational difficulties.
How does prosopagnosia affect a person's life?
Some prosopagnosics cope well with the face recognition impairment, and develop elaborate compensatory mechanisms to help them function effectively in everyday life. For others, however, the condition has a much greater impact on daily functioning. Some prosopagnosics have reported avoidance of social interactions, problems with interpersonal relationships, damage to career, and even depression. In extreme cases, prosopagnosics may develop social anxiety disorder, characterized by fear and avoidance of social situations that may cause embarrassment.READ MORE -http://www.prosopagnosiaresearch.org/index/information
SUNFISH FOUND ON KENT BEACH
As gigantic as the ocean sunfish can be, it still seems like only half a fish.Sunfish, or mola, develop their truncated, bullet-like shape because the back fin which they are born with simply never grows.... nationalgeographic.com
- Fish
- Omnivore
- Up to 10 years
- 11 ft (3.3 m)
- Up to 5,000 lbs (2,250 kg)
- School- ONE OF THESE FISH WAS FOUND AT SEASALTER,KENT WHICH IS UNUSUAL DUE TO NORMALLY ONLY FOUND IN TROPICAL WATERS.
Moon phases for London, United Kingdom - England in 2016
Moon phases for London, United Kingdom - England in 2016
| Lunation | New Moon | First Quarter | Full Moon | Third Quarter | Duration | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1150 | 2 Jan | 05:30 | 29d 15h 01m | ||||||
| 1151 | 10 Jan | 01:30 | 16 Jan | 23:26 | 24 Jan | 01:45 | 1 Feb | 03:27 | 29d 13h 08m |
| 1152 | 8 Feb | 14:38 | 15 Feb | 07:46 | 22 Feb | 18:19 | 1 Mar | 23:10 | 29d 11h 16m |
| 1153 | 9 Mar | 01:54 | 15 Mar | 17:02 | 23 Mar | 12:00 | 31 Mar | 16:16 | 29d 9h 29m |
| 1154 | 7 Apr | 12:23 | 14 Apr | 04:59 | 22 Apr | 06:23 | 30 Apr | 04:28 | 29d 8h 06m |
| 1155 | 6 May | 20:29 | 13 May | 18:02 | 21 May | 22:14 | 29 May | 13:11 | 29d 7h 30m |
| 1156 | 5 Jun | 03:59 | 12 Jun | 09:09 | 20 Jun | 12:02 | 27 Jun | 19:18 | 29d 8h 01m |
| 1157 | 4 Jul | 12:00 | 12 Jul | 01:51 | 19 Jul | 23:56 | 26 Jul | 23:59 | 29d 9h 44m |
| 1158 | 2 Aug | 21:44 | 10 Aug | 19:20 | 18 Aug | 10:26 | 25 Aug | 04:40 | 29d 12h 19m |
| 1159 | 1 Sep | 10:03 | 9 Sep | 12:48 | 16 Sep | 20:05 | 23 Sep | 10:56 | 29d 15h 08m |
| 1160 | 1 Oct | 01:11 | 9 Oct | 05:32 | 16 Oct | 05:23 | 22 Oct | 20:13 | 29d 17h 27m |
| 1161 | 30 Oct | 17:38 | 7 Nov | 19:51 | 14 Nov | 13:52 | 21 Nov | 08:33 | 29d 18h 40m |
| 1162 | 29 Nov | 12:18 | 7 Dec | 09:02 | 14 Dec | 00:05 | 21 Dec | 01:55 | 29d 18h 35m |
| 1163 | 29 Dec | 06:53 | 29d 17h 14m | ||||||
| * All times are local time for London. Time is adjusted for DST when applicable. Dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. | |||||||||
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